Bill Connelly invented all of this; check out his college football analytics blog, Football Study Hall.
But first, let’s talk about the quarterback competition.
That is, let’s talk about the lack of one. Repeat after me, folks: Jake Coker, warts and all, is the starting quarterback of the 2015 Alabama Crimson Tide.
I bring this up in part because of a conversation that started in yesterday’s edition of Josh Chatham’s routinely excellent Initial Impressions series. After another seemingly uneven performance by Coker, there is still a segment of the fan base that thinks Cooper Bateman should be at the helm.