Godfrey’s out for one more week, so Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz stepped in to guest host in his stead.
PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Miami’s Manny Diaz on havoc and stopping the run-pass option
Miami’s defensive coordinator talks tactics, analysts, FCS games as preseason affairs, and Newcastle heading back to the Premier League.


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The topics:
- The College Football Offense™ in 2017.
- The benefits of putting in time as a Group of Five assistant.
- Talent deployment as both “what” and “how.”
- Talent identification in the age of Hudl.
- The ACC’s growing profile and the Glen Mason Territory on the horizon.
- FCS games in the preseason/spring.
- Influential defensive coaches.
- The benefits of havoc (and aggressiveness without risk).
- The Suh effect.
- Analysts, skinny ties, and bunsen burners.
- You don’t lose giving up field goals.
- Stopping the run-pass option (with refs’ help).
- Corn Elder, rugby tackling, and pregnant women smoking in hospitals.
- PAPN pet topics: conference pods, the future of the Group of Five, and relegation.
- Newcastle vs. Sheffield Wednesday.
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