Mr. Houck,
I am sure you have received a plethora of emails about the defensive issues surrounding the University of Oklahoma football team, however I think I may have solved the team’s issue; a man by the name of Alex Grinch. Mr. Grinch is currently the defensive coordinator for the Washington State Cougars, after taking over the job in 2015. I took the following passage from the Washington State athletics website, “The Washington State defense saw rapid improvement in 2015 under Grinch who was a Broyles Award Nominee (given to the nation’s top assistant). The Cougars’ defensive unit allowed an average of 27.6 ppg, a marked improvement over 2014 which surrendered 38.6 ppg (114th). By removing special teams touchdowns allowed, the Cougar defense allowed opponents just 23.4 ppg. WSU allowed 416.2 ypg (84th), compared to 442.3 ypg (97th) in 2014. The biggest difference may be in turnovers as …show more content…
The 2014 defense forced just eight (124th) all season. Of those turnovers, WSU improved from three interceptions in 2014 to 13 in 2015. Backed primarily by its defense, WSU’s turnover margin improved from -1.42 in 2014 (123rd) to -0.08 this year (T-75th). WSU made a huge jump in tackles-for-loss, averaging 7.8 per game (8th), after the Cougar defense managed 6.4 (T-44th) in 2014. WSU had five players that recorded 10-plus TFLs on the season, tied for the most in school history (2002) while no other Pac-12 school had more than two. Seniors Darryl Paulo and Destiny Vaeao were named All-Pac-12 Second Team, while Hercules Mata’afa was named a First-Team Freshman All-American by USA Today.” As you can see, the Grinch has turned the Washington State defense from the laughing stock of the Pac-12 to the defense of the number eight team in the country. Not to mention, he is 35 years old and given the youth of the Sooner’s newly appointed head coach as well as his relationship with Mike Leach, this seems like a match made in heaven. Feel free to pass this message along anyway
I am sure you have received a plethora of emails about the defensive issues surrounding the University of Oklahoma football team, however I think I may have solved the team’s issue; a man by the name of Alex Grinch. Mr. Grinch is currently the defensive coordinator for the Washington State Cougars, after taking over the job in 2015. I took the following passage from the Washington State athletics website, “The Washington State defense saw rapid improvement in 2015 under Grinch who was a Broyles Award Nominee (given to the nation’s top assistant). The Cougars’ defensive unit allowed an average of 27.6 ppg, a marked improvement over 2014 which surrendered 38.6 ppg (114th). By removing special teams touchdowns allowed, the Cougar defense allowed opponents just 23.4 ppg. WSU allowed 416.2 ypg (84th), compared to 442.3 ypg (97th) in 2014. The biggest difference may be in turnovers as …show more content…
The 2014 defense forced just eight (124th) all season. Of those turnovers, WSU improved from three interceptions in 2014 to 13 in 2015. Backed primarily by its defense, WSU’s turnover margin improved from -1.42 in 2014 (123rd) to -0.08 this year (T-75th). WSU made a huge jump in tackles-for-loss, averaging 7.8 per game (8th), after the Cougar defense managed 6.4 (T-44th) in 2014. WSU had five players that recorded 10-plus TFLs on the season, tied for the most in school history (2002) while no other Pac-12 school had more than two. Seniors Darryl Paulo and Destiny Vaeao were named All-Pac-12 Second Team, while Hercules Mata’afa was named a First-Team Freshman All-American by USA Today.” As you can see, the Grinch has turned the Washington State defense from the laughing stock of the Pac-12 to the defense of the number eight team in the country. Not to mention, he is 35 years old and given the youth of the Sooner’s newly appointed head coach as well as his relationship with Mike Leach, this seems like a match made in heaven. Feel free to pass this message along anyway