PODCAST AIN’T PLAYED NOBODY: Miami’s Manny Diaz on havoc and stopping the run-pass option

Godfrey’s out for one more week, so Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz stepped in to guest host in his stead.

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.