On Tuesday all three were named nominees for the Broyles Award, given to the nation’s top assistant coach. Nebraska’s Tony White has worked wonders with the Huskers in his first year and is a Los Angeles native. NC State’s Tony Gibson has built another top-25 defense this season and has the hard-earned experience of working alongside Air Raid head coaches.

SMU’s Scott Symons is a rising young DC who currently has the No. If you go down the list of these stop rate standings, it’s not hard to pick out a few defenses that might intrigue Riley. Which kind of DC does he need to get things turned around? And what does he need to be successful in the Big Ten? That’s what makes his search for his next defensive coordinator so compelling. Grinch built the kind of defense he wanted. He didn’t second-guess that bet when he landed the USC job, bringing Grinch with him on the plane to Los Angeles. At the end of 2018, he had the opportunity to hand-pick the guy he believed was the ideal fit for complementing his offenses and lured Grinch away from Ohio State. When Riley took over at Oklahoma in the summer of 2017, he had to keep Mike Stoops as his defensive coordinator. Here’s how Riley’s defenses have performed in stop rate since he became a head coach. 2 offense in the country in SP+ with the No. No Power 5 defense has allowed more explosive plays of 20-plus yards (67) on the year. Those seven conference opponents combined for 3,454 yards on 6.9 yards per play and averaged 3.4 points per drive. That’s 42 more points than any other team in the country has given up during that span. 30, Riley’s team has allowed 301 points over the last seven games. Starting with its dramatic 48-41 road win at Colorado on Sept. USC’s stop rate is down to 56.3 percent this season. After a relatively encouraging start that had USC’s defense in the top 30 in stop rate through four games, a brutal run of performances in Pac-12 play has wrecked the Trojans’ 7-4 season and brought the end of the Alex Grinch era. The Trojans did not need one of the nation’s best defenses to contend for the College Football Playoff in Year 2 under Lincoln Riley, but they did need tangible progress on that side of the ball.

College football odds week 1 2018