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Unit matchups: who wins each side of the ball
Read it by possession: each side shows what happens when that team has the ball — its offense against the other team's defense, unit by unit (national rank in parentheses). Last season's grades, shrunk toward average by how much of each unit's production actually returns. East Carolina returns 10% of last season's passing production and 27% of its rushing production. Alabama returns 27% of last season's passing production and 0% of its rushing production. East Carolina's projected line: 2 of 5 held over, 3 portal; Alabama's projected line: 3 of 5 held over, 2 portal.
From Keelon Russell's Debut, and a Pirate Front Built to Wreck It
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