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Month: January 2019

How the Grinch can steal a defense

January 30, 2019 by ianaboyd 13 Comments

Alex Grinch is the newest coordinator to venture into the DC graveyard that is the Big 12. The number of top line DCs that came to the Big 12 with fanfare only to find themselves on the receiving end of some knockout punches is extensive. Todd Orlando at Texas is one of the most recent … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alex Grinch, Caleb Kelly, Inverted Tampa-2, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma defense, Oklahoma Sooners, Tampa-2

Who’s ready to defend matchups in the B12?

January 25, 2019 by ianaboyd 7 Comments

Over at Football Study Hall I have a new piece up diving further into the Patriots’ strategy for defending Kansas City and where I think defense is heading in the coming years. Having guys on defense that can allow you to matchup in the passing game is essential. Vic Koenning actually spoke to that in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: base dime defense, Big 12 defense, Big 12 football, Spread-Iso ball

The Patriots’ takedown of Pat Mahomes’ B12 offense

January 23, 2019 by ianaboyd 8 Comments

There’s an argument to be made that Pat Mahomes was the most talented QB in Big 12 history. Not necessarily the best and certainly not the most accomplished, but probably the most talented and certainly in terms of pure throwing ability. The Kansas City Chiefs embraced his abilities and the direction of football this season, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Pat Mahomes, Spread-Iso ball

Hurts’ fit with Oklahoma’s offense

January 22, 2019 by ianaboyd 1 Comment

Over at SB Nation I have a piece up on Jalen Hurts and his fit within the Oklahoma offense in 2019. Overall I think this was a nice addition by Lincoln Riley and further evidence that they are establishing Norman as a destination for top skill talent and QBs. There’s definitely going to be some … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Jalen Hurts, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners

Checking in on Neal Brown and West Virginia

January 18, 2019 by ianaboyd 2 Comments

Over at Football Study Hall I wrote about some of Neal Brown’s unique qualities as an Air Raid coach who prizes physicality, defense, and special teams. The big story today is that Oklahoma gave way and allowed Austin Kendall to transfer to Morgantown to compete for the starting QB job. I haven’t watched Jack Allison … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Air Raid, Austin Kendall, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Neal Brown, West Virginia Mountaineers

The mystical transfer portal

January 16, 2019 by ianaboyd 14 Comments

Players are zipping in and out of the transfer portal and ending up all over the place. Nowadays QB transfers are a major, defining feature of the college game and there have been some big ones that will shape the 2019 season. Oklahoma wins the “biggest free agent in college football history” Jalen Hurts’ dad … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Transfer portal

A too-early ranking of the 2019 Big 12

January 10, 2019 by ianaboyd 27 Comments

Things are starting to fall into place as the NFL draft deadline approaches, the coaching silly season resolves, and we see who has to figure out what. The biggest chips fell the other day when Texas’ Lil’Jordan Humphrey declared for the NFL… …and then Oklahoma lost Bobby Evans and Kyler Murray to the NFL draft … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: Big 12 football, Power rankings

North Shore vs Duncanville and the future of football

January 7, 2019 by ianaboyd 6 Comments

After the 2017 6A Division 1 state title game between Allen and Lake Travis, a popular assumption was that 2018 might just feature a rematch between the two teams. Lake Travis had to play that game with backup QB and Texas commit Hudson Card, then a sophomore, after senior QB and Ohio State commit Matthew … [Read more…]

Posted in: Texas HS Football, Theoretical ramblings, Uncategorized Tagged: Big 12 recruiting, Duncanville Panthers, North Shore Mustangs, Texas HS Football, Texas State Championship, Zach Evans

Initial thoughts on the Big 12’s silly season

January 4, 2019 by ianaboyd 17 Comments

Next year in the B12 is going to be wildly different than previous ones this decade. The cast of characters is going to be wildly different with normal turnover of some big time quarterbacks along with some abnormal turnover of some big time coaches. West Virginia has never had another coach in the Big 12 … [Read more…]

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