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Month: March 2019

TCU’s continuing evolution on defense

March 28, 2019 by ianaboyd 5 Comments

Over at Football Study Hall I took a look at what’s coming down the pipe from Gary Patterson and the Horned Frogs, in particular their three-down sub-package that they used a lot last year. It’s similar to the defense that Phil Bennett had created at Baylor towards the later years (especially 2015 and 2016) and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5 Quarters defense, Big 12 football, Gary Patterson, Positionless football, TCU Horned Frogs

The Gundy-raid vs Heacock’s Inverted Tampa-2

March 25, 2019 by ianaboyd 3 Comments

Last Friday at Football Study Hall I broke down OSU’s evolving approach to offense and contextualized it somewhat within their plan for attacking the Cyclone Inverted Tampa-2 defense last season. That post started as me determining to look back and try to fully grok how it was that OSU was able to drop 42 points … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Gundy-raid, Inverted Tampa-2, Iowa State Cyclones, Jon Heacock, Matt Campbell, Mike Gundy

What’s Gundy cooking up in Stillwater?

March 22, 2019 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

Over at Football Study Hall I broke down some of Gundy’s tactical trends on offense and what they may be cooking up with Sean Gleeson, Charlie Dickey, Jelani Woods, and Spencer Sanders. I doubt that offense is an issue for OSU next season, their chances really hinge on how well their QB protects the ball … [Read more…]

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Sorting out spring storylines in the Big 12

March 21, 2019 by ianaboyd 6 Comments

There hasn’t been too much information flowing yet from the spring practices taking place across the Big 12. Lots of programs are fairly quiet either because they are looking for new QBs and key players, they are naturally secretive by nature, or it’s simply early and they expect things to shake out over the course … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 2019 spring football, Big 12 football, Iowa State Cyclones, Mike Collins, Oklahoma Sooners, Pump fake Purdy, TCU Horned Frogs

Hybrids: The making of a modern defense

March 18, 2019 by ianaboyd 1 Comment

I just recently finished the newest book by my man Coach Alexander: https://www.amazon.com/Hybrids-Making-Defense-Cody-Alexander/dp/1790429722 It’s a phenomenal read both for coaches of the game and also fans and writers that want a deeper and more comprehensive look at how defensive tactics have evolved to the point we’ve reached today. Coach A has a few main points … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Texas HS Football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Air Raid, Big 12 football, Gary Patterson, HUNH spread, Hybrids, Inverted Tampa-2, Jon Heacock, Positionless football, Todd Orlando, Total football

Breaking down 2019’s Big 12 recruiting classes

March 13, 2019 by ianaboyd 15 Comments

I wanted to compile all the breakdowns in one spot for reasons of navigation ease and also for some final wrap-up thoughts. Here they are in order of their 247 class ranking: Texas. 3rd nationally. Avg rating: .9153 Oklahoma. 5th nationally. Avg rating: .9120 TCU. 33rd nationally. Avg rating: .8627 Baylor. 35th nationally. Avg rating: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: 2019 Big 12 recruiting classes, Big 12 recruiting, Transfer portal

Breaking down Baylor’s 2019 recruiting class

March 11, 2019 by ianaboyd 12 Comments

Matt Rhule has been fairly obvious about his process for the Bears. From the beginning he was making moves that indicated a preference for rebuilding the program and roster from the ground up. They didn’t force a 22 personnel offense on the spread roster or choose schemes that were a needlessly bad fit for their … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, 2019 Big 12 recruiting classes, Baylor Bears, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Matt Rhule

Breaking down TCU’s 2019 recruiting class

March 9, 2019 by ianaboyd 3 Comments

There’s been an amusing trend in Gary Patterson’s public appearances recently, both at his signing day presser and then at a coach’s convention, where he’s noted that TCU’s reputation is better out of state than within the state of Texas. Because of his garrulous and self-referential nature he can be fascinating to listen to as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 2019 Big 12 recruiting classes, Alex Delton, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Gary Patterson, Max Duggan, TCU Horned Frogs, Transfer portal

Breaking down Texas Tech’s 2019 recruiting class

March 5, 2019 by ianaboyd 10 Comments

Matt Wells’ Utah State program was defined largely by three things. First, the Kyle Whittingham-tree defense. Wells’ came up under Gary Andersen’s Utah State program and would hire more defensive coordinators from that tree, including Texas’ Todd Orlando. Most recently they brought in Keith Patterson, who’d worked in the 3-3-5 stack under Dana Holgorsen and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Texas HS Football Tagged: 2019 Big 12 recruiting classes, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, David Yost, Matt Wells, Texas Tech Red Raiders

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