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A glossary of modern defensive formations, pt II

February 8, 2018 by ianaboyd 1 Comment

My main intention with this series was to dive into the differences between varying types of 4-2-5, 3-3-5, and 3-2-6 defensive formations but I hit 1500 words in a hurry explaining how teams will still play true 4-3 and 3-4 structures against the spread so I decided to split this into multiple parts. Today we’ll … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, Big 10 football, Big 12 football, General college football Tagged: 2-4-5 defense, 4-2-5 defense, cover 2, Gary Patterson, Quarters coverage, Robber coverage, TCU Horned Frogs, Virginia Tech Hokies, Wisconsin Badgers

Okie State’s new defensive approach

January 30, 2018 by ianaboyd 4 Comments

I wrote about the move from the 4-3 to the 4-2-5 over at Football Study Hall. There will be lots of people who describe this as being a move to a “TCU-style of defense” but don’t be fooled by the 4-2-5 language. This is actually a move away from what TCU does and more towards … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, Big 12 football

The first playoff rankings

November 1, 2017 by ianaboyd 12 Comments

They released them the other night I think. Me and the wife have been watching “Stranger Things” recently so we aren’t super up to date on the World Series or this playoff show. The whole goal of these weekly rankings is to amp up the anticipation and talk around the sport and maintain the entertainment … [Read more…]

Posted in: AAC football, Big 10 football, Big 12 football, College football postseason, Pac-12 football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Georgia Bulldogs, Miami Hurricanes, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Penn State Nittany Lions, TCU Horned Frogs, Wisconsin Badgers

Purdue is ahead of schedule

September 20, 2017 by ianaboyd 1 Comment

Over at SB Nation I break down how Jeff Brohm has the Boilermakers on track to make noise sooner than later in the Big 10 west. Nebraska is folding like a cheap tent, which was predictable given their turmoil from a year ago and the graduation of Tommy Armstrong, Jr. Minnesota is responding well to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football Tagged: Big 10 Football, Purdue Boilermakers

Scouting Ohio State

September 1, 2017 by ianaboyd 1 Comment

I learned a few things watching Ohio State live against Indiana. It’d be worth rewatching the game to study their passing game more but I feel pretty confident with this initial assessment. Here are a few scattered thoughts I had about the Buckeyes in terms of how they match up to the Sooners. The Buckeyes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, Big 12 football Tagged: Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, QB split zone, Scouting report

Michigan vs Florida could reveal Harbaugh’s coming breakthrough

August 9, 2017 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

The funny thing about Harbaugh’s Michigan program that has won 10 games twice and came within a few narrow disasters of playoff appearances is that they haven’t looked like his better Stanford or San Francisco teams. By that I mean that they haven’t run the ball all that well. They started to last year, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, SEC football Tagged: Florida Gators, Grant Newsome, Jim Harbaugh, Khalid Hill, Malik Zaire, Michigan Wolverines, Tyrone Wheatley Jr

Looking back at App State’s victory over Michigan

July 26, 2017 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

There’s a lot to this story that’s pretty fun and interesting beyond the “FCS champions/powerhouse upset P5 blueblood on their own field!” if that wasn’t enough to make this one of the more compelling games in history. I broke it all down with some help from then QB coach and current App State head coach … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, General college football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Appalachian State Mountaineers, blueblood privilege, Michigan Wolverines, Oklahoma Sooners, schwerpunkt, Scott Satterfield, the horror, The RPO spread revolution, TOFKAP

Checking in on PJ Fleck’s attempts to make something of Minnesota

July 14, 2017 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

Over at Football Study Hall. An interesting feature of the Gophers under Fleck, besides the fact that they’ll be running a smashmouth spread with huge OL and tight ends, is Robb Smith’s Under defense. You don’t see a ton of Under in the Big 12 and I’m curious to see how his defense works this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, Big 12 football Tagged: Matchquarters, Minnesota Gophers, P.J. Fleck, Under front

Let’s talk about Wisconsin for a moment

July 3, 2017 by ianaboyd 1 Comment

My man Bill Connelly (@SBN_BillC) has made it to the upper tiers of the 2017 Big 10 in his annual preview of every single team in college football. If you don’t track this series every year I don’t really know what’s wrong with you because it’s a fantastic, ongoing stat-based historical of every team in … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, General college football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: 3-4 defense, Barry Alvarez, Big 10, Big 10 recruiting, Big 10 West, Demographics=destiny, Minnesota Gophers, neanderball, pro-style offense, TOFKAP, Wisconsin Badgers

OU and Texas, 3-4 defense, and the 4i-technique

June 21, 2017 by ianaboyd 1 Comment

Over at Inside Texas I broke down Texas’ new challenge in finding 4i-technique defensive ends that can anchor their new 3-4 defense under Todd Orlando. The 4i is a developmental position, you want guys with length and size to play the position since they have to grapple with offensive tackles but that style also requires … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: 3-4 defense, 4i-technique, Athlon preseason magazine, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns
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