It’d been maybe a month or two since I chuckled at the fact that Oklahoma ran Brent Venables out of town to make room for “cautious Mike” Stoops. This article was a good outlet for that energy as I ranked the top 5 DCs in college football today. Aranda is the sole representative of the … [Read more…]
Florida’s offense the last few years under Jim McElwain has been all about the TE/OT double team on zone against the modern DE, who’s generally chosen and developed for his mobility and versatility rather than his ability to take on double teams. They’ve had to do what they can with the QBs they’ve had, which … [Read more…]
BYU and LSU are facing off in Houston to open this upcoming season and I previewed their battle over at SB Nation. Both teams covet the ability to recruit Houston but both teams are looking for very different types of players. LSU has been pilfering some of the top DBs (and top players in general) out … [Read more…]
Week one features a fun matchup when FSU takes on Alabama in Atlanta, I previewed the game for SB Nation here. I’m not as high on this Alabama team as your average CFB writer. I’m sure they’ll be good but they’re losing A TON on defense and unless Shaun Hamilton is healthy come fall I’m … [Read more…]
The path to bringing Georgia back to national contention is honestly one of the easier ones in college football, at least in terms of the early steps. Georgia is sitting on top of a ton of talent and I’m not even talking about nearby Florida which is even more loaded. Georgia produces tons and tons of … [Read more…]
That’s where you add pass-options, particularly vertical pass options, to your two-back runs. With the additions of OC Chip Lindsey and former Baylor QB Jarrett Stidham, War Eagle now has the main components needed to do this successfully. Gus Malzahn was an early innovator of the smashmouth spread and you can read my man Alex … [Read more…]
My biggest question about Dave Aranda at LSU was whether an approach that worked with Wisconsin’s versatile farm boys was the best way to unlock the pipeline of NFL talent that flows through Baton Rouge every year. I guess we don’t actually know yet to what extent Aranda’s full blown defensive playbook will look like … [Read more…]
Over at SB Nation I speculate on how Brian Daboll, former New England Patriots TE coach, might tweak the Alabama offense now that he’s the man in Tuscaloosa. I can’t help but notice that the Tide have been stockpiling TEs for a few years now (hard not to notice when they keep stealing them from … [Read more…]
Over at SB Nation I have a column up on Matt Canada’s offensive stylings and how they’ll work at LSU. Now let me say this: LSU regularly has some of the best, most athletic talent in the country because Louisiana is loaded with athletes and the school tends to be able to pick out who they … [Read more…]
I did just that over at SB Nation. Examining all the winning calls that brought down Alabama just brings into clearer picture how the key to beating the Tide is being able to throw the ball at a high level. Like last year, the Tide trying to be cautious with their pass-rush to allow them … [Read more…]