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Breaking down TCU’s 2018 recruiting class

March 23, 2018 by ianaboyd 10 Comments

I overlooked TCU in my preseason prognostications of the 2017 Big 12 football season. I probably oversteered a bit for having missed West Virginia the previous season and I also underestimated Gary Patterson’s ability to fix the defense with so many returning starters and Sonny Cumbie’s ability to mold Kenny Hill into a good game … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5, 4-2-5 Quarters defense, Air Raid, Big 12 recruiting, Gary Patterson, NSD 2018, Shawn Robinson, Sonny Cumbie, TCU Horned Frogs

Breaking down Oklahoma State’s 2018 recruiting class

March 5, 2018 by ianaboyd 4 Comments

The 2017 season was a big one for Mike Gundy and Oklahoma State. My assumption was that it was going to be his big chance to cash in hard on the Mason Rudolph era before it faded and head off for another job (Tennessee?) if he was ever going to do so. Oklahoma State seemed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting, Uncategorized Tagged: 4-2-5, Big 12 recruiting, Big daddy Gundy, Oklahoma State Cowboys, press-sky quarters

Breaking down Kansas State’s 2018 recruiting class

February 19, 2018 by ianaboyd 6 Comments

It’s kind of remarkable that Kansas State is recruiting as well as they are right now given olcow much of an unknown it is whether or not Bill Snyder will be still coaching from year to year. However, they keep getting young and younger as a staff as the old man replaces retiring or departing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: 4-2-5, Big 12 recruiting, Bill Snyder, Blake Seiler, John Holcombe, Kansas State Wildcats, NSD 2018

Kansas State’s answer on D? More talent

February 1, 2018 by ianaboyd 2 Comments

Earlier this week I noted that three strong Big 12 teams are facing a crossroad this offseason on defense. First there’s Oklahoma, who just blew a chance at a national title due to undisciplined and frankly soft play on defense this past season. Then there was Oklahoma State, who just hired Jim Knowles to update … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5, Bill Snyder, Blake Seiler, Kansas State Wildcats

What’s the reason for TCU’s defensive slip?

August 10, 2017 by ianaboyd 3 Comments

A few years back I wrote a really popular post called, “TCU’s Baylor problem” in which I explained that Baylor’s offensive scheme (which is now gone but has influenced the rest of the league) presented major stresses to TCU’s 4-2-5. Everyone had a Baylor problem, really, but TCU’s 4-2-5 was designed to allow them to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5, Dick Bumpas, Gary Patterson, Ridwan Issahaku, Sonny Cumbie, TCU defense, TCU Horned Frogs, Ty Summers

The ultimate resource on modern quarters defense

June 28, 2017 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

My man @The_Coach_A from matchquarters.com did the coaching world a service and summarized a modern, anti-spread defensive philosophy in his new book: I’ll confess, I opted for the Kindle version, which still reads really easily but is perhaps a tad less useful for sharing for coaches that would want their staff to read this book. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, General college football, Recruiting, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: 4-2-5, 4-3 Over quarters, Cautious Aggression, Matchquarters, Quarters

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