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Who won week 2 in the Big 12?

September 9, 2019 by ianaboyd 10 Comments

Week 2 didn’t have a ton going on across the Big 12 and what good matchups there were largely went sideways for the conference. In a major reversal of years of tradition, LSU came into DKR and put on a clinic for modern spread passing offense. I’ve really only seen a handful of Big 12 … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, Big 12 football Tagged: Clemson Tigers, Flyover football, HUNH spread, Inverted Tampa-2, Jimbo Fisher, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns

Who’s making the playoffs in 2019? Pt. II, Dixie-land

August 5, 2019 by ianaboyd 7 Comments

There’s no beating the South for college football. The Midwest takes the game very, very seriously and the Big 10 has started to catch up again with the SEC since hiring Urban Meyer and slowly integrating the spread offense across the rust belt and plains. Still, there’s a number of factors working against the B1G … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, College football postseason, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Texas A&M Fighting Aggies

Playoff predictions

December 28, 2018 by ianaboyd 3 Comments

Over at Football Outsiders I’ve got the stats breakdowns and some thoughts on every bowl game (eventually, with the most recent post breaking down the playoff semi-finals. Over there you can read about how I’m picking an Alabama vs Notre Dame finale, which will probably disappointingly feature a 20 point spread for the Tide. This … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, CFP 2018, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners

The 2018 college football playoffs

January 1, 2018 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

Happy New Year everyone! Today is the day of the college football playoffs (and some other games) which is always exciting. They sure make the second game end late, but that’s alright, I’ve got enough juice for at least one more late night CFB binge before the offseason. I’ve written four previews of these playoff … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Baker Mayfield, Cautious Mike, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Georgia Bulldogs, Oklahoma Sooners

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

The top 5 defensive coordinators in the nation

June 13, 2017 by ianaboyd 11 Comments

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…]

Posted in: ACC football, Big 10 football, Big 12 football, Pac-12 football, SEC football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Brent Venables, Bud Foster, Clemson Tigers, Dave Aranda, Don Brown, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Pete Kwiatkowski, Todd Orlando, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies

Ohio State reloads on D again

May 11, 2017 by ianaboyd 4 Comments

The Buckeyes had to replace a lot of NFL talent on defense last year…and they did it by plugging in even more NFL talent. Uncanny, Urban Meyer is clearly one of the best recruiters/evaluators in the business. Over at SB Nation I broke down some of how they’re able to maintain continuity and success on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football Tagged: Clemson Tigers, NFL Draft, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Recruiting

Notes on some of the top prospects in the draft

April 27, 2017 by ianaboyd 3 Comments

As someone that watches a ton of recruiting film I have a fairly good idea of how people that follow a game at one level tend to evaluate players coming up from the lower levels. You try to watch for raw athleticism and skill from highlights or moments from games and you don’t spend forever … [Read more…]

Posted in: NFL Tagged: 2017 NFL Draft, Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Deshaun Watson, Jake Butt, Jordan Leggett, Mike Williams, NFL Draft, Pat Mahomes

Examining every play from Clemson’s final drive

January 11, 2017 by ianaboyd 2 Comments

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…]

Posted in: ACC football, College football postseason, General college football, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Deshaun Watson, How did Clemson beat Alabama?, National championship, Nick Saban

Quick thoughts on Clemson’s victory

January 10, 2017 by ianaboyd 4 Comments

I can honestly say I saw that coming. I reviewed what we’d learned from last year’s matchup between these two teamsĀ and I did a big stat/unit breakdown on Football Outsiders where I boiled things down to: There are three elite units in this game, two of them are Clemson’s (their O and D). Alabama’s offense … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, College football postseason, General college football, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Dabo Swinney, Deshaun Watson, Hunter Renfrow, Jordan Leggett, Mike Williams, Nick Saban
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