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The play that allowed OU to overcome Kansas State

April 6, 2018 by ianaboyd 8 Comments

The 2017 Kansas State vs Oklahoma game was a really impressive contest between what I’m now delineating as a “spread-option” team and a “spread-Iso” team. I may have to further adjust those terms but the idea is that OU will create multiple stress points with their scheme and then “send it where you ain’t.” K-State … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2 Quarters, GT Counter, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Snyder-ball, Spread-Iso ball, Spread-option

TCU goes back to the spread-option

August 24, 2017 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

I was debating TCU’s offensive direction under Sonny Cumbie on the Inside Texas message board recently and found, as I often do, that the explanations I was giving of the current TCU process and philosophy on both sides of the ball would make for a rather good article. I’ve done so over at Football Study … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Gary Patterson, Justin Rogers, Shawn Robinson, Sonny Cumbie, Spread-option, TCU Horned Frogs, Trevone Boykin

Breaking down Baylor’s 2017 recruiting class

February 23, 2017 by ianaboyd 12 Comments

Matt Rhule walked into a tough situation, a true fixer-upper if you’ll forgive me, in taking over Briles’ Baylor program. Beyond the acrimony over the scandal that took down Briles and much of the leadership at Baylor, Rhule also came to find a gutted roster and a recruiting class with only a single committed player. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Big 12 recruiting, Charlie Brewer, Lake Travis option, Matt Rhule, NSD 2017, Spread-option

(Some) of what I learned from watching the Texas 6A State title games

February 17, 2017 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

Those games featured future Big 12 QBs Shawn Robinson (TCU), Charlie Brewer (Baylor), and Xavier Martin (Texas Tech). It also provided a nice contrast between two diverging paths I see for spread-option football. I’ll be posting more on these QBs as I wrap up my breakdowns of the Big 12 recruiting classes but read my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Baker Mayfield, Baylor Bears, Charlie Brewer, DeSoto, Lake Travis, Spread-option, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Xavier Martin

Smart Football details modern tweaks in the QB run game

January 3, 2017 by ianaboyd Leave a Comment

A huge help to me in getting started in the world of football X’s and O’s and understanding the game’s strategies and developments was reading Chris Brown’s “Smart Football” website and then his Grantland column. He was good enough to send me a free copy of his second book which along with his first catalogue a … [Read more…]

Posted in: General college football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, linebackers, Power-read, QB run game, smart football, Spread-option, Toss-read

Matt Rhule embraces the spread-option

January 2, 2017 by ianaboyd 5 Comments

Matt Rhule made a couple of big moves this past weekend when he filled out his offensive staff by hiring Matt Lubick (Co-OC/WR coach for Oregon) and Jeff Nixon (TE coach for San Francisco 49er’s) to be the co-offensive coordinators in Waco. The rest of the staff includes Texas HS fave Joey McGuire from Cedar … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Charlie Brewer, Lake Travis, Matt Rhule, Oregon Ducks, Spread-option

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