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Month: April 2017

Rhule’s plan at Baylor continues to take shape

April 7, 2017 by ianaboyd

Over at Football Study Hall I have a breakdown of star Temple DE/OLB Haason Reddick and many of the ways that Matt Rhule used him last year. His film is exceptional and instructive on some of Rhule’s favorite tricks for dealing with college offenses. It’s amazing to see all of the guys that Rhule and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, NFL Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, 22 personnel, Baylor Bears, Haason Reddick, Matt Rhule, Temple Owls

Running on empty

April 6, 2017 by ianaboyd

Texas may have to make heavy use of empty formations next season in order to A) Make the most of a loaded WR corps B) Overcome the lack of a TE and possibly the lack of a great RB Over at Inside Texas I detail how this could work.   Btw, you know who has … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Collin Johnson, Empty formation, Shane Buechele, Texas Longhorns, Tom Herman, Urban Meyer

Auburn is going to phase 2 of the smashmouth spread

April 6, 2017 by ianaboyd

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…]

Posted in: SEC football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Art Briles, Auburn Tigers, Baylor Bears, Chip Lindsey, Gus Malzahn, Jarrett Stidham, SEC football, Smashmouth spread

Ohio State looking to re-balance their offense under Kevin Wilson

April 3, 2017 by ianaboyd

I’ve got a few bits coming on Kevin Wilson and Ohio State. This piece focuses on the balance he might bring to the Ohio State attack while another article for Athlon will tackle what has been going wrong at Ohio State on offense over the last few years and how Wilson will approach those issues. … [Read more…]

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