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Month: January 2020

First 2020 Big 12 power ranking

January 30, 2020 by ianaboyd

Shortly after the Camping World Bowl between Iowa State and Notre Dame, which was a disaster for the Cyclones, TE Charlie Kolar announced he’d be returning for 2020. That was probably the right call, Kolar has NFL talent but he’s still developing his tool box. He ended up with 51 catches for 697 yards and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 championship game, Charlie Kolar, PFPurdy, Power rankings, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Rattler

Super Bowl preview: Shanahan’s legacy vs the Big 12 Chiefs

January 29, 2020 by ianaboyd

The Shanahan O is probably one of the more poorly examined and least understood offensive systems in football. It doesn’t even really have a name other than the general “zone run game” tag that isn’t always particularly useful since a lot of teams run zone but don’t run the offense developed by Mike Shanahan. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: NFL Tagged: Alex Gibbs, Kansas City Chiefs, Kyle Shanahan, L.A. Rams, Mike Shanahan, Monkey-wrenching, Pat Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes, Quarters coverage, RG3, San Francisco 49ers, Sean McVay, Super Bowl, Washington Redskins, wide zone

Mike Gundy pushes in his chips again

January 27, 2020 by ianaboyd

This has been about as impressive an offseason in Stillwater as I’ve ever seen, and I can readily recall another recent doozy. Heading into 2017 the Cowboys had Mason Rudolph and James Washington coming off big 2016s and both seemed likely to be NFL draft picks. Instead, they both returned along with a healthy Marcell … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Amen Ogbongbemiga, Big 12 championship game, Big 12 football, Chuba Hubbard, Malcolm Rodriguez, Mason Rudolph, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Spencer Sanders, Tylan Wallace

A new Baylor decade

January 24, 2020 by ianaboyd

You could argue that Baylor was the story of the 2010s in the Big 12. Oklahoma obviously dominated most of the decade, winning 6.5 Big 12 titles, making four playoff appearances, and putting up the following record against the rest of the league: A completely inability to deal with Oklahoma was truly the primary obstacle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Art Briles, Baylor Bears, Big 12 championship game, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns

Pat Mahomes and space supremacy

January 17, 2020 by ianaboyd

I’ve been trying to find the right words and analogies recently in order to explain why it is that I’m so confident in the emergent supremacy of spread passing offense, particularly pro-style spread passing. The Big 12 and Flyover Football is often dominated more by smashmouth spread systems that emphasize the run game in order … [Read more…]

Posted in: NFL, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Andy Reid, Derrick Henry, Kansas City Chiefs, NFL, NFL playoffs, Pat Mahomes, Precision strikes, Slop, Slot fades, Space force, Space supremacy, Tennessee Titans, Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill, Y-stick

Dave Aranda to Baylor

January 16, 2020 by ianaboyd

I’d never have guessed that this was going to be a major topic in the Big 12, not even in the week or so after Matt Rhule left for Carolina, not until his name was explicitly mentioned for the Baylor job. For starters, Dave Aranda has never necessarily seemed to be a future HC kind … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Baylor Bears, Dave Aranda, DC graveyard, Mack Rhoades, MAD defense, zone blitz

TCU flips the org chart

January 16, 2020 by ianaboyd

Many TCU fans were disappointed to learn that Gary Patterson’s big offseason shuffle on offense was to bring back Doug Meacham, move old OL coach Jarrett Anderson back, and then bring in Jerry Kill in an off field role. None of that promises to result in particularly big changes to TCU’s often overly conservative approach … [Read more…]

Posted in: General college football Tagged: Gary Patterson, Jerry Kill, Org chart, TCU Horned Frogs

Who can win the National Championship in 2020?

January 15, 2020 by ianaboyd

Once Deshaun Watson dethroned Alabama in 2016, I began to develop my theory that spread passing wins championships these days at the college level. I then began to look around at the 2017 rosters for teams that could mimic Clemson’s method and take down Alabama, settling on the Sam Darnold USC Trojans who were returning … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, National championship, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Space force, Spencer Rattler, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans

The 2019 LSU Tigers: The ultimate “Space Force”

January 14, 2020 by ianaboyd

Greatest college offense of all time? There’s no question that that was literally the hardest offense to defend that we’ve ever seen. The way their passing game attacked the full field while giving Joe Burrow options and answers to most any problem the defense could present made it the most complete and fully modernized system … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Clemson Tigers, Derek Stingley, Flyover football, Joe Burrow, LSU Tigers, MAD defense, Precision strikes, SDI defense, Space force

National Championship preview

January 13, 2020 by ianaboyd

I wanted to accumulate everything I’ve written on this National Championship game in one place. At Football Outsiders I have a big preview while tabling the stats and analytic projections for the game. Here’s a piece on Clemson’ adapting the inverted Tampa 2 to stifle Ohio State. I broke down how Clemson doubled down on … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason Tagged: Brent Venables, Clemson Tigers, College Football Playoff, Dabo Swinney, Flyover football, inverted Tampa 2, Joe Burrow, Justyn Ross, LSU Tigers, National championship, Tee Higgins, Trevor Lawrence
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