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Month: January 2020

Lamar Jackson and the future of the Ravens’ power-option offense

January 12, 2020 by ianaboyd

The Tennessee Titans, who’s victory over New England I dismissed as being more emblematic of Patriot decline than Titan ascendance, pulled off a shocking win over the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night in the AFC divisional round. I’ve actually been suspicious of the Ravens all season. I hadn’t seen them with my own eyes much … [Read more…]

Posted in: NFL, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Baltimore Ravens, Lamar Jackson, Lincoln Riley, NFL, NFL football, NFL playoffs, Power-option, Tennessee Titans

Jalen Hurts and the “Taysom Hill-type”

January 10, 2020 by ianaboyd

High school football, and sometimes college football, regularly takes simple spread strategy to its logical end points. After throwing for 333 yards and five touchdowns as a sophomore in their victory over Duncanville in 2018, North Shore QB DeMatrius Davis took a different approach in 2019. He completed 6-12 passes for 91 yards but had … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, NFL, Texas HS Football Tagged: 300-200 club, Flyover football, Hurts the relentless, Jalen Hurts, New Orleans Saints, NFL, Sean Payton, Taysom Hill, Tim Tebow

The Pirate comes to Dixie

January 9, 2020 by ianaboyd

The college football twitter-verse was recently set ablaze with this revelation: Mike Leach plays a major role in my recent work… …for his major impact on the college game and the Big 12 in particular waging asymmetrical warfare from his base in Lubbock. He’s spent the last decade at Washington State going 55-47 and 36-36 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Air Raid, Mike Leach, Mississippi, Mississippi State Bulldogs, SEC football, the Pirate

Contrar-Ian NFL takes

January 8, 2020 by ianaboyd

I’m really starting to enjoy the NFL. For the last several years I’ve had limited attention to give to the NFL between my college football writing commitments, another role I have in life in my local Church that eats up time on Sundays, my family commitments, and then also the NFL’s constantly negative press they … [Read more…]

Posted in: NFL Tagged: Baylor Bears, Bill Belichik, Carolina Panthers, Lamar Jackson, Matt Rhule, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans

What’s next for Baylor?

January 7, 2020 by ianaboyd

The #RhuleofLaw has officially ended in Waco. The Matt Rhule hire was a home run for the Bears. Back when it was clear that they would probably have to move off Art Briles I wrote an article suggesting that they make a defensive hire and stick with the 3-down defense they were experimenting with toward … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Carolina Panthers, Joey McGuire, Matt Rhule, NFL football, South Dallas

Defending LSU’s precision strikes

January 6, 2020 by ianaboyd

Perhaps the most important dimension to the National Championship game is how well Clemson can hold up against LSU’s precision strikes. A big part of the Big 12 game, at least in seasons when particular teams have good QB play, is the college game’s equivalent of the “precision strike.” That’s a military term for weapons … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, College football postseason Tagged: Brent Venables, Clemson Tigers, College Football Playoff, Inverted Tampa-2, Isaiah Simmons, Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, LSU Tigers, Nolan Turner, Oklahoma Sooners, Precision strikes, Slot fades, Y-stick

The 2020 Big 12 hunt slowly begins to take shape

January 3, 2020 by ianaboyd

The 2019 bowl season was a big L for the Big 12 conference. The nuanced understanding of the Big 12 is that it’s a league that has two programs with “blue blood” and nationally competitive resources, but then eight other programs that in a given year can play at a top 25 or even top … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Baylor Bears, Lincoln Riley, Matt Rhule, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Tom Herman

Clemson vs Ohio State and the role of a modern running back

January 2, 2020 by ianaboyd

One of the reasons Ohio State was a favorite (not with Vegas but with many commentators) was the awesome power and ability they had in the run game. J.K. Dobbins had 301 carries this season for 2003 yards at 6.7 ypc with 21 touchdowns, amazing production. While not as densely packed with “blue chip” talent … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason, Theoretical ramblings, Uncategorized Tagged: Clemson Tigers, College Football Playoff, JK Dobbins, Ohio State Buckeyes, Travis Etienne, Trevor Lawrence
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