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Month: February 2020

Breaking down 2020 space force enlistment: The hinterlands, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Texas Tech

February 28, 2020 by ianaboyd

These three schools all share the common trait of being fairly distantly removed from the biggest metro areas of the Big 12. Those major metro areas and talent hubs are, in order by population: Obviously D.C./Baltimore and Pittsburgh are irrelevant for everyone in the B12 save for West Virginia but they very much matter for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: Big 12 recruiting, Demographics=destiny, Hinterlands, Matt Wells, Mike Gundy, Neal Brown, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Space force, Space force cadets, Space-force enlistment, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

Breaking down 2020 space force enlistment: Rest of the Midwest, Iowa State and K-State

February 26, 2020 by ianaboyd

Some of these breakdowns will include single teams, others will pack together multiple squads. I intended for every post to be the latter but the Jayhawk posted ended up longer than expected. Building a Big 12 contender from the Midwest is something that has rarely coincided with using “space force” tactics. Mark Mangino got the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: Chris Klieman, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Matt Campbell, North Dakota State Bison, Space force, Space force cadets, Space-force enlistment

Breaking down 2020 space force enlistment: Les Miles’ Kansas Jayhawks

February 25, 2020 by ianaboyd

The other day I explained my “space force enlistment” metric in my last post but I’ll summarize the gist of it. Controlling the middle of the field comes down to feel, team cohesion, strategy, experience, and toughness moreso than pure athleticism. A squad of well picked and developed 3-stars can lock down the middle of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: Armaj Adams-Reed, Bryce Cabeldue, Kansas Jayhawks, Lawrence Arnold, Left tackle, Les Miles, Space cadets, Space force, Space-force enlistment

Space force enlistment: My new metric for evaluating Big 12 recruiting

February 22, 2020 by ianaboyd

For the last five years I’ve tried to break down every recruit in every Big 12 class. The goal was to look beyond star ratings and class rankings and dive into fits, what different teams were looking for, upside potential, and ideally to have a database from which to be able to project whether teams … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: 2020 recruiting, Big 12 defense, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Flyover football, HUDL, Kansas State Wildcats, Space force, Space force enlistment

A macro look at 2020 recruiting

February 21, 2020 by ianaboyd

My guys Paul Wadlington (Scipio Tex) and Kevin Dunn have a very good podcast going these days called “Everyone gets a trophy!” that I recommend. It’s a weekly listen for me. In the most recent episode, Paul (in so many words) basically describes how college football is starting to experience something like the Matthew principle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, Big 12 football, Recruiting, SEC football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: 2020 recruiting, B1G football, Big 12 recruiting, Flyover football, SEC recruiting

Jim Knowles’ Big 12 adjustments

February 20, 2020 by ianaboyd

In year one against the Big 12 it seemed that Jim Knowles had a two-pronged plan for building an Oklahoma State defense that could counter the explosive spread offenses that you encounter in this league. The first prong was to adjust OSU’s defense from the 4-3 hybrid system they’d been basing out of to a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 defense, Jim Knowles, Kolby Harvell-Peel, Malcolm Rodriguez, Match 3, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Rodarius Williams, Trace Ford

Chris Klieman’s present/future balance

February 19, 2020 by ianaboyd

Bill Snyder’s teams were designed to win football games in a particular fashion. He built something akin to a powerhouse HS team, fielding maxed out seniors at most positions and bringing a level of discipline and precision to bear that other teams couldn’t overcome with superior talent. The team that Chris Klieman inherited for 2019 … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Chris Klieman, Hadley Panzer, Kansas State Wildcats, Scottie Hazelton, Skylar Thompson

The Houston Rockets’ spread-iso gambit

February 18, 2020 by ianaboyd

The Houston Rockets made a very controversial trade deadline move this season, dealing their starting center and eliminating their roster of any true big men. That move flew in the face of conventional wisdom on how you win basketball games, but for the Rockets it was a very logical move, comparable to when Billy Bean … [Read more…]

Posted in: Theoretical ramblings Tagged: First round Russ, Houston Rockets, James Harden, LSU Tigers, NBA playoffs, Small-ball, Space force, Spread-Iso ball

Where will Grinch’s D set the ceiling for OU football in 2020?

February 17, 2020 by ianaboyd

Every now and again I see Oklahoma write-ups for 2020 that have caveats for their offense like, “hey, we haven’t see Spencer Rattler yet…” or, “there’s not many scholarship wide receivers left on OU’s campus…” Smart prognostication for the 2020 Sooners should largely ignore all that. Last year we saw Lincoln Riley evolve the OU … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alex Grinch, Big 12 defense, Boo Radley, Caleb Kelly, DaShaun White, Oklahoma defense, Oklahoma Sooners, press-quarters, Tre Brown, Tre Norwood

The last decade of Big 12 recruiting

February 6, 2020 by ianaboyd

Yesterday I compiled some data from 247sports.com on the recruiting class rankings of the Big 12 over the last decade (2010-19). Btw, that website is remarkably easy to use and a tremendous resource for doing quick research on most anything you could want to examine. What I compiled was the average class ranking for every … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: 247, Big 12 recruiting, Embracing Goliath, Gary Patterson, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, The 2010s
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