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Month: May 2020

How will Texas and Oklahoma defend the perimeter in 2020?

May 8, 2020 by ianaboyd

In my last post, I was breaking down the challenges confronting Big 12 defenses for the upcoming 2020 season. The return of several quarterbacks combined with the growth or addition of big time weapons outside at receiver makes for a pretty frightening scenario for defenses trying to cover it all up. Within that post, I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5, Alex Grinch, Boo Radley, Bracket quarters, Caden Sterns, Chris Ash, MEG quarters, Mike Stoops, Oklahoma defense, Oklahoma Sooners, Palms coverage, Press-palms, press-quarters, Texas Longhorns, Tony Jefferson

The Big 12’s coming war outside the hash marks

May 7, 2020 by ianaboyd

The 2019 season in the Big 12 was really one of the weakest in a while in terms of offensive skill outside the hash marks. Quarterback play was down a little bit, with Jalen Hurts, Sam Ehlinger, and Brock “pump fake” Purdy really highlighting the league’s signal-callers. Wide receiver play took a commensurate dip, which … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alex Grinch, Brennan Eagles, MEG quarters, MOD quarters, Noah Daniels, Oklahoma Sooners, PFPurdy, press-quarters, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Rattler, Spencer Sanders, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Theo Wease, Tylan Wallace, Xavier Hutchinson

What’s next in the spread era? Part II, underdog strategies

May 5, 2020 by ianaboyd

Someone asked Bill Connelly a really good question on Twitter yesterday in response to his article about how the spread has “won” in college football and is now the strategy. I have a lot of thoughts on this, indeed I wrote an entire book before the season on the topic of what’s been driving offensive … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, General college football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Ground and pound, inverted Tampa 2, March Madness, Mud fight, NCAA tournament, Nebraska I-option, RPO spread revolution, Singlewing, Space force, Space force dreadnought, Spread PNR, Super-carriers, The Dark Knight, Transfer portal

What’s next in the spread era? Part I: differentiation

May 4, 2020 by ianaboyd

My old colleague Bill Connelly has a piece up on ESPN.com today about how the spread has “won” in college football. That’s the thing now, spread offense. I’ve been writing, arguing, and explaining as much for the last several years. LSU’s dominant 2019 run obviously established this pretty firmly. Before the LSU title run and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, General college football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Flyover football, Frontier of modern football, LSU Tigers, Space force dreadnought, Spread RPO Revolution

Max Duggan and TCU’s bowl game

May 2, 2020 by ianaboyd

TCU went into their final game of the season at 5-6 coming off what would have been a miraculous win on the road against Oklahoma. Going to a bowl game is a big deal for the Horned Frogs under Gary Patterson, but not so much for the bowl game itself. Everyone benefits from those extra … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Doug Meacham, Gary Patterson, Jalen Reagor, Jerry Kill, Max Duggan, Sonny Cumbie, TCU Horned Frogs
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