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Recognizing the Big 12’s tradition of outstanding tiny persons

May 11, 2017 by ianaboyd

(I’m reposting and updating this article from its original placement). While writing up a post recently about Kavontae Turpin and the role he’ll play in the TCU offense in 2016, I decided to track the Big 12’s history of fantastically productive little guys. There have been so many, that it seemed about time that we … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, College football postseason Tagged: Darren Sproles, Darren Sproles water bug trophy for most outstanding tiny person, Jalen McCleskey, Kavontae Turpin, MOTP

Examining every play from Clemson’s final drive

January 11, 2017 by ianaboyd

I did just that over at SB Nation. Examining all the winning calls that brought down Alabama just brings into clearer picture how the key to beating the Tide is being able to throw the ball at a high level. Like last year, the Tide trying to be cautious with their pass-rush to allow them … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, College football postseason, General college football, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Deshaun Watson, How did Clemson beat Alabama?, National championship, Nick Saban

Quick thoughts on Clemson’s victory

January 10, 2017 by ianaboyd

I can honestly say I saw that coming. I reviewed what we’d learned from last year’s matchup between these two teamsĀ and I did a big stat/unit breakdown on Football Outsiders where I boiled things down to: There are three elite units in this game, two of them are Clemson’s (their O and D). Alabama’s offense … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, College football postseason, General college football, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Dabo Swinney, Deshaun Watson, Hunter Renfrow, Jordan Leggett, Mike Williams, Nick Saban

My Alabama vs Clemson preview

January 4, 2017 by ianaboyd

My big preview of Alabama vs Clemson, round II is up at SB Nation. I found myself talking myself into the Tigers in this one.

Posted in: College football postseason Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, College Football Playoff

How Clemson shut down the Buckeye run game

January 2, 2017 by ianaboyd

Read about it at Football Study Hall! The biggest factor was undoubtedly that Clelin Ferrell dominated the Ohio State OL and they were awful at LG after Michael Jordan went down. He had four tackles, three behind the line of scrimmage and one on a sack, but he was involved in a few other instances … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, Big 10 football, College football postseason

Four quick thoughts on round 1 of the playoffs

January 1, 2017 by ianaboyd

On one hand it’s rather disappointing that neither Washington nor Ohio State were able to provide Clemson or Alabama with enough of a challenge to give us a good game. On the other hand, I was exhausted from traveling with an 18-month old anyways so I can’t complain that I was able to fall asleep … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, College Football Playoff, Ohio State Buckeyes, Washington Huskies

How Washington will try and handle Bama’s run game

December 31, 2016 by ianaboyd

If Washington can’t stop the QB-read run game for Alabama, this game won’t be much fun to watch. Check out my preview on how that will go down over at SB Nation.

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Profiling the first round college football playoff matchups

December 29, 2016 by ianaboyd

These playoffs are pretty intriguing and I’m looking forward to taking them in much more than a year ago when the Bama-Michigan State game was foolishly broadcast on New Year’s Eve when we were all trying to party. Alabama vs Washington might be similarly lopsided, but at least the timing will be better. More on … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, Big 10 football, College football postseason, Pac-12 football, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Ohio State Buckeyes, Washington Huskies
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