Even Ohio State is coming to be more influenced by it after hiring former Kelly QB coach Ryan Day last year as their new QB coach and then this year making him the real OC over Kevin Wilson. I broke some of that transition down over at SB Nation. Chip Kelly is going to go … [Read more…]
I recently got this excellent question from a reader named Cole about the reality of “pro-style” systems in college and which programs actually prepare offensive players for the NFL: Mr Boyd, I was hoping you could tell me, in your opinion, which colleges are currently running a pro-style offense? I enjoy reading your football analysis. … [Read more…]
We now take a brief interruption from my breakdown of every Big 12 recruiting class (only one to go, Baylor) so that I can highlight something fun I just posted up at SB Nation. I ranked the undefeated teams and another squad that I think would have been the most likely to win in the … [Read more…]
This should be our final piece to this puzzle and then I’ll begin to move on to the always popular Big 12 class breakdowns. In part I we focused on the ways in which teams still run 3-4 and 4-3 base defenses in the spread era today. These are increasingly less common because of how … [Read more…]
My main intention with this series was to dive into the differences between varying types of 4-2-5, 3-3-5, and 3-2-6 defensive formations but I hit 1500 words in a hurry explaining how teams will still play true 4-3 and 3-4 structures against the spread so I decided to split this into multiple parts. Today we’ll … [Read more…]
So I was watching some more Texas high school football recently. I was doing some breakdowns of 2018 Texas Longhorn commits and trying to find full games so I could eval guys off more than the traits they reveal in limited HUDL highlights. You may find that you are wrong about which guys will translate … [Read more…]
Over at SB Nation I have some thoughts up on Chip Kelly’s return to the college game, which has been timed with Philly winning the Super Bowl while embracing many of his tactics and ideas. Pro-style offenses these days tend to use RPOs, because why not read a defender on a running play for an … [Read more…]
Tom Osborne was the head coach at Nebraska for 25 years, the OC for four years before that, and an assistant for four more years before that. Almost the entirety of the Nebraska Cornhusker football tradition and legacy is built off what he instituted and oversaw there. People today know Nebraska for their dominant run … [Read more…]
I speculated around this point over at SB Nation. It’s obviously very difficult to know the answer, just as it’s hard to really know whether one of the better Boise, TCU, or Utah teams of the past that went undefeated might have been able to win a playoff. The committee is designed to give everyone … [Read more…]
Just published over at Football Study Hall. This is perhaps especially true in the Big 12, where dime defense is taking over. The jig is up for four-wide offense, unless you’re playing against Mike Stoops.