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Tebow vs Ehlinger

July 23, 2019 by ianaboyd

Over on Twitter I built a long thread filled with GIFs from Tim Tebow’s 2008 campaign where the Gators won the SEC and national championships. Here’s where it begins: It’s really something to behold the Gator O creating time for Tebow and advantages for their receivers every time they run play-action off their counter schemes … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Florida Gators, RPO spread revolution, Sam Ehlinger, Smashmouth spread, Texas Longhorns, Tim Tebow

In defense of Big 12 defense…

July 10, 2018 by ianaboyd

Okay, hang on though… As a Texas guy who’s watched the Longhorns languish the entire decade due to self-made problems while the league’s reputation and leverage across the sport has declined, I’ve got a fairly good view of what exactly the Big 12 is and what it isn’t. It isn’t the SEC, the passion level … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Big 12, Big 12 defense, Georgia Bulldogs, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, SEC, SEC footbawl, Texas Longhorns

Don’t be shocked when Georgia wins…

January 8, 2018 by ianaboyd

I’ve done two previews of the national championship. I broke down some of the big picture trends and stats over at Football Outsiders and dove in deep on how I think Georgia will attack Jalen Hurts for SB Nation. Because I was writing on the SEC extensively this season over at Saturday Down South I’ve … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, College Football Playoff, Georgia Bulldogs, National championship

Aggies pass over Morris for the mercenary

December 8, 2017 by ianaboyd

What happens in the SEC West when pigs fly? We’re about to find out. The SEC West is going to endure some shakeups in the coming seasons with Kevin Sumlin replaced in College Station by Jimbo Fisher while former A&M alum and Texas HS legend Chad Morris takes over at Arkansas. The main consensus is … [Read more…]

Posted in: SEC football Tagged: Arkansas Razorbacks, Chad Morris, Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas HS Football

Meanwhile, just outside of Texas

September 5, 2017 by ianaboyd

LSU shut the freaking door on BYU’s defense this last weekend while fielding a defense of Houston kids. I broke down how they mixed an old school 4-3 Under defense with a 2-4-5 nickel sub-package to wreak havoc on BYU’s pro-stylings on offense over at Saturday Down South. I think their “confuse and clobber” offense … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Baylor Bears, Houston metroplex, LSU Tigers, Texas A&M Fighting Aggies, Texas Longhorns

Paul Rhoads converts Arkansas to the 3-4

August 31, 2017 by ianaboyd

This was a fun piece to write, over at Saturday Down South I explain some of the details and philosophy of the 3-4 quarters defense that Paul Rhoads is installing at Arkansas. One thing that’s funny about this is that Rhoads is the DB coach for Arkansas and things aren’t going to change much for … [Read more…]

Posted in: SEC football Tagged: 3-4 quarters defense, 4-0-4 tite front, Arkansas Razorbacks, Brett Bielema, Paul Rhoads, Saturday Down South, Wisconsin Badgers

I’ve joined Saturday Down South

August 29, 2017 by ianaboyd

To write about the SEC this season! If you’re a fan of that league I’ll be writing three shorter columns a week on that site focusing this season in the SEC. I opened my examining “the state of the process” and whether Alabama can continue to dominate the league in 2017 by controlling the trenches.

Posted in: SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Saturday Down South, SEC football

The 2017 Texas A&M Fighting Aggies…

August 28, 2017 by ianaboyd

Over at SB Nation I’ve got a preview up of the season opener between Texas A&M and UCLA. My sense of the 2017 Texas situation is that it’s not good. At all. They still have talent, plenty of it, but they’ve had tons of talent for much of this decade and typically managed to piss … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pac-12 football, SEC football Tagged: Anthony Hines, Chad Morris, John Chavis, Kenneth Murray, Kevin Sumlin, SEC football, Texas A&M Aggies

Tennessee set to go with a Texan signal-caller

August 16, 2017 by ianaboyd

I think it’s possible that Tennessee moving on from Joshua Dobbs could actually boost their offense if Quinten Dormady makes good on some of the potential I’ve seen in him. Dormady was a 4-star “pro-style” recruit from a San Antonio suburb (Boerne) that missed his junior year with an injury from baseballĀ and managed to collect … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, SEC football Tagged: Quinten Dormady, Tennessee Volunteers, Texan signal-caller, Texas HS Football, Texas HS recruiting

Michigan vs Florida could reveal Harbaugh’s coming breakthrough

August 9, 2017 by ianaboyd

The funny thing about Harbaugh’s Michigan program that has won 10 games twice and came within a few narrow disasters of playoff appearances is that they haven’t looked like his better Stanford or San Francisco teams. By that I mean that they haven’t run the ball all that well. They started to last year, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 10 football, SEC football Tagged: Florida Gators, Grant Newsome, Jim Harbaugh, Khalid Hill, Malik Zaire, Michigan Wolverines, Tyrone Wheatley Jr
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