I was watching “Remember the Titans” recently on cable, as one is prone to do during summer evenings in the offseason when the only other alternative is baseball and you need to find something the whole family will agree on. During the Titan’s championship game I observed a minor flaw in the attempted overlap between … [Read more…]
It’d been maybe a month or two since I chuckled at the fact that Oklahoma ran Brent Venables out of town to make room for “cautious Mike” Stoops. This article was a good outlet for that energy as I ranked the top 5 DCs in college football today. Aranda is the sole representative of the … [Read more…]
My man @JonathanTjarks of theringer.com had an amazing column the other day on the reality of team building in the NBA in an era when LeBron James and the Warriors rule the league. The main thrust of his point is that there is value in the struggle for supremacy in the league, value in the … [Read more…]
I talked about Wyoming’s young signal caller Josh Allen over at Football Study Hall today. While he would have likely been a top pick in the 2017 NFL draft he could be THE top pick of the 2018 draft. What’s interesting is that despite growing up in California and coming in at 6-3, 180 as … [Read more…]
I get asked this question all the time, often by people that enjoy my articles but want to dive into the background info that brings greater clarity to what I’m writing or could answer questions that my writing invokes. It’s nice to be able to dive in and learn more about your own team without … [Read more…]
That’s where you add pass-options, particularly vertical pass options, to your two-back runs. With the additions of OC Chip Lindsey and former Baylor QB Jarrett Stidham, War Eagle now has the main components needed to do this successfully. Gus Malzahn was an early innovator of the smashmouth spread and you can read my man Alex … [Read more…]
I took the time to hash out some more of the details and explanations behind my theory that the next phase for pro-style spread offenses in college ball will feature dual-threat QBs working with multiple TEs in spread sets. Check it out at Football Study Hall. I mention the 2016 South Dakota State Jackrabbits who … [Read more…]
My biggest question about Dave Aranda at LSU was whether an approach that worked with Wisconsin’s versatile farm boys was the best way to unlock the pipeline of NFL talent that flows through Baton Rouge every year. I guess we don’t actually know yet to what extent Aranda’s full blown defensive playbook will look like … [Read more…]
I asked that question over at Football Study Hall while examining stats from some of 2016’s better fast and slow teams. Again and again it seems that a precision passing game has a lot of the effects on a game in terms of dictating tempo and style, wearing down the opponent, and protection the defense … [Read more…]
Those games featured future Big 12 QBs Shawn Robinson (TCU), Charlie Brewer (Baylor), and Xavier Martin (Texas Tech). It also provided a nice contrast between two diverging paths I see for spread-option football. I’ll be posting more on these QBs as I wrap up my breakdowns of the Big 12 recruiting classes but read my … [Read more…]