Baylor is a trendy dark horse pick in the Big 12 for this coming year. Perhaps not as a champion but at least as a contender. In my estimation the group they have to beat out for that consists of Texas Tech, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Oklahoma, and Texas. I’m already ready to rule … [Read more…]
The Sooners will have a different sort of team in 2019, that much is clear. Jalen Hurts will bring a new flavor to Lincoln Riley’s offense and Alex Grinch is hoping to transform the Oklahoma defense. The former is likely a one-year stopgap before Spencer Rattler assumes command of the offense and steers it back … [Read more…]
Playing great offense is primarily about over-stressing an opponent. You need to present more threats than they can cover up, identify where they are weak, and then get the ball to the right spots at the right time. The HUNH spread is ascendant as an offensive strategy because it’s the best way to accomplish that … [Read more…]
Over at Football Study Hall I broke down the changes that seem to be brewing for the TCU offense with their addition of the veer and shoot passing game and talented downfield passer Matthew Baldwin.
I mention it in my new post on Football Study Hall breaking down the 2018 Mississippi State offense against the Auburn defense. This solution maybe didn’t totally originate with Belichick, but I think he made it particularly popular. The Patriots created a 46 front after the snap against the Seahawks zone-read game. That meant there … [Read more…]
Another typical year for the Big 12 in the NFL draft. A few of the league’s big stars didn’t get much attention, including two of the most dangerous receivers of 2018 David Sills and Lil’Jordan Humphrey. The Sooners cleaned up with a commanding lead over the rest of the league, seeing eight players drafted. Amusingly … [Read more…]
I recently watched Iowa State’s bowl game against Washington State and noted that their usage of 12 personnel was still ticking upwards at that point. I read on 247 that they spent 40% of the season in 12 personnel, which is quite a bit. Over at Football Study Hall I took stock of their offensive … [Read more…]
I’ve been trying to gather news and tidbits on some of the developments in spring football across the league but hadn’t really put enough together to make a full post yet. So I’m opening it up to take questions and conversation starters from the Twitter-bags on what the picture for the 2019 Big 12 season … [Read more…]
Last Friday at Football Study Hall I broke down OSU’s evolving approach to offense and contextualized it somewhat within their plan for attacking the Cyclone Inverted Tampa-2 defense last season. That post started as me determining to look back and try to fully grok how it was that OSU was able to drop 42 points … [Read more…]
Over at Football Study Hall I broke down some of Gundy’s tactical trends on offense and what they may be cooking up with Sean Gleeson, Charlie Dickey, Jelani Woods, and Spencer Sanders. I doubt that offense is an issue for OSU next season, their chances really hinge on how well their QB protects the ball … [Read more…]