Over at Inside Texas I broke down a playoff game between a couple of Texan quarterbacks of great interest to Longhorn fans, Southlake Carroll’s Quinn Ewers and Duncanville’s Ja’Quinden Jackson. It took a long time to break down that film so I’ll have nuggets I pull from there for a while to come. A tidbit … [Read more…]
In the last post I went over the top 10 Big 12 defenses of the 2010s based on scoring defense within league play. That gave us the following list: I like the 2017 TCU Horned Frogs, 2010 Nebraska Cornhuskers, and 2017 Iowa State Cyclones from that list for their performance and/or innovative impact on the … [Read more…]
Recently I was talking Oklahoma defensive back recruiting and schematic future under Alex Grinch with Sooners Wire’s Kegan Reneau. It was sparked by this post I did on what Oklahoma and Texas will be attempting to do philosophically to stop all the potent passing attacks the Big 12 will feature in 2020. Reneau asked me … [Read more…]
Zach Evans was a character in a story told here over a year ago about North Shore’s victory over Duncanville in the 2018 Texas 6A state championship. D-Ville played a 4-1-6 dime defense and mostly shut down Evans only to be torched by 4-star, Auburn-bound? quarterback Dametrius Davis throwing to 4-star, Texas A&M recruit Shadrach … [Read more…]
In my last post, I was breaking down the challenges confronting Big 12 defenses for the upcoming 2020 season. The return of several quarterbacks combined with the growth or addition of big time weapons outside at receiver makes for a pretty frightening scenario for defenses trying to cover it all up. Within that post, I … [Read more…]
The 2019 season in the Big 12 was really one of the weakest in a while in terms of offensive skill outside the hash marks. Quarterback play was down a little bit, with Jalen Hurts, Sam Ehlinger, and Brock “pump fake” Purdy really highlighting the league’s signal-callers. Wide receiver play took a commensurate dip, which … [Read more…]
Someone asked Bill Connelly a really good question on Twitter yesterday in response to his article about how the spread has “won” in college football and is now the strategy. I have a lot of thoughts on this, indeed I wrote an entire book before the season on the topic of what’s been driving offensive … [Read more…]
My old colleague Bill Connelly has a piece up on ESPN.com today about how the spread has “won” in college football. That’s the thing now, spread offense. I’ve been writing, arguing, and explaining as much for the last several years. LSU’s dominant 2019 run obviously established this pretty firmly. Before the LSU title run and … [Read more…]
TCU went into their final game of the season at 5-6 coming off what would have been a miraculous win on the road against Oklahoma. Going to a bowl game is a big deal for the Horned Frogs under Gary Patterson, but not so much for the bowl game itself. Everyone benefits from those extra … [Read more…]
The 2020 NFL draft selected 14 players from LSU’s 2019 team. I think there’s a real chance that this unit will go down with the 2001 Miami Hurricanes as one of the greatest teams of all time, particularly in an era where NFL draft selections and subsequent success weighs so heavily into how people perceive … [Read more…]