In part II the other day, I broached the same topic I’ve mentioned when I was explaining the theoretical advantage of the “bash bros” against the “Raid bros” in the Big 12. That didn’t work out so great, because it turns out that having easy answers for 3rd and 1 isn’t as valuable as being … [Read more…]
Over at Crimson and Cream Machine you can read an excerpt from my new book, “Flyover Football: How the Big 12 became the frontier for modern football.” The selection is from Chapter 9: Bob’s last gift and the no-D league. The chapter discusses how Stoops pushed the Big 12 forward with one final offensive hire … [Read more…]
It happens basically every other year for someone. The league is driven by QB play and everyone is always either at the heights of being led by a star junior or freshman signal caller or waiting for the next guy to grab the reins. I looked back at the league’s history of replacing top QBs … [Read more…]
The old “Mack Brown wanted prospect X as a safety” meme is pretty much dead and gone now that Texas is on their second post-Mack coach, but the ultimate example of Mack’s QB eval problems just went no. 1 in the NFL draft. Back in the day before that meme got going things were chugging … [Read more…]
Happy New Year everyone! Today is the day of the college football playoffs (and some other games) which is always exciting. They sure make the second game end late, but that’s alright, I’ve got enough juice for at least one more late night CFB binge before the offseason. I’ve written four previews of these playoff … [Read more…]
I’ve been re-watching the Oklahoma vs TCU game this morning and this 3rd and 3 play stood out to me. Something I’ve been trying to explain this season to all of the frustrated Texas fans is how much of the modern game, particularly in the Big 12, is determined on the field by the players. … [Read more…]
While I’ve been busy elsewhere this season, I’ve still kept up regularly with the Big 12. Much of the criticism of the conference or explanations for why it’s on shaky ground for the future are all valid and true but that doesn’t mean it can’t be the most entertaining league from year to year. One … [Read more…]
I took the time to break down a couple of Port Neches-Groves games for Inside Texas to break down Herman’s new QB commit Roschon Johnson. You can read my thoughts here. I think this may be intriguing for Texas and non-Texas fans alike as I discuss the nature of evaluating sophomores, the design of high … [Read more…]
It’s about that time of the year, time to make up my preseason All-B12 list and rank where I think the league’s top players are likely to finish at the end of the year. You can see my projections for the 2015 season or the 2016 season and gauge for yourself my prognostication skills if … [Read more…]
I don’t think most pundits or fans have fully grokked how good the Big 12 might be in 2017. This has almost always been a QB-driven league, at least since Mike Leach transformed it by bringing the Air Raid and Texas HS football became a frontier for spread tactics. There have been some seasons where the Big … [Read more…]