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Breaking down the Oklahoma spring game

April 10, 2017 by ianaboyd

Later tonight I’m going to go on the Blatant Homerism podcast to talk the Sooner spring game with Allen Kenney but I figured I would offer some notes here. I’ll also do some notes on any other B12 spring games I can get my hands on over the next few weeks. Even Texas Tech…I guess. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Baker Mayfield, Bob Stoops, Caleb Kelly, Emmanuel Beal, Grant Calcaterra, Jon Michael-Terry, Jordan Thomas, Mark Andrews, Mike Stoops, Oklahoma Sooners, Spring game 2017

(Some) of what I learned from watching the Texas 6A State title games

February 17, 2017 by ianaboyd

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…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Baker Mayfield, Baylor Bears, Charlie Brewer, DeSoto, Lake Travis, Spread-option, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Xavier Martin

Breaking down Oklahoma’s 2017 recruiting class

February 14, 2017 by ianaboyd

This is the big one, the highest rated B12 class and by a very wide margin. That success led Zack Kram of the leader to speculate that this class might push Oklahoma back into playoff contention. I’m going to play my favorite role as the contrarIAN and note that Oklahoma’s recent run of success that rescued … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: Baker Mayfield, Big 12 recruiting, Bob Stoops, House of Broyles, Lincoln Riley, Mike Stoops, NSD 2017, Oklahoma recruiting, Oklahoma Sooners

My first glance at the Big 12 in 2017: Part I

January 4, 2017 by ianaboyd

With the various coaching moves and NFL decisions all starting to fall into place it’s time to take my initial look at the Big 12 for 2017. Most of the big moves suggest a lot of positive continuity for the league save of course for at Texas and Baylor, who snagged two of the more … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Baker Mayfield, Jesse Ertz, Kansas State Wildcats, Kenny Hill, Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, West Virginia Mountaineers, Will Grier
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