This week I had Jamie Plunkett (@FrogPreacher) and Melissa Triebwasser (@TheCoachMelissa), the managing editors of FrogsOwar.com to preview TCU’s 2017 season. Amongst our topics were whether Gary Patterson was going to rebuild his once legendary defenses, how he might do so, the current trust level in Kenny Hill, and the long-term vision for the team … [Read more…]
I had Coach Joe Willis of Colleyville Heritage on “The Expansion Candidate” this week to talk recruiting today in the Big 12, the value of 7 on 7 camps, IMG and their riff with Texas, and expectations for the upcoming Big 12 season. We opened by talking about Willis’ experiences facing Chad Morris and Lake … [Read more…]
Introducing, a new podcast hosted by yours truly that’s focused with Big 12 football, “The Expansion Candidate!” For our first episode we had Coach Cody Alexander of Matchquarters.com on to talk about what makes Texas high school football so effective, how that affects Big 12 football, and the school of defense he learned from Phil … [Read more…]
Justin was out of commission this week so I recorded an Inside Texas podcast with Allen Kenney of Blatant Homerism and we talked about the new coaches at Texas and Oklahoma as well as our favorite frontrunners in the 2017 Big 12 race. Let me know what you think, maybe I’ll try to make more … [Read more…]
I thought I’d do a quick hitter on my major schematic question for every Big 12 team. I’d have gone to Big 12 media days and asked the coaches these questions myself but we’re expecting baby no. 2 soon so I’m currently tied down in Michigan. Anyways, here we go: Oklahoma Sooners: How are they … [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…]
Oklahoma State is a no brainer contender in the Big 12 in 2017, over at SB Nation I took a lot at some of the chips Gundy pushed in to make this the case. The more I think about it, the more I expect that they’ll probably play a lot of 20/11 personnel next season … [Read more…]
In this piece over at Inside Texas I was aiming to explain how Big 12 run games work on a foundational level and why Texas has sucked at defending them despite consistently boasting of having the biggest, most athletic LBs. Now, setting aside the issue of whether Texas’ LBs are actually the biggest and most … [Read more…]
Over at Football Study Hall I wrote a column explaining the formula that Dana Holgorsen has been honing for making the West Virginia Mountaineers competitive in the Big 12. The big thing is this…with Will Grier and his arm strength executing their RPO game alongside this Wickline-taught OL and RB Justin Crawford, this might be … [Read more…]
One of the biggest shocks that has come from the new #RhuleofLaw in Waco has been the physical nature of Baylor Bear practices. This has been a major departure from the Art Briles regimen of extremely rep-heavy, up-tempo practices designed to get as many reps in as possible every day. Most teams find that these up-tempo, … [Read more…]