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…]
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…]
That was a fairly interesting first round to the NFL draft. I have a bunch of notes on how things have shaken out so far. The Detroit Lions did the right thing? It happens from time to time, but Lions fans in my area should be happy that they signed the best Buckeye cornerback. Obviously … [Read more…]
It’s more than a little interesting to observe the TCU-Baylor rivalry these days. The Frogs aren’t even really a strictly Texas school anymore, their admission is over 50% comprised of out of state students, and the football program has served them well as an advertisement for kids from California and other locales. Baylor on the … [Read more…]
Yesterday I compiled some data from 247sports.com on the recruiting class rankings of the Big 12 over the last decade (2010-19). Btw, that website is remarkably easy to use and a tremendous resource for doing quick research on most anything you could want to examine. What I compiled was the average class ranking for every … [Read more…]
Many TCU fans were disappointed to learn that Gary Patterson’s big offseason shuffle on offense was to bring back Doug Meacham, move old OL coach Jarrett Anderson back, and then bring in Jerry Kill in an off field role. None of that promises to result in particularly big changes to TCU’s often overly conservative approach … [Read more…]
The last two seasons at TCU have been defined by trying to win games by running the ball, controlling the game’s tempo, and playing great defense. Over those two seasons the Frogs are 12-13 with a 7-11 mark in Big 12 play. The trendy move for someone like Patterson after falling short for a couple … [Read more…]
That was it, the last week of regular season Big 12 football for the 2019 season. It was an interesting year, we’ll recap it in a variety of ways over the coming weeks including with my All-B12 thoughts and some breakdowns of Baylor v Oklahoma round II. The final weekend spelled out well some of … [Read more…]