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Who won week 13 in the Big 12?

November 25, 2019 by ianaboyd

We have our championship game contenders locked in now with Baylor vs Oklahoma now preparing to reprise their fascinating battle from the other week. Interestingly, both teams leaned very heavily on the QB run game to make round one a close battle and both teams continued to lean on that dimension of their offense to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Charlie Brewer, Gary Patterson, Hurts the relentless, Jalen Hurts, Lincoln Riley, Matt Rhule, Oklahoma Sooners, Rhule the stoic, TCU Horned Frogs

Runnin’ Riley

November 22, 2019 by ianaboyd

One of the most impressive and interesting storylines in the Big 12 this season has been Oklahoma’s evolution into a really high level, power-option team. Since Lincoln Riley came to Norman the Sooners have been much more run-oriented than certainly I would have guessed considering Riley’s Air Raid background. From the start of the year, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5, Bill Bedenbaugh, Gary Patterson, Hurts the relentless, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Power-option, TCU Horned Frogs

Who won week 10 in the Big 12?

November 4, 2019 by ianaboyd

Week 10 was destined to be one of little consequence for this season in the Big 12 unless disaster befell some team or another. I guess there were some disastrous events for the TCU Horned Frogs, but they weren’t a team of much consequence for this season save for as a potential spoiler, a role … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5 defense, Chuba Hubbard, Dillon Stoner, Gary Patterson, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Max Duggan, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Spencer Sanders, TCU Horned Frogs, Zone-read

Who won week 8 in the Big 12?

October 21, 2019 by ianaboyd

I may have to take back some of my comments about Les Miles’ errors in pulling the scholarship from Jax “the destroyer” Dineen. There’s two arguments in favor of Miles’ decision that have made it an apparently justifiable move. The first is that by accepting the transfer of his own son, Ben Miles, as a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Brent Dearmon, Gary Patterson, Kansas Jayhawks, Les Miles, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Pooka Williams, Spencer Sanders, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, The RPO spread revolution

Gary Patterson’s defensive spycraft

July 30, 2019 by ianaboyd

Gary Patterson is a nut when it comes to scouting opponents, I’ve heard from multiple offensive coaches at B12 media days that game planning for Gary Patterson’s defense is one of the toughest challenges in the league. Naturally, his defense is designed to be flexible within the constraints of playing four-down, base personnel. Here’s the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5 Quarters defense, Big 12 defense, college-style offense, Gary Patterson, RPO spread revolution, TCU Horned Frogs

Gary Patterson and counterintelligence

July 29, 2019 by ianaboyd

One very small subplot to this offseason has been the degree of change that’s coming to TCU’s offensive strategy in 2019. Gary Patterson had a presser in the spring in which he noted that they were “changing some things in their passing game” and that new WR coach Malcolm Kelly had been helpful towards this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: counterintelligence, Gary Patterson, spycraft, TCU Horned Frogs, Veer and Shoot

Gary Patterson vs Urban Meyer and Ryan Day

May 3, 2019 by ianaboyd

In a series I’m doing at footballstudyhall.com I broke down the chess games between Patterson and the Buckeyes that took place early in 2018. Going in I figured that Dwayne Haskins and the passing game would be too much for the Frogs, and he definitely did some real damage throwing it around but TCU had … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Gary Patterson, Innis Gaines, Lincoln Riley, TCU defense, TCU Horned Frogs

TCU’s continuing evolution on defense

March 28, 2019 by ianaboyd

Over at Football Study Hall I took a look at what’s coming down the pipe from Gary Patterson and the Horned Frogs, in particular their three-down sub-package that they used a lot last year. It’s similar to the defense that Phil Bennett had created at Baylor towards the later years (especially 2015 and 2016) and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5 Quarters defense, Big 12 football, Gary Patterson, Positionless football, TCU Horned Frogs

Hybrids: The making of a modern defense

March 18, 2019 by ianaboyd

I just recently finished the newest book by my man Coach Alexander: https://www.amazon.com/Hybrids-Making-Defense-Cody-Alexander/dp/1790429722 It’s a phenomenal read both for coaches of the game and also fans and writers that want a deeper and more comprehensive look at how defensive tactics have evolved to the point we’ve reached today. Coach A has a few main points … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Texas HS Football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Air Raid, Big 12 football, Gary Patterson, HUNH spread, Hybrids, Inverted Tampa-2, Jon Heacock, Positionless football, Todd Orlando, Total football

Breaking down TCU’s 2019 recruiting class

March 9, 2019 by ianaboyd

There’s been an amusing trend in Gary Patterson’s public appearances recently, both at his signing day presser and then at a coach’s convention, where he’s noted that TCU’s reputation is better out of state than within the state of Texas. Because of his garrulous and self-referential nature he can be fascinating to listen to as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 2019 Big 12 recruiting classes, Alex Delton, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Gary Patterson, Max Duggan, TCU Horned Frogs, Transfer portal
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