• About
  • Contact
  • The Book
  • The Podcast
Concerning Sports

Big 12 football analysis

Houston Cougars

Big changes in the state of Oklahoma

September 5, 2019 by ianaboyd

I took in some of the details from the Oklahoma games this week, watching Oklahoma vs Houston with an eye for what Alex Grinch did and then surveying the tactics that led to OSU running for 352 yards. One of the jarring observations that you couldn’t help but have when closely watching the Sooners and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alex Grinch, Ancillary, Houston Cougars, Okie defense, Okie front, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys

Who won week 1 in the Big 12?

September 2, 2019 by ianaboyd

Week 1 has finally come and gone for the Big 12. It was a nice week for the conference with all 10 teams pulling out a win, even the Kansas Jayhawks who had to do so without Pooka Williams. Week 2 will be a big one for the conference, primarily because of the LSU at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Texas HS Football Tagged: Dana Holgorsen, Houston Cougars, Iowa State Cyclones, Jalen Hurts, Katy Tigers, North Shore Mustangs, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas HS Football, Texas Longhorns

Riley V Holgorsen, round V

August 29, 2019 by ianaboyd

No doubt Lincoln Riley has been winning every round up till now. Dana Holgorsen went 0-7 against Oklahoma as a head coach and the scores after Riley joined the Sooner staff went: 2015: OU 44, WVU 24 2016: OU 56, WVU 28 2017: OU 59, WVU 31 2018: OU 59, WVU 56 That last one … [Read more…]

Posted in: AAC football, Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5 Quarters defense, Alex Grinch, Dana Holgorsen, Houston Cougars, Jalen Hurts, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma defense, Oklahoma Sooners, press-quarters

Who’s making the playoffs in 2019? Pt. III, “this side of the Mississippi”

August 7, 2019 by ianaboyd

I’m actually on the wrong side of the Mississippi these days to utilize this expression. It’s an old expression meant to describe unique features of the frontier in contrast to the more densely packed populations and civilization on the east side of the country. Nowadays the east side of the Mississippi has 58% of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, College football postseason, Pac-12 football Tagged: College Football playoffs, Houston Cougars, Iowa State Cyclones, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

The future of the veer and shoot

June 29, 2018 by ianaboyd

Over at Football Study Hall I chronicle how things are going for the various Briles-tree coaches around the college game. The situation in Houston is pretty interesting. If you’re a fan of conspiracy theories there’s some reason to believe that the pro-Briles Cougar boosters are working a hostile takeover of the program. First pushing Applewhite … [Read more…]

Posted in: General college football Tagged: Art Briles, Houston Cougars, Sterlin Gilbert, Veer and Shoot

Popular posts

College football’s escape from trench warfare.

Space force enlistment: My new metric for evaluating Big 12 recruiting.

Contrar-Ian says passing wins championships.

Old becomes new with the inverted Tampa 2.

Breaking down the football in “Friday Night Lights”

Breaking down the football in “Remember the Titans”

95 Nebraska and the myth of championship recruiting

Archives

  • June 2022
  • March 2022
  • January 2021
  • October 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016

Categories

  • AAC football
  • ACC football
  • Big 10 football
  • Big 12 football
  • College football postseason
  • General college football
  • Mountain West football
  • MWC football
  • NFL
  • Pac-12 football
  • Recruiting
  • SEC football
  • Texas HS Football
  • Theoretical ramblings
  • Uncategorized

Recommended Books

 



Links

Breakdown Sports (B1G X’s and O’s)
http://breakdownsports.blogspot.com

Football Study Hall
http://www.footballstudyhall.com

Inside Texas
http://insidetexas.com

Saturday Down South

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com

MatchQuarters.com (schematics on the ubiquitous over-quarters defense)
https://matchquarters.com

PsalmOneTree (political/theology blog)
http://psalmonetree.blogspot.com

Copyright © 2025 Concerning Sports.

Omega WordPress Theme by ThemeHall