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Breaking down the strategy in “Miracle”

May 20, 2020 by ianaboyd

The “miracle on ice” was one of the greatest achievements in American sports history. If you’re unfamiliar with the event, an American amateur hockey team of mostly college upperclassmen and recent graduates won the gold medal in ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics in New York. The Soviet hockey team they defeated at Lake … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: "Miracle", 1980 US national hockey team, 2008 Texas Longhorns, Colt McCoy, Herb Brooks, HUNH spread, Kurt Russell, Lake Placid, Miracle, Miracle on Ice, Soviet national hockey team, Texas Longhorns, The Captain Class

Super Bowl LIV: Strategy beats tactics

February 3, 2020 by ianaboyd

Strategy > tactics. That was my prevailing thought watching the Super Bowl and reviewing some of the film and notes after the game. In football tactics are your play-calls, play-designs, scheme, and all the details that go into creating advantages on a down by down basis for your team. The 49ers have some of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, NFL Tagged: Flex TE, HUNH spread, Kansas City Chiefs, Kyle Shanahan, Pat Mahomes, San Francisco 49ers, Space force, Super Bowl, Travis Kelce

Defined by intention: What is the “pro-style spread?” and what differentiates spread offenses?

September 12, 2019 by ianaboyd

Almost everyone runs the spread now. Using multiple receivers, spacing, and the forward pass as the key components to your offensive strategy is pretty well accepted now as a best practice. The hurry-up, no-huddle (HUNH) is also close to being accepted as a best practice. Obviously Kansas State is out here running A-gap power from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Theoretical ramblings Tagged: 11 personnel, HUNH spread, power-spread, Pro-spread, pro-style offense, Pro-style vs College-style, Smashmouth spread, Spread-Iso ball, Spread-option

Who won week 2 in the Big 12?

September 9, 2019 by ianaboyd

Week 2 didn’t have a ton going on across the Big 12 and what good matchups there were largely went sideways for the conference. In a major reversal of years of tradition, LSU came into DKR and put on a clinic for modern spread passing offense. I’ve really only seen a handful of Big 12 … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, Big 12 football Tagged: Clemson Tigers, Flyover football, HUNH spread, Inverted Tampa-2, Jimbo Fisher, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, LSU Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns

Game theory and the spread offense

July 25, 2019 by ianaboyd

Over at Inside Texas I have a piece up I’ve been putting together since Big 12 media days with quotes from Tom Herman and Sam Ehlinger that have illuminated the apparent strategy for the Longhorn offense in 2019. In short, the plan is to put a greater emphasis on RPOs this coming season, giving Ehlinger … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 defense, Game theory, HUNH spread, Iowa State Cyclones, pass-first offense, RPO spread revolution, RPOs, Sam Ehlinger, Texas Longhorns

Oklahoma’s big picture strategy for 2019

June 19, 2019 by ianaboyd

The Sooners will have a different sort of team in 2019, that much is clear. Jalen Hurts will bring a new flavor to Lincoln Riley’s offense and Alex Grinch is hoping to transform the Oklahoma defense. The former is likely a one-year stopgap before Spencer Rattler assumes command of the offense and steers it back … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: Alex Grinch, HUNH spread, Jalen Hurts, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners

The Big 12 offensive checklist

June 5, 2019 by ianaboyd

Playing great offense is primarily about over-stressing an opponent. You need to present more threats than they can cover up, identify where they are weak, and then get the ball to the right spots at the right time. The HUNH spread is ascendant as an offensive strategy because it’s the best way to accomplish that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: Big 12 football, HUNH spread, Offensive checklist

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

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