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What are Florida’s chances in 2020? Part III: Pro-spread and the power run game

May 26, 2020 by ianaboyd

In part II the other day, I broached the same topic I’ve mentioned when I was explaining the theoretical advantage of the “bash bros” against the “Raid bros” in the Big 12. That didn’t work out so great, because it turns out that having easy answers for 3rd and 1 isn’t as valuable as being … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Baker Mayfield, bash bro, Belldozer, Dan Mullen, Emory Jones, Feliepe Franks, Florida Gators, Hurts the relentless, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, Kyle Pitts, Kyle Trask, Kyler Murray, LSU Tigers, Pro-spread, Raid bro, Sam Ehlinger, Space force, Space force dreadnought

Is Tua Tagovailoa worth a first round pick?

April 21, 2020 by ianaboyd

Every year there’s always a lot of debate around various quarterback prospects. There’s a ton riding on these guys, if you pick the right one you may have set your franchise up for a decade and a favorite strategy these days is to take advantage of having a solid quarterback on a rookie deal to … [Read more…]

Posted in: General college football, NFL Tagged: 2020 NFL Draft, Alabama Crimson Tide, Case Tagovailoa, Clemson Tigers, Georgia Bulldogs, Joe Burrow, NFL, NFL Draft, Nick Saban, RPO spread revolution, The 4-down RPO math problem, Tua Tagovailoa

The 2019 LSU Tigers: The ultimate “Space Force”

January 14, 2020 by ianaboyd

Greatest college offense of all time? There’s no question that that was literally the hardest offense to defend that we’ve ever seen. The way their passing game attacked the full field while giving Joe Burrow options and answers to most any problem the defense could present made it the most complete and fully modernized system … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Clemson Tigers, Derek Stingley, Flyover football, Joe Burrow, LSU Tigers, MAD defense, Precision strikes, SDI defense, Space force

National Championship preview

January 13, 2020 by ianaboyd

I wanted to accumulate everything I’ve written on this National Championship game in one place. At Football Outsiders I have a big preview while tabling the stats and analytic projections for the game. Here’s a piece on Clemson’ adapting the inverted Tampa 2 to stifle Ohio State. I broke down how Clemson doubled down on … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason Tagged: Brent Venables, Clemson Tigers, College Football Playoff, Dabo Swinney, Flyover football, inverted Tampa 2, Joe Burrow, Justyn Ross, LSU Tigers, National championship, Tee Higgins, Trevor Lawrence

Defending LSU’s precision strikes

January 6, 2020 by ianaboyd

Perhaps the most important dimension to the National Championship game is how well Clemson can hold up against LSU’s precision strikes. A big part of the Big 12 game, at least in seasons when particular teams have good QB play, is the college game’s equivalent of the “precision strike.” That’s a military term for weapons … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, College football postseason Tagged: Brent Venables, Clemson Tigers, College Football Playoff, Inverted Tampa-2, Isaiah Simmons, Joe Burrow, Justin Jefferson, LSU Tigers, Nolan Turner, Oklahoma Sooners, Precision strikes, Slot fades, Y-stick

The SEC plays Flyover Football

October 29, 2019 by ianaboyd

LSU vs Auburn, Tigers vs Tigers, was a big moment in the history of the spread offense’s inexorable march across the game of football. We’ve seen a few big time spread battles in the SEC before. Texas A&M introduced the Air Raid back in 2012 and had a pair of big seasons with Johnny Manziel … [Read more…]

Posted in: SEC football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Auburn Tigers, Ed Orgeron, Flyover football, Gus Malzahn, Joe Burrow, Kevin Steele, LSU Tigers, Pro-spread, Quarter package, SEC football

What if Kyler Murray…

April 20, 2018 by ianaboyd

…decides to play baseball? I broke down some of the OU spring game, first with an eye towards the play of the QBs Austin Kendall and Kyler Murray. I used some of my observations there in this recent post at SB Nation exploring the possibility that his baseball potential could pull him away from Norman … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, Kyler baseball, Lincoln Riley, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oklahoma Sooners, Patrick O'Brien, Scott Frost

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