Over at SB Nation I broke down Oregon’s horrible defense Under Brady Hoke and how Jim Leavitt will look to correct issues fresh off his triumph at Colorado. What really stands out from watching Colorado is just how well coached their players were on the art of football itself moreso than their specific roles or … [Read more…]
My favorite thing about the combine is getting concrete, carefully measured numbers for players that we’ve watched for years but only had BS numbers on from what their colleges measured and reported or numbers from SPARQ tests when they were juniors in high school. I wish we could get numbers on more players, but the … [Read more…]
Now that we’ve gone through every Big 12 recruiting class, I guess it makes sense to grade them all in comparison. This is a little tricky since each team has different goals for their program and different approaches to getting it done, but I’m basically going to rank each class on how likely it is … [Read more…]
I’m slowly starting to begin my breakdowns of every 2017 Big 12 recruiting class. Normally I haven’t even begun it yet so we’re ahead of schedule so far. There’s often a lot of late movement and additions but JUCO signing day is over and early enrollees are increasingly prevalent so many teams have already made … [Read more…]
Back in the day when Wildcat MLB Arthur Brown headed out I had some serious doubts about their ability to replace him. Those doubts proved to be largely misplaced. Second Snyder era K-State was the first team in the Big 12 to say “we’re gonna play quarters, we don’t care if you know it, go … [Read more…]
A lot of stories I’ve been tracking in college football came to a head recently. I did a profile on Fleck at SB Nation just a few weeks ago, detailing the program building job and offensive strategies he’d shown at Western Michigan. I didn’t think Minnesota was the kind of job he’d end up with … [Read more…]
With the various coaching moves and NFL decisions all starting to fall into place it’s time to take my initial look at the Big 12 for 2017. Most of the big moves suggest a lot of positive continuity for the league save of course for at Texas and Baylor, who snagged two of the more … [Read more…]