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The LSU Tigers in 2020: Part I, a new way in the wilderness

July 13, 2020 by ianaboyd

For the 2020 season, the Tigers lose 15 starters from what might have been the greatest team in college football history. Certainly there’s no team from any previous year that could beat them in a hypothetical matchup, the changes in tactics would ensure that. Then there’s the resume, which is also astounding and included multiple … [Read more…]

Posted in: SEC football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: BYU Cougars, Ed Orgeron, Joe Brady, LaVell Edwards, Les Miles, LSU Tigers, NFL Draft, Nick Saban, Racey McMath, Space force, Steve Ensminger, Steve Young, Terrace Marshall

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

Drew Sanders and space force dreadnoughts

April 9, 2020 by ianaboyd

My man Eric Nahlin over at Inside Texas has an annual tradition where he ranks the top 100 high school players in the state of Texas every year. His choice for no. 1 in 2020 was one of the most fascinating prospects I’ve seen from the state in recent years, as much for his unique … [Read more…]

Posted in: NFL, Recruiting Tagged: Dreadnoughts, Drew Sanders, Flex TE, George Kittle, Greg Olsen, Gronk, Lincoln Riley, Mark Andrews, Nick Saban, Oklahoma Sooners, Space force, Space force dreadnought, Travis Kelce, Zach Ertz

The national recruiting debate continues…

April 7, 2020 by ianaboyd

If you don’t know Quigley, a regular commenter on this site since the beginning, he’s an Oklahoma guy that I’ve been talking college football with since about 2012. I started breaking down some of the non-Texas Big 12 teams in games over at Barking Carnival that year and wrote a few pieces on the Sooners … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Big 12 football, National championship, National recruiting, Nick Saban, Oklahoma Sooners

How Bama won…again

January 10, 2018 by ianaboyd

If you read my final preview of the national championship, you’ll notice that I got two factors spectacularly wrong while predicting a Georgia victory. The first was in assuming that it particularly mattered which LBs and Ss were playing behind the Bama DL and how much experience they had in the Saban system. They all … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason Tagged: #theProcess, Alabama Crimson Tide, College Football Playoff, Da'Ron Payne, Georgia Bulldogs, Nick Saban, Raekwon Davis, Tua Tagovailoa

Examining every play from Clemson’s final drive

January 11, 2017 by ianaboyd

I did just that over at SB Nation. Examining all the winning calls that brought down Alabama just brings into clearer picture how the key to beating the Tide is being able to throw the ball at a high level. Like last year, the Tide trying to be cautious with their pass-rush to allow them … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, College football postseason, General college football, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, College Football playoffs, Deshaun Watson, How did Clemson beat Alabama?, National championship, Nick Saban

Quick thoughts on Clemson’s victory

January 10, 2017 by ianaboyd

I can honestly say I saw that coming. I reviewed what we’d learned from last year’s matchup between these two teamsĀ and I did a big stat/unit breakdown on Football Outsiders where I boiled things down to: There are three elite units in this game, two of them are Clemson’s (their O and D). Alabama’s offense … [Read more…]

Posted in: ACC football, College football postseason, General college football, SEC football Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Clemson Tigers, Dabo Swinney, Deshaun Watson, Hunter Renfrow, Jordan Leggett, Mike Williams, Nick Saban

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