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

Big 12 football analysis

Podcast

Talking Texas and OU

April 25, 2018 by ianaboyd

Last night I went on the “Phil in the Cap” podcast to talk Texas, Oklahoma, and Big 12 football in 2018. Included in there are some nuggets on the upcoming Texas season, my theories on how OU could face a steep fall this season by dying a “death from a thousand paper cuts,” and my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Podcast, Texas Longhorns

“The Expansion Candidate” Ep 4: Previewing TCU with FrogsOwar

August 22, 2017 by ianaboyd

This week I had Jamie Plunkett (@FrogPreacher) and Melissa Triebwasser (@TheCoachMelissa), the managing editors of FrogsOwar.com to preview TCU’s 2017 season. Amongst our topics were whether Gary Patterson was going to rebuild his once legendary defenses, how he might do so, the current trust level in Kenny Hill, and the long-term vision for the team … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 2017 preview, Big 12 football, FrogsOWar, Gary Patterson, Podcast, TCU Horned Frogs, The Expansion Candidate

The Expansion Candidate: Episode 2

August 7, 2017 by ianaboyd

I had Coach Joe Willis of Colleyville Heritage on “The Expansion Candidate” this week to talk recruiting today in the Big 12, the value of 7 on 7 camps, IMG and their riff with Texas, and expectations for the upcoming Big 12 season. We opened by talking about Willis’ experiences facing Chad Morris and Lake … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Coach Joe Willis, Podcast, Texas high school football, The Expansion Candidate

Podcasting about the Big 12 with blatant homerism

July 22, 2017 by ianaboyd

Justin was out of commission this week so I recorded an Inside Texas podcast with Allen Kenney of Blatant Homerism and we talked about the new coaches at Texas and Oklahoma as well as our favorite frontrunners in the 2017 Big 12 race. Let me know what you think, maybe I’ll try to make more … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Allen Kenney, Big 12 football, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Podcast, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, West Virginia Mountaineers

Podcasting with the Trojans

May 25, 2017 by ianaboyd

I went on the “Traveler hates thursdays” podcast, a USC Trojan pod, to talk about Texas football, the upcoming rematch between the programs, and some other stuff. I made my “Athens v Sparta” metaphor while describing some of the difficulties that programs like Texas and USC have in fielding physical, tough-minded football teams. In hindsight … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Pac-12 football Tagged: Athens v Sparta, Podcast, Texas Longhorns, Traveler Hates Thursdays, USC Trojans

Podcasting about Oklahoma spring ball

April 11, 2017 by ianaboyd

I talked to Allen Kenny of Blatant Homerism about Sooner football last night, now available for listen here. We talked about OU’s place on the spring development curve, trying to field big athletes on defenseĀ in a spread league, and a little bit about my own Texas Longhorns. It was fun for me, hopefully a fun … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Oklahoma Sooners, Podcast, Texas Longhorns

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