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Lamar Jackson and the future of the Ravens’ power-option offense

January 12, 2020 by ianaboyd

The Tennessee Titans, who’s victory over New England I dismissed as being more emblematic of Patriot decline than Titan ascendance, pulled off a shocking win over the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night in the AFC divisional round. I’ve actually been suspicious of the Ravens all season. I hadn’t seen them with my own eyes much … [Read more…]

Posted in: NFL, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Baltimore Ravens, Lamar Jackson, Lincoln Riley, NFL, NFL football, NFL playoffs, Power-option, Tennessee Titans

The Rhule-Riley rematch

December 6, 2019 by ianaboyd

This is a pretty interesting game coming up between Baylor and Oklahoma. This is our third Big 12 title game since they reintroduced it in the round robin era. Overall the round robin era has been a difficult grind that has served to demonstrate the supremacy of spread passing as Oklahoma has been the only … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: Baylor Bears, Big 12 championship game, Charlie Brewer, Hurts, Inverted Tampa-2, Lincoln Riley, Matt Rhule, Oklahoma Sooners, Power-option

Runnin’ Riley

November 22, 2019 by ianaboyd

One of the most impressive and interesting storylines in the Big 12 this season has been Oklahoma’s evolution into a really high level, power-option team. Since Lincoln Riley came to Norman the Sooners have been much more run-oriented than certainly I would have guessed considering Riley’s Air Raid background. From the start of the year, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: 4-2-5, Bill Bedenbaugh, Gary Patterson, Hurts the relentless, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Power-option, TCU Horned Frogs

Baylor vs Oklahoma

November 14, 2019 by ianaboyd

It’s easy to forget now that Baylor vs Oklahoma has really been the defining series of the 2010s in the Big 12. The 2011 Heisman bid by RG3 was propelled by a home win against the Sooners. Then the 2013 and 2014 Big 12 titles for Baylor came alongside a pair of shellackings administered to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Blake Lynch, Boo Radley, Charlie Brewer, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Power-option, Terrel Bernard

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