Over on Twitter I recently had a brief conversation with Travis Roeder and Cameron Soran about new Baylor offensive coordinator Larry Fedora’s fondness for power run schemes. I think this is the tweet that kickstarted the convo about his power run game. Baylor has been uniquely power run oriented since their rise under Art Briles. … [Read more…]
I took the chance to watch the press conferences from Kansas State’s new offensive and defensive coordinators, Courtney Messingham and Scottie Hazelton as well as some of the players that were made available. There was a lot to glean from their occasionally frank appraisal of the roster and the league. The big picture standpoint While … [Read more…]
Big 12 media days are continuing and I’ve been watching what I can from back home. Yesterday we talked about the big questions for the defense, here are my big questions for the offenses across the Big 12. The offenses often carry the weight for winning games in this league, because few teams can count … [Read more…]
I went on David Smoak’s radio show on ESPN Central Texas 1660 to talk about Matt Rhule’s overhaul of Baylor, the new offense, and how the current players will fit in. You can check out the interview here. The column series we discussed on Rhule’s overhaul of Baylor is a three-parter. Part one on Rhule’s recruiting/player … [Read more…]
The Briles-era Bears were defined more by anything by Art Briles’ own, unique “Veer and Shoot offense.” There wasn’t another offense quite like it across college football and his disciples still have particular access to some of its secrets even as some of the tactics and style of it have proliferated across the country. I … [Read more…]