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The media’s preseason All-Big 12 teams

July 16, 2020 by ianaboyd

They’ve been released, here’s what our votes amounted to… Offense QB: Sam Ehlinger, Texas RB: Pooka Williams, Kansas RB: Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State FB: Nick Lenners, Kansas State WR: Andrew Parchment, Kansas WR: Charleston Rambo, Oklahoma WR: Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State OL: Sam Cosmi, Texas OL: Teven Jenkins, Oklahoma State OL: Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma OL: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: All-Big 12, Chuba Hubbard, Darius Stills, Joseph Ossai, Preseason All-Big 12 2020, Pump fake Purdy, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Rattler, Tylan Wallace

Oklahoma State’s turbulent offseason

July 3, 2020 by ianaboyd

As the offseason has gone along, there have been some new changes to the roster makeup of the various teams across the league. The transfer market has extended deep into the summer for a lot of players, in part because of Covid, and then there’s always the normal attrition that can take place. I already … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Bryce Bray, Dillon Stoner, Dylan Galloway, Huntery Anthony, Kansas State Wildcats, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Sanders, Teven Jenkins, Tylan Wallace, Wyatt Hubert

What are Florida’s chances in 2020? Part III: Pro-spread and the power run game

May 26, 2020 by ianaboyd

In part II the other day, I broached the same topic I’ve mentioned when I was explaining the theoretical advantage of the “bash bros” against the “Raid bros” in the Big 12. That didn’t work out so great, because it turns out that having easy answers for 3rd and 1 isn’t as valuable as being … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Baker Mayfield, bash bro, Belldozer, Dan Mullen, Emory Jones, Feliepe Franks, Florida Gators, Hurts the relentless, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, Kyle Pitts, Kyle Trask, Kyler Murray, LSU Tigers, Pro-spread, Raid bro, Sam Ehlinger, Space force, Space force dreadnought

The Big 12’s coming war outside the hash marks

May 7, 2020 by ianaboyd

The 2019 season in the Big 12 was really one of the weakest in a while in terms of offensive skill outside the hash marks. Quarterback play was down a little bit, with Jalen Hurts, Sam Ehlinger, and Brock “pump fake” Purdy really highlighting the league’s signal-callers. Wide receiver play took a commensurate dip, which … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alex Grinch, Brennan Eagles, MEG quarters, MOD quarters, Noah Daniels, Oklahoma Sooners, PFPurdy, press-quarters, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Rattler, Spencer Sanders, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Theo Wease, Tylan Wallace, Xavier Hutchinson

First 2020 Big 12 power ranking

January 30, 2020 by ianaboyd

Shortly after the Camping World Bowl between Iowa State and Notre Dame, which was a disaster for the Cyclones, TE Charlie Kolar announced he’d be returning for 2020. That was probably the right call, Kolar has NFL talent but he’s still developing his tool box. He ended up with 51 catches for 697 yards and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 championship game, Charlie Kolar, PFPurdy, Power rankings, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Rattler

My 2019 All-Big 12 team

December 12, 2019 by ianaboyd

You can check out my preseason list here. I like to use different categories than the official ballot when I make my own team. The goal of the media/coaches selections is primarily to recognize the best players in the conference in a given year. I like to make designations that reflect the sorts of roles … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Uncategorized Tagged: All-B12, All-Big 12 team, Darren Sproles water bug trophy for most outstanding tiny person, Hurts the relentless, Jalen Hurts, James Lynch, Kolby Harvell-Peel, Lincoln Riley, Matt Rhule, Pooka Williams, Sam Ehlinger

Who won week 7 in the Big 12?

October 14, 2019 by ianaboyd

There were only three games in the Big 12 this week, but all of them were pretty significant and a couple of them had lines that I thought were pretty silly heading into the week. Oklahoma and Baylor both -11 was a bit much and sure enough, neither covered although both pulled out some wins. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Alex Grinch, Baylor Bears, Charlie Brewer, Clay Johnston, Iowa State Cyclones, Kenneth Murray, Lincoln Riley, Matt Wells, Neville Gallimore, press-quarters, Sam Ehlinger, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Todd Orlando, Tom Herman

Who won week 4 in the Big 12?

September 23, 2019 by ianaboyd

I didn’t take in much college football over the weekend as a result of driving to Austin to visit newborn family. I did attend the Texas/Oklahoma State game though and took in a lot from that contest. One result that really stood out on the scoreboard was Iowa State dropping 72 while their key receivers … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Inverted Tampa-2, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Sam Ehlinger, Spencer Sanders, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns

Who won week 3 in the Big 12?

September 16, 2019 by ianaboyd

Most of the Big 12 won in week 3 with the conference scoring a 6-2 record against their non-conference slate. Iowa State suffered a weird and disastrous defeat against rival Iowa, who incidentally has zero turnovers over the last four seasons while going 4-0 on Matt Campbell. For all that he’s done in Ames, Campbell … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 defense, Contrar-Ian, Iowa State Cyclones, Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma Sooners, Pooka Williams, Sam Ehlinger, Texas Longhorns

Game theory and the spread offense

July 25, 2019 by ianaboyd

Over at Inside Texas I have a piece up I’ve been putting together since Big 12 media days with quotes from Tom Herman and Sam Ehlinger that have illuminated the apparent strategy for the Longhorn offense in 2019. In short, the plan is to put a greater emphasis on RPOs this coming season, giving Ehlinger … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Big 12 defense, Game theory, HUNH spread, Iowa State Cyclones, pass-first offense, RPO spread revolution, RPOs, Sam Ehlinger, Texas Longhorns
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