Over on Twitter I built a long thread filled with GIFs from Tim Tebow’s 2008 campaign where the Gators won the SEC and national championships. Here’s where it begins: It’s really something to behold the Gator O creating time for Tebow and advantages for their receivers every time they run play-action off their counter schemes … [Read more…]
Since I’m heading to Big 12 Media Days in a couple of weeks I got to vote in the largely meaningless, preseason All-B12 ballot. They like to hold a vote on the order of finish, there’s a semi-bizarre distribution of positions to vote on, and then OPOY, DPOY, and Newcomer of the year. I almost … [Read more…]
The 2017 season featured the most returning talent at QB in the Big 12 since perhaps 2008 and now this crop is moving on, making way for a cast of young signal-callers some of which got their starts in 2017. Last year I broke down the contrasting styles of Charlie Brewer and Shawn Robinson about … [Read more…]
Is up at Inside Texas, if you follow this link. Interestingly, Texas and Baylor are both pursuing similar paths to dominance in the Big 12. The Bears are mixing modern pro-style offense (drop back passing with 11 personnel) with a 22 personnel jumbo set for when they need to run the ball. That might work…I … [Read more…]