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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

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

Who can win the National Championship in 2020?

January 15, 2020 by ianaboyd

Once Deshaun Watson dethroned Alabama in 2016, I began to develop my theory that spread passing wins championships these days at the college level. I then began to look around at the 2017 rosters for teams that could mimic Clemson’s method and take down Alabama, settling on the Sam Darnold USC Trojans who were returning … [Read more…]

Posted in: College football postseason, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, National championship, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Space force, Spencer Rattler, Texas Longhorns, USC Trojans

Breaking down Oklahoma’s 2019 recruiting class

February 28, 2019 by ianaboyd

This is basically Lincoln Riley’s first recruiting class that he owned from start to finish. Now, I think he was a driving force for Sooner recruiting before taking over as HC but since he has things have really taken off. He’s a strong recruiter with a good grasp of the art of leveraging Oklahoma’s prestige … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: 2019 Big 12 recruiting classes, Alex Grinch, Big 12 recruiting, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Spencer Rattler

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