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Culture Shock! Part III, the Revenant offense

May 29, 2017 by ianaboyd

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…]

Posted in: AAC football, Big 12 football Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, 4 minute offense, Art Briles, Baylor Bears, Matt Rhule, pro-style offense, Revenant offense, Temple Owls, Veer and Shoot

Culture shock! Part II, new Rhules for defense

May 23, 2017 by ianaboyd

One of the biggest shocks that has come from the new #RhuleofLaw in Waco has been the physical nature of Baylor Bear practices. This has been a major departure from the Art Briles regimen of extremely rep-heavy, up-tempo practices designed to get as many reps in as possible every day. Most teams find that these up-tempo, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Cover-1, Diaz Hierarchy of D, Matt Rhule, Phil Bennett, Tampa-2, Temple Owls

Culture shock! How Rhule will rebuild the Baylor roster

May 16, 2017 by ianaboyd

Because of the nature of Briles’ Baylor program towards the latter end of that regime, before things went horrifyingly wrong, it has become a bit easy to forget how Briles built that program in the first place. After consecutive Big 12 titles in 2013 and 2014 the Bears were cruising in recruiting, snatching up highly touted … [Read more…]

Posted in: AAC football, Big 12 football, Recruiting Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, Baylor Bears, Big 12 football, Big 12 recruiting, Matt Rhule, Spread 101 AP credits, Temple Owls

Rhule’s plan at Baylor continues to take shape

April 7, 2017 by ianaboyd

Over at Football Study Hall I have a breakdown of star Temple DE/OLB Haason Reddick and many of the ways that Matt Rhule used him last year. His film is exceptional and instructive on some of Rhule’s favorite tricks for dealing with college offenses. It’s amazing to see all of the guys that Rhule and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, NFL Tagged: #RhuleofLaw, 22 personnel, Baylor Bears, Haason Reddick, Matt Rhule, Temple Owls

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