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Will 2019 be the year of ball control in the Big 12?

August 15, 2019 by ianaboyd

Ian Boyd: Coach, last year with the new defensive coordinator, you brought a lot of pressure, finished 10th nationally in sacks, but gave up 32 and a half points per game. Will the approach on defense change this year in year two to something more conservative or will you guys run it back and look … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Ball control, base dime defense, Big 12 defense, Inverted Tampa-2, Iowa State Cyclones, Mike Gundy, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas Longhorns

Who’s making the playoffs in 2019? Pt. III, “this side of the Mississippi”

August 7, 2019 by ianaboyd

I’m actually on the wrong side of the Mississippi these days to utilize this expression. It’s an old expression meant to describe unique features of the frontier in contrast to the more densely packed populations and civilization on the east side of the country. Nowadays the east side of the Mississippi has 58% of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, College football postseason, Pac-12 football Tagged: College Football playoffs, Houston Cougars, Iowa State Cyclones, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns, Utah Utes, Washington Huskies, Washington State Cougars

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

Tebow vs Ehlinger

July 23, 2019 by ianaboyd

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…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Florida Gators, RPO spread revolution, Sam Ehlinger, Smashmouth spread, Texas Longhorns, Tim Tebow

What about Jack? Can Texas and Iowa State re-integrate a pass-rusher into the inverted Tampa-2?

May 6, 2019 by ianaboyd

Texas and Iowa State each share a real problem heading into the 2019 season. Texas’ DC Todd Orlando piggy backed off Iowa State DC Jon Heacock’s inverted Tampa 2 defense back in 2017 and both had tremendous success with it. The Cyclones made it their new base for 2018 and added more to the scheme … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: Air Raid, bash bro, dime package, Inverted Tampa-2, Iowa State Cyclones, Texas Longhorns

The 21 spread in the Big 12

April 5, 2019 by ianaboyd

Over at Football Study Hall this week I wrote on the 21 spread. Technically 21 personnel means two RBs and one TE, but can often mean a variety of things. Oklahoma in 2017 ran a lot of 21 spread if you defined Mark Andrews as a TE, Dmitri Flowers as a FB, and then the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, Theoretical ramblings Tagged: 21 spread, Big 12 football, Hybrids, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns

Scattershooting the B12 heading into week 12

November 15, 2018 by ianaboyd

Week 11 was fun, Oklahoma State came within a missed extra point or converted two point conversion of beating Oklahoma and then Texas Tech raced back from a 34-17 deficit to force a game-winning drive from Texas. The RRS rematch is still in play. Here’s Max Olson’s helpful breakdown of the B12 from here: I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Big 12 championship game, Big 12 football, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Pump fake Purdy, Texas Longhorns, West Virginia Mountaineers

Riley vs Herman, glimpsing at the scorecard

August 9, 2018 by ianaboyd

I got this comment on my post the other day explaining my “ranking” of the Big 12 and what I’m watching for in terms of figuring out who can win the title: Ian,  I understand where your loyalties lie but my impression is that you are not a Lincoln Riley believer at this point. Is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, Red River Shootout, Stoops V Diaco, Texas Longhorns, Tom Herman

In defense of Big 12 defense…

July 10, 2018 by ianaboyd

Okay, hang on though… As a Texas guy who’s watched the Longhorns languish the entire decade due to self-made problems while the league’s reputation and leverage across the sport has declined, I’ve got a fairly good view of what exactly the Big 12 is and what it isn’t. It isn’t the SEC, the passion level … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football, SEC football Tagged: Big 12, Big 12 defense, Georgia Bulldogs, Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma Sooners, SEC, SEC footbawl, Texas Longhorns

How do you build a good defense in the Big 12?

July 9, 2018 by ianaboyd

As a close follower of the Texas Longhorns, my starting assumption to the question of whether you can recruit a top defense is “no, you cannot.” Texas has regularly recruited at the highest level in the Big 12 this decade and also put some pretty bad defenses on the field in that time. However, Texas … [Read more…]

Posted in: Big 12 football Tagged: base dime defense, Big 12 defense, Big 12 football, Iowa State Cyclones, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns
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