In this piece over at Inside Texas I was aiming to explain how Big 12 run games work on a foundational level and why Texas has sucked at defending them despite consistently boasting of having the biggest, most athletic LBs. Now, setting aside the issue of whether Texas’ LBs are actually the biggest and most … [Read more…]
I went on the “Traveler hates thursdays” podcast, a USC Trojan pod, to talk about Texas football, the upcoming rematch between the programs, and some other stuff. I made my “Athens v Sparta” metaphor while describing some of the difficulties that programs like Texas and USC have in fielding physical, tough-minded football teams. In hindsight … [Read more…]
I broke down the Texas OL for Inside Texas this week, focusing on their performance run blocking against the stiffer fronts of the Big 12 last season. Texas is returning OT Connor Williams, a likely first rounder in 2018, and also junior guards Patrick Vahe and Jake McMillon and sophomore center Zach Shackelford. They crushed … [Read more…]
Over at Inside Texas I took the time to find a full Cam Rising game on youtube, broke down his performance in it, and then did a thorough writeup on what I saw from the 4-star signal-caller. Rising was an OU-commit and it looked like Texas had settled on 3-star Oklahoman Casey Thompson with perhaps … [Read more…]
I had a lot of fun with this one, I went on Shea in Irving’s podcast and offered some Ianalysis on the Texas spring game. Shea starts by talking some Dallas Cowboy draft options and the agony of giving up Copenhagen. Yours truly comes along at 20:20. My favorite part, “From Charlie Strong’s defense to … [Read more…]
So…I broke down the Texas spring game with careful attention to detail. You can read it at Inside Texas here. Because I’m a Texas fan and alum, no matter how critical I am of the program or the team, any time I suggest that they’ll be very good in some facet people tend to write … [Read more…]
I don’t think most pundits or fans have fully grokked how good the Big 12 might be in 2017. This has almost always been a QB-driven league, at least since Mike Leach transformed it by bringing the Air Raid and Texas HS football became a frontier for spread tactics. There have been some seasons where the Big … [Read more…]
I talked to Allen Kenny of Blatant Homerism about Sooner football last night, now available for listen here. We talked about OU’s place on the spring development curve, trying to field big athletes on defense in a spread league, and a little bit about my own Texas Longhorns. It was fun for me, hopefully a fun … [Read more…]
Texas may have to make heavy use of empty formations next season in order to A) Make the most of a loaded WR corps B) Overcome the lack of a TE and possibly the lack of a great RB Over at Inside Texas I detail how this could work. Btw, you know who has … [Read more…]
My biggest question about Dave Aranda at LSU was whether an approach that worked with Wisconsin’s versatile farm boys was the best way to unlock the pipeline of NFL talent that flows through Baton Rouge every year. I guess we don’t actually know yet to what extent Aranda’s full blown defensive playbook will look like … [Read more…]