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A Perspective On Recruiting
If I am completely honest I haven't followed along with how Butch Jones has gone about compiling his class in this, his first, full recruiting cycle. I checked up every month or so with the offers, paying the most attention, to the recruits I knew the most about. Ryan Kelly, Donovan Clark, Antonio...
Butch Jones's West Virginia Influence.
A few days ago I said that going to the spring game would given an idea of the offense that Jones would be using here in Clifton. After attending the game I can safely say that wasn't the case. The formation rarely changed, the personnel groupings never did. However the game did provide the first...
Who's Gonna Be The Next Antonio Brown
Like nearly every UC fan I am trying to get a handle on just what the offense of Butch Jones and Mike Bajakian will look like with the personnel that UC has. It is not enough for me to know that it is going to be a spread offense. Anyone who watches the game with an eye for detail can tell you...
Why Rushing Matters More in College Than the NFL
Gregg Easterbrook took a look yesterday at how rushing is becoming less and less relevant in the NFL. He gives a nod to Football Outsiders' point about how an effective passing game is inherently more productive than an equally effective running game, but his theory is bigger. Specifically, he...
In Support of Random Play Calling
Chris at Smart Football has discussed the merits of calling plays randomly on a couple occasions, including earlier this month where he found some support for it from Bill Walsh. Essentially, the argument in favor of it breaks down like this: in a game where everyone is trying to out-think one...
Film Study: Analysis of The Empty Set in The 2009 Big Game (Part II)
This is the second post in a two part series examining the "chess match" between Cal's offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig, and Stanford's defensive coordinator Ron Lynn. For the first part of the post, click here. When we last left off, it was halftime of the 2009 Big Game. Cal's offensive...
Film Study: Analysis of The Empty Set in The 2009 Big Game (Part I)
This is the first post in a two part series examining the "chess match" between Cal's offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig, and Stanford's defensive coordinator Ron Lynn. Back when I ran my Post-112th Big Game Thoughts post, I noted how Ludwig was using a simple tactic in the passing game to get...
What Would the John Brantley Offense Look Like?
Tim Tebow is going to be a game time decision (*or maybe not), but there still is a chance that he will not play. We might get an advance screening of what the post-Tebow era will look like with John Brantley running the show. Now, it's impossible to say exactly what we'll see since Brantley hasn't...
Offense or Defense?
Everyone's heard the adage: offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships. For a lot of my life, I resisted it. I didn't want to believe it. I grew up on Steve Spurrier football (the Florida kind) and loved offense. When I saw my Gators go down in flames in the 1995 national championship...
BSU's new offensive look
Word from Boise State spring practice is that the Broncos are implementing Nevada's "Pistol" offense into the playbook. This makes OBNUG feel weird.The Broncos spent most of the first week of spring ball experimenting with formations and plays that are a combination of Boise State staples, the...
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