game-theory Stories - I Am The 12th Man
Tracking Odd-Front Defenses
Of the 120 D-I football programs taking the field this Fall, only 19 of them will be using an odd-front as their base defense. Alabama, Army, Brigham Young, California, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Houston,...
Zone Blitz Explained: Stopping The Running Game
Last Thursday, we began looking at the zone blitz, and how it is used to effectively bring pressure and shut down the passing game. Today, we'll look at how it can be an effective scheme to defend the...
Zone Blitz Explained: Stopping The Passing Game
The zone blitz, which is also called the 'fire zone' or 'storm blitz' is a fairly simple concept; seven or eight defenders attack the line of scrimmage at the snap of the ball, giving the illusion tha...
Breaking Down The Hanover Bunch
During football games last season, those of you who listened to Dave South often heard him describe a "broken pyramid formation" during some of our games. The actual formation is the Hanover Bunch, a ...
3-4 Run Defense: Part IV
This is Part IV, and the final installment of a series on run defense in the 3-4 scheme. Today, we look at defending the running game from 10 personnel. In the Big 12 right now, most teams runs ...
3-4 Run Defense: Part III
This is Part III in our series on run defense in the 3-4 scheme; today we look at defending the run against 20 personnel. You don't often see much 20 personnel sets in college football today. If a te...
3-4 Run Defense: Part II
This is Part II in a series of posts on run defense in the 3-4 defensive scheme. We will look at defending against 21 personnel today. While there are eight possible gaps to attack in the running gam...
3-4 Run Defense: Part I
This is Part I in a series of posts I'm going to do in looking at 3-4 run defense. Today, we start by looking at game theory in the running game, run fits, and how to attack the Ace formation. The tw...
To Improve Our Team, We Need To Improve Our Fundamentals
I've spent the past week going over the 3-4 defense, what we need from each position, and who we have on our roster who can possibly fill each position. I'm going to continue to look at the 3-4 defens...
Advantages Of Going No-Huddle
Miketag already touched on how Coach Sherman wants Jerrod Johnson to pick up the pace in which he calls plays and gets the play started below, but I wanted to expound on this issue. Certainly, Jerrod ...
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