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In Sherman's Offense, Our WRs Are Being Utilized As FBs
I was watching through the game film of the A&M-SFA game, fully intending to analyze how many different ways we use Ryan Swope in the offense (he was used as a WR, a TE, a FB, and an H-back against SFA) when I noticed something: In the interest of keeping things multiple, Sherman utilizes all...
Wildcat: A Series We Can Improve On In 2010
I think everyone who read this blog, or anyone who has watched college or pro football the last few years, is familiar with the single wing Motion series that is popularly known as "Wildcat". For those of you still unfamiliar with the play series, take a look at the video below: David Lee...
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 trips formation we would run often during the season. The bunch formation typically consisted of...
Offensive Line Isn't A Concern For 2010
Heading into the 2009 season, offensive line was among our biggest concerns on the team. Our line had been atrocious in 2008, and we knew we'd have to depend on some true freshmen to contribute as either backups or starters in 2009. Our line struggled early in the season, especially in losses to...
texas Not Quite Trendy Yet
texas seems to have decided to jump on the bandwagon of teams running various "Wildcat" packages in their offense by adding the "Wildhorn" package to their offense this season. They debuted the "Wildhorn" against Texas Tech last Saturday. texas' Wildhorn formation Notice anything funny...
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 needs to work on his touch on the short passing game, an area he can improve on. A bigger concern...
Depth At RB A Good Problem To Have
We may have too many RBs ready to play for us right now, and that is a good problem to have. With sophomore Cyrus Gray and redshirt sophomore Bradley Stephens returning, and true freshman Christine Michael getting a look at contributing this season, we have a wealth of talent at RB. This isn't...
Neutralizing A Dangerous 1-Tech Using 10 Personnel
The preseason pick for Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year is Nebraska NT Ndamukong Suh. Suh is a 1-tech, a nose tackle who occupies the gap between the center and guard, usually on the strongside. A dominant 1-tech can change a game, because if he has the ability to fight off the double-team from...
ESPN Has Apparently Declared This "Spread Week"
ESPN.com is dedicating this week to exploring football's spread offense, what it is, how it started, how to stop it, etc. Jeff Miller starts out with tracing the spread offense to Depression-era Texas. He references Fort Worth's Masonic Home, while I believe TCU's Dutch Meyer was more instrumental...
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