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Film Study | The Vanderbilt Offense
Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. One of the interesting things about Bowl Games, for me at least, is seeing the wrinkles that teams come up with in the course of a season to win ball games. College Football more than almost any other sport is such a coach driven...
Tennessee Offensive Strategy: System of a (Third) Down
I am probably the biggest Jim Chaney apologist in Tennessee. I was there in Laramie when he was the offensive and recruiting coordinator under Joe Tiller and took the Wyoming Cowboys to amazing offensive heights. Despite fielding teams where virtually nobody would ever get a sniff of the NFL,...
Was Jeff Tedford Too Passive? Was Jim Harbaugh Too Aggressive?
Who's a better head coach, Jim Harbaugh or this 5th grader? There've been a lot of hand-wringing about the playcalling by the coaches by Cal fans, about how Jeff Tedford nearly gagged away the Big Game with ultra-conservative playcalls that would've made Pat Robertson shudder. It could certainly...
Roll On: Xs and Os of the Trojans & How California Can Beat USC
Don't forget to RSVP to the CGB tailgate! Now that you're thoroughly pumped up, it's time to get to know the enemy on the field. To get us prepared for the technical side of the Cal-USC game, we talked with the West Coast version of Smart Football, Trojan Football Analysis. In addition we'll look...
Clarifying What a "Spread Offense" Entails
While reading the excellent interview Bruins Nation had with Rick Neuheisel, I came upon the final question of part one. It basically was, "Hey Rick, what do you think of the spread offense?" Neuheisel ends up giving a fairly long and winding explanation of why he chooses a pro style offense...
Five Fiesta Bowl Questions And Predictions
Odds are this post won't look good Tuesday morning, but let's have some fun anyway. Weigh in on any or all of the questions with your own takes in the comment section. 1. How well will Texas contain wildebeast Beanie Wells? I spent a ton of words introducing Texas fans to Terrelle Pryor, but as...
Mack Brown's Mistake In The Punting Game
Quan Cosby's check-in with the media on Tuesday involved a question on the kick return game, which he said he thought was "real close. Guys are out there working really, really hard. Like always, I have the easy part – just running the ball. Sometimes I don’t hit it right quite where I...
The One-Armed Judo Champion
There is a story floating around that is fairly common in martial arts schools as a motivation to do your best, despite the apparent odds. The story is probably apocryphal (though I don't know for sure) and takes on many forms. (In my former karate days, I heard it as a teenage girl who won a...
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