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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 ...
Who Was Buying Miguel Cabrera's Drinks Friday Night?
By now you've heard that Miguel Cabrera got into a three-times-the-legal-limit drunken brawl with his wife early Saturday morning. I had actually read that Cabrera had clearly been in a figh...
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 k...
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 ...
Is the no-huddle in BSU's future?
One of coach Chris Peterson's points of emphasis in spring football practice is an increased tempo. He wants to see a quicker pace to the practices, and he wants to see faster and fewer huddles. Could...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part V: Setting Up the Flea Flicker
In this fifth part of a twelve post analysis, we're going to look at how Cal baits the defense by running plays which look similar but in fact are different. In case you missed the previous inst...
Malcolm Gladwell and the Issue of Whether To Press
The fro knows basketball. Sort of. Malcom Gladwell recently wrote a piece for The New Yorker that had to do with sports. As a sports blogger, I think that means I'm obligated to write a reaction to...
A's Manager Geren Says All The Right Things - And Backs It Up
Over the two seasons Bob Geren has served as A's manager, I have actually come to conclude that by and large he really has the right ideas both on the macro ("general philosophies") and micro ("tacti...
Morning Coffee Talks Strategy
Tim Tebow wants an embedded journalist. I approve. When earlier today I heard Thom Brennaman’s boyfriend is coming back for his senior season, my first thought was, "Damn…. Maybe Percy Ha...
MHR University - Some Tricks for Reading a Defense
As a former defensive coordinator, it pains me to share how those evil offensive coordinators go after the noble defenses in football. But heck, we're all friends here, right? There are two l...
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