The Big 10 have been late adopters to the spread era but Iowa has managed to survive and thrive on defense without moving away from their traditional, 4-3 defense.
Meanwhile, Mississippi State has two of the most exciting mobile quarterbacks in the country.
Mike Gundy has always had a knack for tying his explosive passing attacks to spread run games. The Cowboys’ 2018 rushing attack may be their strongest yet.
What are the five elements of the optimal college offense? Catch up here.
Synthesizing a bunch of concepts we discuss a lot but haven’t necessarily put together.
Stats and eyeballs agree: Brown is maybe the best returning receiver in the country.
The 3-4 OLB is being threatened with extinction by the spread offense, but Shaq Griffin revealed that a fast enough athlete can still make it work.
Rather than collecting the scraps from the table of the P5 schools, what if the G5 broke off and created their own system for determining a national champion.
The 4-2-5 was once a cutting edge system for handling spread attacks, now spread attacks are designed to attack it. Are there enough evolutions available to keep the system alive and well heading into a new decade?
Norvell’s spread offense is built off the use of a traditional, in-line TE to create stress for opposing defenses and set up the explosive passing game to light up the scoreboard.
Fisher has a tough task ahead converting the spread-oriented Aggie offense into something closer to his preferred pro-style approach. JUCO TE Jace Sternberger or another recent addition could be the most important part of that transition.
Art Briles’ offense and coaching tree has taken some major hits from scandal and personnel problems but still has the potential to grow into a dominant force within the college game.
Using statistics to determine college football’s biggest coaching overachievers and underachievers.
If the forecast (which is never, EVER wrong) says rain, hit the under.
When it’s windy, bet the under. If you can trust the weather forecast, anyway.
That’s a favorite buzzphrase for offensive coaches at new destinations but what does it really mean?
Old school, iso runs are becoming a favorite way for smashmouth spread teams to get the "smashmouth" effect in the run game.
How West Virginia’s spread-Iso tactics made Grier to Sills IV the most lethal QB/WR duo in college football.
When the Big 12 started up, Nebraska seemed poise to run the league for years only to see their dynasty fall. Now it’s possible that their philosophy could resurface.
The "dime rover" is going to become ascendant as teams give up on trying to field star DL in exchange for freeing up a speedy LB or big safety to own the middle of the field and offer big play prevention.
The Mountaineers don’t recruit at a high level in February but they have a lot of talent on their roster in key positions.
The Big 12 always has great QB play and more than its share of legendary, record-breaking signal callers. What does history tell us will happen to a team after a successful, multi-year starter leaves?
Navigating through the fertile soil of Georgia high school football.
Trying to understand what’s going on in the disparate recruiting rankings and outcomes across the fruited plains.
To "switch" on defense is a new favorite tactic in the NBA but an established best practice on the football field. The only problem is that college defenses are struggling to hold up against the mismatches that occur.