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These advanced stats tell us which 2019 NFL QB prospects will actually be good
Here’s how we should be projecting this year’s quarterback class, broken down in four tiers.
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You can find RB value anywhere in the 2019 NFL Draft
From first-rounders to UDFAs, you can find interesting running backs all throughout the draft process. At least, you can if you know where to look.
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Bill Connelly
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The evolutionary history of the Option
Football’s option tactic is part of almost every offense in football, with most of its innovations coming at the college level. Here’s how the option went from rugby to the classic triple to RPOs, with some other reads along the way too.
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At Miami, history is right there on the sidelines (and it’s yelling at you)
At other football programs, alumni come back. At Miami, they never leave.
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Joe Moorhead explains the 5 tenets of the SEC West’s most dangerous offense
Joe Moorhead’s offensive system is all the proof you need that he can thrive in Starkville and take on college football’s most fearsome division.
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The 10 greatest HBCU dynasties, now including North Carolina A&T
Let’s not try to figure out which teams would’ve beaten each other across eras. Instead, let’s try to compare accomplishments.
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How Mike Gundy brought ‘basketball on grass’ to Oklahoma State football
Gundy’s time on the hardwood influenced his offense and led him to question everything.
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How Mike Gundy came home and built Oklahoma State football
(with a little help from T. Boone Pickens)
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Why the Ivy League might finally be ready to compete in the playoffs
The conference is fun, rapidly improving, and full of coaches raring to test themselves nationally. Let’s talk to each head coach.
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What a new approach to evaluating receivers and tight ends says about the 2018 NFL Draft class
Which pass catchers might surprise you and who will disappoint?
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The oral history of Boise State
How Boise State became one of college football’s most consistently strong football programs.
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A 9-point plan to upgrade college football forever
We need someone we can trust to watch over all of college football. That might as well be me.
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How To Bayern
You may beat Bayern Munich today, but you never beat them tomorrow. They are the surest thing in sports.
My favorite things that I wrote in 2018
Self-share time once again!
My favorite things that I wrote in 2017
Self-share time!
My favorite pieces from 2016
Bill Connelly’s 50 Best* College Football Teams of All Time will be released on March 7.
My favorite pieces from 2015
All I can really hope is that I look back at each passing year and think, "This was my best writing year yet." Well ... this was my best writing year yet.
My favorite pieces from 2014
In my job, I aim for both quality and quantity. By my estimation, I write about 1.5 million words per year, and a lot of the pieces that hold those words are, to some degree, duds. But some aren't.