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smartfootball.com - 2 days ago
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O n his radio show recently (see this
link at around the 17 minute mark) Saban discussed
how his staff prepares for all the myriad game situations. He said before the game they have a forty-five minute meeting whereby they discuss, among other things: How they will handle the coin toss ...
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Nick Saban on preparing for all possible circumstances
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smartfootball.com - 3 days ago
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I t’s already been dubbed the “bouquet pass”:
The circumstances: Tiny Bethel (Kan.) College surprisingly led nearby
Sterling College 20-0 late in the third quarter of coach Mike Moore’s final game. (H/t Dr Saturday.)
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Exactly how they drew it up
smartfootball.com - 3 days ago
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B est sleepers in college football of the
decade. Hey that Chris Brown guy really knows what
he’s talking about. - Brophy has several good posts about pattern reading. Check them out here and here . - Red Cup Rebellion has a really nice breakdown showing why a busted trick play ...
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Smart Links 11/19/2009
smartfootball.com - 4 days ago
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W hen it happened, I knew the Belichick
story would be big, but I think few could
have anticipated the shape and dimension of the conversation. Some of this I credit to the rise of new media: The immediate reaction to the call on NBC and ESPN was: Bad, awful, stupid call. But there was an ...
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Thinking about thoughts, fourth downs, and the nature of ...
smartfootball.com - 5 days ago
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T hat was us, yesterday: You can check
out SportsNation on ESPN2 or online . They picked
up on my Belichick bit from yesterday. The show is supposed to just be fun, though I note that my point was more that Belichick had a legitimate case that the odds were very close, if not actually ...
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SportsNation site of the day: Me
smartfootball.com - 6 days ago
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I n tonight Colts-Patriots game, with the Pats
up by 6 with just over two minutes to
go, Belichick directed his team to go for it on fourth and two. Tom Brady threw a short pass to Kevin Faulk just past the first down marker, but he bobbled it, and the officials ruled that by the time he ...
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Belichick’s decision to go for it on 4th and 2 from his ...
smartfootball.com - 10 days ago
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A vailable over at Dr Saturday, so check
it out . Thanks, as always, to the Doc.
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Me on Cincinnati and Brian Kelly
smartfootball.com - 11 days ago
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Y ou go back now, you go against
Kentucky, we ran that ball and ran that ball
and BAM BAM BAM. Now we’re striving for what right now, more balance, right? That means less touches, right? That means the amount of touches are less and you’re dividing them three ways. You see what I’m saying? In ...
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You tell me
smartfootball.com - 17 days ago
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[ This is part of an ongoing back
and forth between me and a friend of mine
who goes by "Hemlock." He was a D-1 coach at a Big 12 school (among other places) and now is pursuing a PhD in non-football related matters. He's a spread offense/run & shoot guru, and has a lot of great thoughts on ...
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Thoughts on the spread and run and shoot offenses — ...
smartfootball.com - 18 days ago
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I have previously discussed the smash concept, where
an outside receiver runs a short flat or “hitch”
route while an inside receiver breaks to the corner. The play works well against cover two zones in particular because it puts the cornerback in a bind: if he plays the man in front ...
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The “smash” route against man coverage
smartfootball.com - 19 days ago
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1 . Football’s Eagle and Stack Defenses ,
by Ron Vanderlinden, currently Penn State’s linebackers coach. This
is a solid book on one particular defense, though much of it has general applicability. Fortunately you can read most of it online via Google Books, here . 2. Ravelstein ...
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What I’ve been reading
smartfootball.com - 19 days ago
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I recently stumbled on these great (and long)
clips on youtube of the 2000 Oklahoma-Nebraska game. Then
#1 Nebraska got out to an early 14-0 lead before OU scored 24 points in the second quarter and went on to win 31-14. The game featured two of my favorite quarterbacks of the last decade, the ...
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Flashback: Oklahoma vs. Nebraska
smartfootball.com - 19 days ago
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I recently wrote a post giving a very
simple explanation of the outside zone and zone runs
in general. One popular variant that I did not discuss was the “pin and pull” zone. The Indianapolis Colts use this variant quite a bit, as did the Minnesota Gophers back when they had ...
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Outside zone variant: The “pin-and-pull”
smartfootball.com - 20 days ago
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[ The following is from noted quarterback guru
Darin Slack. Check out his site and find out
about his camps, materials, and the like. ] There’s an old coaching adage that “you can’t change a throwing motion! A quarterback either can throw or he can’t. Period.” You hear this all the ...
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Improving a quarterback’s throwing motion
smartfootball.com - 22 days ago
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I n my most recent post for Dr
Saturday I discussed some of Florida’s struggles on offense.
The particular topic was some of Florida’s struggles in pass protection in all phases: accounting for potential rushers, sustaining the blocks, the receivers getting open on time, and the ...
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You be the offensive coordinator/quarterback: Dealing ...
