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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Gridiron Glossary: Speed Option
The speed option is an option play where the quarterback immediately attacks the optioned defender without utilizing a potential handoff to a running back first. The speed option is fast compared to the triple option. The speed is created by … Continue reading
It’s Monday: What do we Know?
Jim McElwain is a Wizard. In the waning years of the Will Muschamp era Florida was known as much for its dysfunctional offense as it was for its dominating defense. The offense was so bad that it was assumed it … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion
Tagged ACC, Baylor, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Jim McElwain, Memphis, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Ole Miss, TCU
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Gridiron Glossary: Reverse
An offensive play in which the ball is run in one direction before being handed or pitched to another player running in the opposite direction. A reverse is designed to use the defense’s pursuit against itself. The play begins by … Continue reading
Gridiron Glossary: Wheel route
A pass pattern, usually run in combination with a post pattern, in which an inside receiver or running back moves in a circular pattern toward the sideline and then continues vertically up the sideline. Here’s the play from the 2015 … Continue reading
Key Plays: The Texas Power
On Saturday Texas shocked Oklahoma to win the Red River Rivalry. The Longhorns, 1-4 entering the game, weren’t supposed to be able to compete with the 4-0 Sooners, but Texas took an early 14-0 lead and held on at the … Continue reading
What We Learned: Week 6
Dabo is sensitive about Clemsoning. Clemson beat unranked Georgia Tech 43-24 Saturday. Had they lost the game, it would have been classic Clemsoning, but they didn’t. A reporter asked Coach Swinney after the game about Clemsoning. He wanted to know … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion
Tagged Butch Jones, Clemson, Dabo Swinney, Florida, Jim McElwain, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, South Carolina, Steve Spurrier, Tennessee, What we learned, Will Grier
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Gridiron Glossary: Cushion
Cushion is the amount of space a defensive back puts between himself and the receiver. Cushion is easiest to see at the beginning of the play, but the term also describes the room that a receiver is given during the … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, Glossary
Tagged Cornerback, cover 3, coverage, cushion, defensive philosophy, receiver
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The Pride and The Shame: Week 6
The Pride. Michigan certainly looks different with Jim Harbaugh, don’t they? The Wolverines weren’t supposed to be ranked this year; it was supposed to be the beginning of a rebuilding process. Now Michigan is sky rocketing up the polls behind … Continue reading
Posted in News, Opinion
Tagged ACC, B1G, Big 12, Clemson, Kansas, LSU, Michigan, Nortwestern, Out of Conference, Pac 12, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Cal, Syracuse, TCU, Utah
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Gridiron Glossary: Numbered Personnel Groupings
A two digit numbering system for identifying the offensive skill players on the field at a given time. The numbered personnel grouping system is used by coaches and players but rarely by commentators and fans. The system makes some assumptions in … Continue reading
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Tagged personnel grouping
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Gridiron Glossary: Fold Block
A fold block is specific blocking technique where two offensive linemen block two defenders by crossing paths with one another. Almost always one offensive lineman will have a defender in front of him and an adjacent lineman will not. The lineman … Continue reading
Third Down Draw 