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Author Archives: Billy Koehler
Gridiron Glossary: Pocket
The area in the backfield from which the quarterback throws the ball after dropping back. The space for accepting a handoff created by a ball carrier’s hands. Putting it in his pocket, a phrase describing a quaterback taking a sack … Continue reading
Chaos Theory: the What Ifs
During the BCS Era, the nightmare scenario was always 3 undefeated teams remaining for two spots. In mid-October people would begin to speculate what was going to happen with all the undefeated teams. Some people rooted for an unsolvable problem … Continue reading
Gridiron Glossary: The Mesh
The mesh is where the quarterback puts the ball into another players hands or against his stomach as part of a handoff or a fake handoff. The quarterback’s job is to put the ball on the running back’s stomach. The … Continue reading
The Pride and The Shame: Week 7
The Pride. Iowa. Where did these guys come from? The Hawkeyes demolished Northwestern and are almost certainly going to be in the Big Ten championship game. It’s not even November and it’s tough to see a normal scenario where Iowa isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged ACC, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas State, LSU, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Out of Conference, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Cal, Utah
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Footnote: Cincinnati Kicking
“College kickers” is a popular refrain on social media whenever a college kicker misses a field goal. The phrase is meant to be a reminder of how unpredictable kickers are in the college game, especially in comparison to the NFL. … Continue reading
Posted in News, Schemes
Tagged Cincinnati, field goals, formations, kicking
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Key Plays: LSU Fake Field Goal
Les Miles, the resident Mad Hatter in Baton Rouge, reached into his bag of tricks for a fake field goal to beat Florida on Saturday in Death Valley. Miles has been known for late game risks and fakes, including field … Continue reading
Posted in Concepts, News
Tagged Fake Field Goal, Field Goal, Florida, LSU
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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
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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
Third Down Draw 