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Cardinals Vs. Ravens: Five Key Matchups
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The OSU Defense v Purdue: A Clinic in How to Defend Spread Zone Read Teams
The OSU defense rebounded from a poor showing against Wisconsin to register a shutout against Purdue. In so doing, the Buckeyes' defense put on a text book example of how to shut down a 'spread to run' offense. OSU's continued dominance against spread teams demonstrates that the 'spread' is no...
Defending monotony
College football blogs are near universal in their praise for Smart Football, and indeed the site is very well done. As an avowed hater of "spread" style offenses, I'm certainly going to take issue with a lot of the pro-spread and gadgetry sentiment at S.F. Doesn't mean anything with regard to...
Death of the pro-style offense
Take a gander at the NCAA rankings for points per game. The top 10: 1. Oklahoma 2. Tulsa 3. Florida 4. Texas Tech 5. Texas 6. Missouri 7. Oregon 8. Oklahoma State 9. Rice 10. Houston What stands out about this list is that none of these teams run "conventional" offensive schemes. There's one...
Scapegoat
Much has been made by many people, including myself, about the struggles of the Auburn offense and about how the Tony Franklin system is not working there, for whatever reason. However, there is now a very insightful article written by the guy who runs SmartFootball, and while that may be a...
Week 13 Picks: Straight Up and Against the Spread
Week 13 kicks off tonight with a crucial NFC matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, a game that has huge postseason implications.Arizona, meanwhile, has an ice cube's chance in hell of making the postseason (maybe it'll freeze over), and they take on the hot Cleveland Browns this...
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