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1. Three-verticals. Courtesy of "otowncoach," I have added video of the "three verticals" or "shakes" play t...

People ask me all the time what I've been reading, or what I would recommend. I'm still working on a canonical football book post, l...

[This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on a "Simple Approach to the Run & Shoot." In one sense I mean "simplified," ...

Mike Leach to NFL Coaches : "I only need a three-hour window. I'll have a great clinic for all the NFL coaches who are so horrible ...

The most famous game that involved a team running the run and shoot offense was one where that team lost: the infamous "greatest playof...

1. Trojan Football Analysis has some great stuff about Nebraska's mid-1990s running game. Check it out here , and here . Highly recomm...

1. How sophisticated is Michigan's spread? It is now apparent that the Michigan Wolverines will have to start a freshman quarterback ...

Brian from Advanced NFL stats recently posited that some NFL teams (namely, the Washington Redskins under Jim Zorn) might have been throwin...

Not directly on topic for this site but it's hard to pass up an opportunity to mention a new Michael Lewis piece . This one is very Mone...

So it's gone. I have updated my original " A-11 Offense: A Pragmatic Approach " article to reflect this new development (I sti...

1. The Future of coaching quarterbacks. Coach Darin Slack , in response to a question about quarterbacks with a sort-of three-fourths or ...

The biggest play of the Super Bowl to me (pick one!) was James Harrison's one-hundred yard interception return at the end of the first-h...