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1. Bring back the old Spurrier : “I used to think I was pretty good coaching quarterbacks,” Spurrier said. 2. The Department of Sporting Jur...

[ Ed. Note: This is Part 2 of Manny Matsakis's presentation of his "Triple Shoot" offense. Check out the tripleshoot website h...

So says Residual Prolixity in reviewing Madden's book, One Knee Equals Two Feet: And Everything Else You Need to Know About Football : ...

[ Ed. Note: For the next four days regular -- or irregular! -- blogging will be suspended and in its place is an overview of Manny Matsakis...

Again, reiterating my point that likely underdogs benefit from a high variance (i.e. high-risk) strategy, but that it might be inappropriate...

A lot to catch up on . . . 1. Great article on one-back (six man) pass protection. 2. BCS mania: The good Senator has consistently been ...

1. The Bunch Attack: Using Compressed Formations in the Passing Game - by Andrew Coverdale and Dan Robinson. Sometimes you have to go back...

Malcolm Gladwell's new article in the New Yorker is called " How David Beats Goliath: When underdogs break the rules ." It...

Is "spreading" always a good idea? Maybe not, according to Coach Smith : Misconception #31 [Misconception:] Relatively weaker offe...

As EDSBS points out, the detestable Mike Leach has a real issue with telling the truth, and the people (i.e. other highly paid coaches) are...

Heard an anecdote relayed from Oklahoma State's offensive coordinator (good coach, entertaining speaker). He was talking about the four ...

The poll for best offensive staff turned into a two-man race between Mike Leach and Urban Meyer, but Meyer ran away with it with 28% of the ...