Smart Football

Look like the bunch formation to anyone else? That's from Percy Duncan Haughton's 1922 book, Football and How to Watch It . H/t Coa...

...over at Dr Saturday . Check it out here , and feel free to ask questions either here or over there. (I am more likely to see it here, tho...

1. T. Kyle King has an interesting response to my incoherent musings on business and life in college football. 2. Dan Shanoff really doesn...

1. Above is Joe Paterno's diagram and coffee. Read all about it . (Ht Black Shoe Diaries .) 2. Why do players hold out of training camp?...

Some things never change. The quarter[back] is, under the captain, the director of the game. With the exception of one or two uncommon and r...

[Excerpts from Nick Saban's transcript at the SEC media days. Thanks to deaux of CoachHuey for the pointer.] On Tim Tebow at the nex...

Jim Johnson, Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator extraordinaire, has passed away due to cancer. Johnson coached some great defenses, a...

Tomahawk Nation responds to my earlier post on David & Goliath Strategies . See parts one and two of TN's responses. (See also my ...

1. Brett Favre is not happy about this and will unretire to prove it. A commemorative decoration (ht Maize 'n Brew, via sconnie.com ): ...

1. ESPN's Bruce Feldman asks a panel "What makes a great college coach?" (Insider required.) "He must be able to develop...

The pro-football reference blog recently mentioned something I found fascinating: What about rushing? . . . .In modern times, most RBs ha...

1. 2009 Coach of the Year Clinic Manual . Nothing revolutionary, but some good stuff. Chip Kelly of Oregon has a good article (which is act...