Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
Why Do We Have Spring Practice?
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Why Do We Have Spring Practice?
Football is a fall sport. As the summer cools, the air itself seems to change. And, to me, that fall air always smells like football. The games are then played for the next few months until, bleeding through the winter holidays, the championships are played and the final tallies are taken on another season gone…
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Can inexperienced quarterbacks succeed in the playoffs? The Houston Texans and the T.J. Yates experiment
The Houston Texans are currently having the finest season in their nine-year existence. With an 8-3 record, Houston is almost certainly going to make the playoffs. But after losing quarterbacks Matt Schaub and Matt Leinart in consecutive games, the Texans are down to their third string quarterback. That man is T.J. Yates, a rookie quarterback…
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What were the seminal offenses/defenses of each decade?
Inspired by this post, remember the definition of “seminal” when answering. Think of it (as it was in the original post) as The Great Gatsby was to books in the 1920s as X was to offensive/defensive schemes in Y. Here are my picks. Add your own: 1900s – 1910s: Single-wing. 1920s: Notre Dame Box. 1930s:…
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