Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
Russell Athletic Bowl — Key to Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech: Outside Zone
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Russell Athletic Bowl — Key to Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech: Outside Zone
College football’s bowl season is not much like the single-minded narrative of a one winner-take-all playoff. Instead it’s a shifting, multiple layered story told through an ensemble cast. Some of the stories, like the BCS title game, are triumphant, with maybe even a tinge of poetic folklore — some battle that could as easily be…
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Bud Foster of Virginia Tech explains his “field dog” pressure
As I’ve previously explained, Virginia Tech’s “lunchpail defense” has gone through several evolutions, despite remaining one of the elite defenses in the nation: In the nineties, many teams tried to emulate Frank Beamer and defensive coordinator Bud Foster’s scheme, with its premium on defenders stacking the line to either stop the run or scare the…
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Breaking down Boise: How the Broncos use leverage, numbers and grass to gash the opposition
[Ed. Note: The following article was written by my friend Mike Kuchar, who, when not writing incredibly informative articles, is the defensive coordinator at North Brunswick Township High School in New Jersey.] It’s no secret that Boise State knows how to move the football — its 42 points per game last season led the nation…
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Of Malzahn and Miami, a look backward and forward
A couple of stuff from me from around the web: Check out my breakdown of Gus Malzahn’s up-tempo offense over at Yahoo’s Dr Saturday. Thanks again to the Doc. (And for more on Malzahn, read this very good piece from Stewart Mandel about Malzahn’s wider influence.) And here is my guest-bit on EDSBS answering the…
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