Football analysis and strategy from Chris B. Brown
New Grantland: Matt Barkley’s Favorite Play — the West Coast Offense Classic, “Sluggo Seam”
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New Grantland: Matt Barkley’s Favorite Play — the West Coast Offense Classic, “Sluggo Seam”
My breakdown of west coast offense staple — and Matt Barkley’s favorite play — is now up over at Grantland: To understand Barkley’s answer, it’s necessary to understand USC’s offense. When Pete Carroll took the head-coaching job at USC, he hired longtime BYU assistant coach Norm Chow as his offensive coordinator. Carroll wanted the vaunted…
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Smart Notes 9/17/2009
Credit where it is due. Trojan Football Analysis shows that Ohio State’s defensive plan against USC was creative, as they came out in a completely different look than they normally do. Trojan offensive line coach Pat Ruel observed that, “Half [of OSU’s] line was playing a Bear front and half was playing an Under front…
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Smart Notes 9/16/2009
Monte Kiffin is gearing up to play the Gators. It seems that everyone wants to know what Kiffin will come up with for Florida. I’m not sure but I wouldn’t be it would be anything magic. Yet he is taking it quite seriously: Kiffin, an NFL assistant for 26 years before joining his son’s staff…