Sabtu, 04 April 2009

Corey Surrency: swallowed by the system?

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Florida State wide receiver and senior-to-be Corey Surrency's life has taken several twists. As the Orlando Sentinel reports : Surrency ...

Sid Gillman, "Father of the Modern Passing Game," notes on passing offense

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Sid Gillman , along with Paul Brown, basically invented modern football. Bill Walsh left his stamp, but he was largely just making systemati...
Jumat, 03 April 2009

Assorted links

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1. Blue-Gray Sky breaks down the "devolution" of Charlie Weis's Notre Dame offense . 2. Rocky Top Talk analyzes zone running ....
Kamis, 02 April 2009

Archie Cooley, Jerry Rice, and the "Satellite Express"

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I've often detailed the history of the spread , but an unsung innovator was Mississippi Valley State's Archie Cooley. In the '80...
Rabu, 01 April 2009

Detroit Lions' Jim Schwartz: We're bringing back the run and shoot to the NFL

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Update : Happy April Fools' Day . . . . Well, it's official. Apparently in early discussions and camps Schwartz and his staff have ...

More thoughts on pro scouts' anger at "system quarterbacks"

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Dr Saturday follows up on the weird storyline of trying to get Tim Tebow "NFL Ready" (by doing more under center, etc) even tho...
Selasa, 31 Maret 2009

Speculations on play-calling on first, second, and third and ten

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From Advanced NFL Stats : All the numbers that follow are from all 10-yards-to-go scrimmage plays in the first 3 quarters of regular season ...