Pure Magic: Orange Bowl Instant Reaction
My first thought after Drew Allar winged the ball out of bounds to secure a 27-24 Notre Dame victory over Penn State, the second New Year's 6 win for Marcus Freeman in a week, was [...]
The Sweetest Victory: Sugar Bowl Instant Reaction
First, let's get this out of the way now: I cried. Thirty-one years. Thirty-one long years of not winning these games. Of coming up short. Of drawing the best possible opponent. Of chuckleheads on the [...]
Quick Film Room: A Broken Passing Game
Hopefully this is proven out to be in the Catholic “A broken world from which Grace is the redemption” and not “The return window has already closed so you’re SOL.” At any rate, I’m going [...]
Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 4: Verts, Curls/Spacing, & HOSS
In this fourth part analysis of Mike Denbrock’s offense, I will describe the vertical stem plays: (4) Verticals, All Curl/Spacing and HOSS (Hitch-Outside Slot-Seam). In part 1, I described an overview of Denbrock’s offense. In [...]
Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 3: Sail, Cross & Yankee
In this third part article previewing Mike Denbrock’s offense, I will describe the two main “flood” zone-killing plays: Sail and Cross. These are basically either a weak side or strong side stress of the defense. [...]
Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 2: Shallow, Drive & Dagger
In this article, I will break down how Mike Denbrock has used several similar passing concepts successfully. These concepts have traces to the West Coast offense and Air Raid offense and are popularized by nearly [...]
Inside Denbrock’s Offense Part 1: Overview & Resources
Return of the Mike: Much excitement can be had from the return of Mike Denbrock to be the offensive coordinator of Notre Dame. Last year, Notre Dame ran a old-is-new-again scheme of drawing up many [...]
18S Film Room: God’s Play and an Outside Run
After the rain delay of the NC State game, Notre Dame and Gerad Parker needed a spark. Only one quarter had elapsed but the Irish offense had been stymied so far. Gerad dialed up a [...]
18S Film Room: Irish’s Misdirection Play: Counter
The most prominent running play against the Midshipmen was, in my opinion, the Counter play. Counter is a gap blocking scheme play that utilizes misdirection and masses of humanity to create often devastating holes in [...]
18S Film Room: Notre Dame’s Triangle Pass: Snag
Out of the 14 passes that Peacock graced us with a decent angle for, the most common concept by far was Snag (6/14). Snag is a passing concept that is used at pretty much all [...]
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