Film Room: Notre Dame Defense Adjusts
After the first four games of the 2016 football season, the Notre Dame defense could rightfully be described as a raging tire fire. As a result of the horrific performance of the defense, Brian Kelly [...]
Film Room: The Speed Option
What if I told you a play scored a touchdown on 60% of the times its ran? Now what if I told you that it required very little practice time, was easy to run, showed [...]
Film Room: The Split Zone & Run Pass Option
This is my first ever football breakdown or blogpost and I’m excited to have joined 18stripes. I’ve been an x and o's junkie for years, so I hope this turns out well. I have made [...]
Film Room: Notre Dame Defense in Turmoil
I have to admit, I’m actually not a huge proponent of the “Brian VanGorder’s scheme is too complicated” theory to explain the struggles of the Notre Dame defense. In fact, my plan for this post [...]
18 Stripes Films: Fundamentals Sink Notre Dame
The Notre Dame defense was not good against Texas. In fact, Notre Dame's defense hasn't been consistently good in a while. In other news sky is blue and water is wet. So why has the [...]
Film Room: Football Brains and Brawn
One of the things I love about football is how the game requires both physical and intellectual elements for success. The physical part is pretty obvious. The team with the best athletes usually wins. The [...]
Film Room: Texas Offensive Preview Part 2
Welcome to part two of my preview of the Texas Longhorns offense. You can check out part one here. After taking a high-level view of new Texas offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert’s offense at Tulsa, today [...]
Film Room: Texas Offensive Preview Part 1
When Notre Dame plays Texas in the 2016 season opener, the Longhorns will be breaking in a new offense for the second year in a row. Last season, in a move that would make Charlie [...]
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