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I love football so much, but I genuinely don't think it can compete with the atmosphere of baseball

I hate this. In the past, a DB with a 100lb+ size disadvantage was able to protect himself and cut a lineman who was pulling on the perimeter. Now he can't, in the name of "safety." If I were coaching offense, I'd run toss crack all day long.

There are 2 types of OL Coaches these days: Those that still use Chutes, Boards, and Sleds, and those that do not. Which side are you on?

What’s up brother! So the number 1 thing I looked at was any keys that movement will be coming. These front 7s stunt and slant at such a high rate now. So whether that be a DL’s stance having a tell that he’s going to go lateral first, or something like the LBs lining up at different levels and they are tight (then I’m expecting AX blitz). Even something as simple as noticing safeties outside of the hashes (could be a tell that Chop CB blitz is coming). But finding those little tendencies that could give you a head start on what the defense was going to do was big for me Another thing I’d always do is chart the top moves that the DL use. So I’d write out “spin move” “club swim” “long arm” “dbl hand swipe” etc, and then I’d tally how much they use each move. That would allow me to go into the game knowing I’m likely going to see these 3 moves from this guy (most guys never really had more than 3 moves in CFB). But also would note tendencies in obvious passing situations. Some DL have a very specific move they always go to when they know it’s a pass. And I would use all this info to then build out my plan vs them. The biggest thing I figured out was I needed to ‘mess with the pass rushers rhythm’. Meaning that they have a plan when the ball is about to snap on each play, so if I keep giving them the same exact 45 angle pass set, they will start to time that up. So it’s so important to mix up jump sets, vertical sets, etc… so I would get to the point that if I knew a DT was a big speed to bullrush guy on obvious passing downs, I’ll plan to just jump set him and not even give him a chance to build up that speed. Hope this wasn’t too long 😂 I absolutely love talking ball in this manner. I could go on for days!