The History of the air raid and its use PT 2

 Air raid philosophy :

The air raid philosophy is about putting speed in space and Spreading the defense horizontally and vertically esp when teams are playing man to man but the use that speed to exploit mismatches and attacking the defense where its weaskest

Concepts : 

Mesh,

4 verts,

all hitch's

4 cross

corner sticks

shallow

Personnel;

The air Raid uses 11 personell depending on package now mike leach used 10-20 depending on what he wanted to do on the field at that given time and it helps put speed in space and depending on the formation you can motion the full back in pass protection and it forces the defense to declare their defensive formation

concepts in practice

Mesh : mesh

4 Verts :4 verts

 all hitches      all hitches

4 cross shallow :4 cross shallow

Corner sticks :corner sticks

conclusion: 

when it comes to the air raid its easy to learn but hard to master and has we delve in to this study we will learn more

 

  

 The Air Raid its use and its history pt 1

The air raid offense is one of the most popular offensive schemes in modern college football but before we can delve in to formations and how to effectively use it we must understand the history of this prolific offense.

a new beginning

 

The air raid can be traced back to legendary coaches such as hall mumme, (pronounced mummy) mile leach, Sonny dykes, and tony Frankin in there respective tenures at their schools like Washington st (wazzu) and miss st  the air raid is used out of the shot  gun formation with a 4 receiver set and with 2 slot  receivers usually extremely pass heavy  but it can also use a trip set as well depneing on down and distance

History:

The Earliest iteration of the air raid can be traced back to 1941 with the Indiana Hoosiers under Bo Mcmillin who  was already adept at filling the air with deep shots to the end zone or getting chuck yardage plays.

The modern Air raid offense did not make is appearance until the early 80s  when hal mumme and mike Leach took over at Iowa wesleyn and Valdosta st and had success in the 1980s/90 and  the first exposure to modern college football was in 1997  there, Head coach Hal mumme and mike leach 

turned qb in to all American qb in 1998  then leach served as the offensive  coordinator at the university of Oklahoma before landing the head coaching job at texas tech. shortly in to the 2000s asst coaches like Chris hatcher,(valdosta st) Art Briles, (houston and baylor) and Sonny dykes (lousiana tech then cal) and many more when on to advance the air raid

The air raid at a glance :

The scheme is notable for its focus on passing, as 65–75% of the offensive plays are passing plays. The quarterback has the freedom to change the play based on what the defensive team shows him at the line of scrimmage, using a vocal signal called an "audible". In at least one instance, as many as 90% of the run plays called in a season were chosen by an audible at the line of scrimmage.^[6]

An important element in this offense is the offense does not huddle, known as the No-huddle offense. The offense gets to the line of scrimmage as soon as the previous play ends. The quarterback then diagnoses what the defense is showing, and starts the next play quickly. The quarterback is responsible for the audible play calls most of the time. The quick pace of the offense not only allows a team to come back if they are many points behind, but also tires out the defense and keep them off balance by limiting player substitutions.

Conclusion :

The air raid shares alot of commonalities with  the spread but also stands to be uniqe in modern cfb and will stand the test of time

stay tuned for part 2!

nil and the effects it has on college football

 nil and its effects

At its surface nil can be a used for wonderful things but it can be rife with misuse and and cheating over the last 5 years college football has transformed in to a sport where teams will buy recruits and that is some thing we dont need but the question is how do we fix it?.

 i suggest we move nil funds where players can get the money after their four years (graduation) of playing at that school and they can use that money to pay off schooling and set themselves up for life and pay medical bills but who manages this?, not congress not the ncaa but can we trust the schools that we are not sure but there must be a way to make a fix for it all especially with Colorado's qb making 5.1 mill

but we must ask is this what we want for college football? not a bit we need to address this and address this soon

STATS:

Down below is the nil cash that's most schools are paying on average

QB :500k-800k

RB:200k -300k

WR :75k-300k

OL:350k-500k

DL :250k-600k

LB:100k-300k

DB:120k-225k

Brief history:

Nil officially started on July 1fst 2021  but the foundation was laid in 2019 and the ncaa signed a 2.7 billon dollar agreement in may to begin paying players once revenue sharing is approved and be shared in 2025

How much do schools pay?

$1.17 billon with Alabama leading the most with it

  

Schools play 103,000k a year in nil

Conclusion:

The question is this i must ask for the college football folks is this what we want for the sport we love?  do we really want qausi free agency?

Knife fight in tuscaloosa!

It was a championship vibe this week in Tuscaloosa AL as the alabama crimson tide went up against the 

Georgia Bulldogs setting up a clash of SEC titans and a test for head Coach kalen DeBoer and yhe tide passed with flying colors snapping Georgia's 41 game winning streak  

Tide Starting out hot

the Alabama crimson tide came out swinging Saturday with a magnificent game plan that put the bull dogs down 28 points in the first half with one of those touch downs being a 74 yard reception to the 17 year old phenom Ryan "hollywood" Williams  with mileroe throwing all across the field  the tide struck early and they struck often and when the bulldogs had the ball Carson beck  threw 2 interceptions helping the tide win in the turn over battle 

Georgia Answers back 

if you thought the game was won and over in the first half you may have been right! but the bulldogs kept fighting and erasing the 28 point lead the tide built in the first half with 2 tds one to get close and the other to take the lead from the tide but Alabama answered back with a 71 yard strike in 2 plays to take the lead back with 2 minutes to go  then Georgia marched down the field only to be intcercepted by the freshman db zimbano to seal the win for the tide

Stats 

Ryan Willams :6 rec 171 yds 1 td

milroe 27/33 374 yds 2 tds

Takeaways

alabamas oc nick sheridian learned a valauable lesson in keeping his foot on the gas and not stpping against sec opponents defense also played and insane game likewise ryan willams once again has great talent 

Week 6 ap poll

 

week 3 ap poll

 Week 3 ap poll is out

Coffee break with nate : breaking down week 1 ndsu vs Colorado! (vol1)

 Shootout in boulder! 

Week 1 started out hot Thursday evening with a big 12 shootout in boulder  with a shootout  tha could have caused another opening week upset so lets get in to the stats of this game 

Stats and discussion

FIELD GOAL6 PLAYS, 57 YARDS, 2:48

NDSU3

COLO0

• (15:00 - 1st) Jace Feely kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback

• 1st & 10 at NDSU 25

  (14:59 - 1st) TK Marshall run for 3 yds to the NDSU 28

• 2nd & 7 at NDSU 28

  (14:18 - 1st) Cam Miller pass complete to TK Marshall for 48 yds to the COLO 24 for a 1ST down

• 1st & 10 at COLO 24

  (13:30 - 1st) CharMar Brown run for 6 yds to the COLO 18

• 2nd & 4 at COLO 18

  (12:50 - 1st) Cam Miller pass incomplete to Joe Stoffel

• 3rd & 4 at COLO 18

  (12:37 - 1st) CharMar Brown run for no gain to the COLO 18

• 4th & 4 at COLO 18

  (12:12 - 1st) Griffin Crosa 36 Yd Field Goal

TOUCHDOWN6 PLAYS, 75 YARDS, 2:41

NDSU3

COLO7

TOUCHDOWN10 PLAYS, 75 YARDS, 5:32

NDSU10

COLO7

TOUCHDOWN2 PLAYS, 75 YARDS, 0:44

NDSU10

COLO14

TOUCHDOWN10 PLAYS, 77 YARDS, 6:08

NDSU17

COLO14

DOWNS4 PLAYS, 9 YARDS, 1:58

NDSU17

COLO14

FIELD GOAL11 PLAYS, 21 YARDS, 5:36

NDSU20

COLO14

PUNT4 PLAYS, 25 YARDS, 1:52

NDSU20

COLO14

PUNT5 PLAYS, 27 YARDS, 1:45

NDSU20

COLO14

INTERCEPTION7 PLAYS, 70 YARDS, 3:02

NDSU20

COLO17

PUNT3 PLAYS, 0 YARDS, 2:09

NDSU20

COLO17

TOUCHDOWN5 PLAYS, 72 YARDS, 2:04

NDSU20

COLO24

PUNT9 PLAYS, 39 YARDS, 6:38

NDSU20

COLO24

TOUCHDOWN17 PLAYS, 80 YARDS, 8:10

NDSU20

COLO31

TOUCHDOWN11 PLAYS, 75 YARDS, 5:38

NDSU26

COLO31

PUNT5 PLAYS, 24 YARDS, 1:48

NDSU26

COLO31

END OF GAME6 PLAYS, 88 YARDS, 0:31

NDSU26

COLO31

Ndsu Came out swinging to start the game with each team having quick and efficient drives that capitalized on defensive miscues on both sides and this shootout could have easily gone in to over time on some blown and missed calls for an example several missed offensive pass interference calls on colorado  along with a clear False start on Colorado but both teams played very well defensively throughout the game (see stats above) 

  

   

How does this affect the college football playoff?

With the expanded Playoffs every game matters and from what i noticed last night everyone is playing with a bit more intensity

But knowing that there is a possibility we may see these two match up again but will it be a shootout once again? that remains to be seen but we will see AT least one group of 5 team in the college football playoff later this year 

Thoughts and conclusion 

Overall Week 1  has shown that the 2024 season will be one to remember with the intensity and the chaos that is college football out of the 138 teams  in college football who will be the 12 in the playoffs? and who will be the last one standing

See you all next week!