The art of smart football features analysis of football s top strategists and schemes, including. Kstate has an average offense matched with an above average defense, and are already playing tough and smart football. May 22, 20 most, if not all, of briles concepts begin with one quick read by the qb. Jul 21, 2017 for the better part of the last decade, baylor and offense were as synonymous as alabama and dominance. A look into the baylor offense cowboys ride for free. Baylors spread is more intense than most, with even the inside receivers lining up. On december 6, 2016, rhule was named the head football coach at baylor university, replacing interim head coach jim grobe. The art of smart football is an eyeopening, fascinating and accessible contribution to our understanding of americas favorite sport. The plan is to continue to hold this clinic each year in the northwest for the considerable future. The bulldogs face a complete overhaul on offense, after kirby smart hired former cleveland browns offensive. Matt rhule has clear vision for newlook baylor offense. This leaves the backside receiver singled up with relatively little help. Nov 01, 2016 les miles studying baylor offense to get ready for 2017 coaching carousel. Nobody on the baylor football team loves to smoke meat more than blake blackmar and nobody loves to eat the finished product more than fellow offensive lineman and roommate patrick lawrence.
The offense mainly consists of nothing but option reads and option routes. The entire article link is below, but heres some exerts in regards to his discussion on the spread offense. Based on that assumption, uncs game plan was designed to first and foremost take away the deep pass. But the most remarkable thing to me is how lazy baylors offense is. Giants take alabama s xavier mckinney with 36th pick. The basic tenets of baylor s 2019 defense back in early december before rhule left for the panthers, he went on a radio show and they asked him, how would you. Baylor is basically an option offense in all that it does. Combination or packaged plays have been sweeping across college and high school football over recent years, enough that nfl coaches are clearly taking notice. Hes only a couple yards shy of 4,000 for the season, hes set an ncaa record for passing efficiency, and the former track star has rushed for 644 yards and nine touchdowns just for good measure.
At first glance, the tcu and baylor head coaches seem to be opposites. I think they are the leading innovators at creating confusion about what they do, smart said of the baylor defensive coaches. No one outside of west virginia would have said that, but we knew. After a tumultuous and difficult 2016 season, both on and especially off of the field, no one really knows what to expect from baylor this fall. Baylors offense should be illegal collegefootballtalk. My last year of football 1976 i played bantams freshmensophomores, 140. Here is a list of the players who were drafted and are still going strong in the professional football world. How dino babers will build syracuses new offense on the. With all due respect to baylor, but i dont consider racking up the points as football.
Dec 05, 2015 baylor head coach art briles has perhaps the most explosive offensive scheme in college football. Baylors offense is more unstoppable than ever usa today. Art briless offense is now featured at baylor, syracuse, texas and tulsa. A system designed to spread the field and run or pass based upon your personnel. It features insights from many of the games top offensive minds, who have conceived, or are extremely successful in employing, a specific means of attack. What i like to consider football is a balanced team. Mar 11, 2014 an inside look at baylor s offensive light show art briles, bryce petty and more explain the baylor bears offensive prowess that led to a big 12 title and playoff championship dreams.
The first annual cascade coaching clinic is in the books. The origins of this offense come from the split back misdirection offense that we ran while i was a player under coaching great, dale mueller at highlands high school. The best offense in college football baylor is also the. Baylor is 1 of 14 programs in the country ranked in the top 50 in both rushing and passing offense. By taylor kolste willie fritzs georgia southern run game chip kellys ycross concept bill snyders kansas state qb run game wr play. Control what you can control georgia coach kirby smart talked with media for the first time since national signing day in february. The nature of spread passing games has become quicktriggered and based on one or two reads, just like the veer offense that briles operated in the 80s. Subscribe to the play index and get access to more data than you can imagine. This is a discussion on baylor style offense within the ncaa football forums. Baylor continued its torrid offensive pace on saturday against louisianamonroe, scoring six.
Houston offensive coordinator kendal briles has a dynamic and versatile offense. If theyre so good at it, why isnt everybody doing it. Mar 02, 2018 its the truth when fans chant baylor bears fight at football games. Tennessee football coach jeremy pruitt, kendal briles would make strange alliance. Baylor offensive coordinator philip montgomery shares insights into a. The best offense in college football is also the laziest wsj. The bears, under coach art briles, have become one of the power programs in college football over the last five years, and the most noticeable culprit for this rise to power has been art briles offense. Art briles was a high school football coach in texas when he realized something needed to change.
Former baylor football coach art briles recently spoke about reports that connected him to missouri states previously vacant head football coach position. Baylors vertical passing game rileykolste football. Baylor has one of the most explosive offenses in college football. How dino babers will build syracuses new offense on. Sep 24, 2014 how the baylor offense came to be and what its doing so special. May 11, 2015 baylor coach art briles has heard it all about spread offenses and decided to fire back at critics questioning how prepared quarterbacks out of the system translate to the nfl. How baylor took us closer to spread footballs final destination. How the baylor offense came to be and what its doing so special. Option reads are doable in 06 but option routes are not. Fedoras offensive philosophy and scheme led to an 111 season at. He was the most interesting thing to happen to kentucky football since bear bryant and maybe the entire sec, sans spurrier. I dont know how the new offensive staff will handle things, so i am going by how things have traditionally been done at baylor, which is to move a guy who is athletic and smart.
The bears finished the 2017 season with a disappointing 111 record, which meant baylor. Jan 01, 2016 the main failure of north carolina was not adequately preparing for baylor s singlewing approach, instead taking it for granted that with a healthy chris johnson baylor would throw their normal offense at them. Waytooearly college football top 25 lsu loses ground. The bears, panthers, bills, eagles, and chiefs each ran a number of them in their exhibition games, combining running and passing concepts meaning the offensive line typically blocked a run play while receivers ran pass. Waco, texas ap while the first public glimpse at baylors new offense was vanilla by design, there were very clear. Baylor coach art briles fires back at nfl, spread offense critics. Brown writes and edits smart football, which is dedicated to football analysis, strategy, philosophy and history. Emphasized balance and physicality, combined with a crafty qb. The bears rank eighth in the nation in passing offense. A very early look at baylors 2017 football roster offense. The baylor passing attack hasnt skipped a beat with the transfer of power from bryce petty to seth russell.
The next week, baylor became the first power 5 team to. Baylor coach art briles abandoned the playbook several years ago, and he and his assistants teach their players the fastpaced spread offense through countless repetitions in. Art briles talks missouri state football rumors before. Scott drew baylor bears motion offense by dana beszczynski. The power spread offense old school power football with the new school spread beauty. Most, if not all, of briles concepts begin with one quick read by the qb.
Utep football player forest mckee acknowledged that he too has. The baylor offense for 06 the authority of ncaa football 06. I think im a better football coach today than i was the sunday after auburn. Undefeated baylor takes on oklahoma this weekend, and even though the bears had to turn to a freshman quarterback and oklahoma suddenly looks like a juggernaut, does anyone not expect baylor to continue to put up a crazy amount of points. Smart notes defending packaged plays, baylors lazy. So what does new coach matt rhule have planned for the bears offense. I dont think most people in college football are comfortable with that threeman front and that defense. Baylor coach art briles builds his offense around each. He is the author of the art of smart football and the essential smart football. This week we look at the evolution of baylor s offense. Athletic, accurate, smart qb with outstanding intangibles. Baylor football lost, but zach smith took the opportunity he received and ran with it in an impressive three touchdown performance against duke in week 3 the baylor bears were not expected to. Packaged plays and the newest form of option football. Opposing coaches cant figure it out, and the architects refuse to talk about it.
Thousands of events, exclusive originals, and the complete 30 for 30 library. Baylors hybrid offensive approach essentially combines many of the greatest tactics in offensive football into one cohesive and simple package. I mean that if you watch baylor closely, you will frequently see something you almost never see. Opportunity is knocking baylor university athletics. I would like to see baylor go against alabama, notre dame, clemson, michigan, and other top defenses out there. Nov 10, 2015 chris brown, as usual, has some sharp insights, in this case, about the way baylor deploys its wide receivers. Baylors 20 championship team led the big 12 with 259 rushing yards per game, converted 46 percent of its third downs second in big 12 and scored touchdowns on 64. Former temple head coach matt rhule was signed to a. Baylor continued its torrid offensive pace on saturday against. Smart football analyzes football s strategies, xs and os, and tactics, along with the theory and history supporting them. Baylors bigplay offense contained by oklahoma state. Chris brown writes smart football, and he has been writing about football, in one form or another, since 2002. Kirk herbstreit picks baylor to upset georgia, identifies. Smart notes defending packaged plays, baylors lazy offense.
Charlie brewer football baylor university athletics. Sep 21, 20 talk all you want about oregon, but the best offense in the country right now resides in waco. Baylor quarterback bryce petty was able to smile even after talking about what an ugly game it was for the bears offense. Vanilla look at baylors new offense shows significant change. Baylors spread is more intense than most, with even the inside receivers lining up outside of the hash marks. Apr 22, 2017 vanilla look at baylors new offense shows significant change. Mar 21, 2016 how dino babers will build syracuses new offense on the baylor model. Post to facebook the story behind art briles baylor offense how the baylor offense came to be and what its doing so special. Smart notes defending packaged plays, baylor s lazy offense, buck sweep, murder tuesday, 10 november 2015, by. Oct 03, 2015 it seems the only way to stop baylors offense is to host the bears in cold, rainy, sleeting conditions, as did oklahoma state in a 4917 win in 20 so if you can control the schedule and. How dino babers will build syracuses new offense on the baylor model. Your host apologizes for the late arrival of this weeks seminar. The essential smart football is an examination of football s most important strategies and ideas, through the lens of the games best coaches, players, and schemes.
Baylor bears head coach dave aranda hired larry fedora as his offensive coordinator. Rico gathers, taurean pricne, and al freeman are all great players, but freeman makes the scott drew baylor bears motion offense click. Nov 24, 20 oklahoma state quarterback clint chelf threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the cowboys handed baylor its first loss of the season. A 2017 title ix lawsuit against the university by a baylor graduate alleged that 31 different baylor football players committed 52 rapes, including five gang rapes, between 2011 and 2014, and that. Brilliantly written and eschewing unnecessary jargon and technicality, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of football to help all of us coaches, players, and fans appreciate the game we love all. Nov 07, 20 baylor coach art briles and a full suite of talented players might have crafted the most unstoppable attack in college football history. Les miles studying baylor offense to get ready for 2017. There have been countless baylor bears who have fought there way to the nfl. Utilizing pace and offensive balance, coach montgomerys offenses have been lighting up scoreboards and racking up yards by the hundreds. Kirk herbstreit picks baylor to upset georgia, identifies biggest offensive issue espn analyst kirk herbstreit said hes picking baylor to beat georgia in the sugar bowl. But in many ways, their paths to becoming college football s preeminent minds were not that different.