College football

Concordia Dials Up 6 For NAIA All 22 Tuesday!

Concordia Dials Up 6 For NAIA All 22 Tuesday!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 2, 2021

On this All 22 Tuesday football play Concordia set this pass up perfectly as they dialed it up right from the sideline after a punt....

Specialists Training Camp Approach

Specialists Training Camp Approach

by Taylor Mehlhaff on Jul 22, 2020

2023 training camp is going to be different for everyone this year but it is always a unique time for kickers and punters. ...

Wisconsin Defense Leaves Few Places For This Ball To Go

Wisconsin Defense Leaves Few Places For This Ball To Go

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 26, 2020

Obviously the Wisconsin staff had done their homework because this defense looked like it was designed specifically for this play....

Tight End Hot Route Fundamentals

Tight End Hot Route Fundamentals

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 4, 2020

Sometimes it is a case that the tight end doesn't understand he is hot. Other times the tight end knows he is hot but the technique is poorly executed....

Evaluating An Offensive Coordinator

Evaluating An Offensive Coordinator

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 11, 2019

Consider that every time an offensive coordinator calls a game it could be seen as an on the job interview for head coaching vacancies. ...

LSU Crosser Corner Creates 6!

LSU Crosser Corner Creates 6!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 9, 2019

Joe Burrow has been picking on the weak safety out of 3x1 all season long. This time however he snaps his head back to the opposite corner of the field....

Kansas State Football. Good Coaches Study Archives

Kansas State Football. Good Coaches Study Archives

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 2, 2019

Last week Kansas State threw this little wrinkle in that we can guarantee you had the Kansas linebacker coach working overtime on run keys....

40 Seconds Left. Gamecocks Attempt 57 Yard Field Goal.

40 Seconds Left. Gamecocks Attempt 57 Yard Field Goal.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 13, 2019

End of the Georgia and South Carolina game and the Gamecocks had the ball 4th and 3 at the Georgia 40 yard line with 40 seconds left in regulation....

Press Man Coverage From The Guy Who Started It In College Football

Press Man Coverage From The Guy Who Started It In College Football

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 6, 2019

In a lot of ways, Ron Case is the "father of press man coverage" in college football. As you will hear, he began doing it when it was generally something you saw on NFL Sundays that the...

Patriots Run The Ball With Brady’s Arm

Patriots Run The Ball With Brady’s Arm

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 1, 2019

Every time we see this style of football we say to ourself, "There the Patriots go running the football with Brady's arm again." ...

37 Year NFL Vet Wade Wilson Talks 2 Minute Drill

37 Year NFL Vet Wade Wilson Talks 2 Minute Drill

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 23, 2018

When USA Football Coach & Coordinator "Game Plan" host Keith Grabowski asked about doing a podcast involving two minute procedure we knew exactly who we wanted to call. ...

Don’t Ever Ask Me “What’s The Defensive Call?”

Don’t Ever Ask Me “What’s The Defensive Call?”

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 16, 2018

Art Kaufman get’s one thing straight with his defense in the very first defensive meeting of every year. He makes it clear that he never wants his defense to ask him the question “w...