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1:20 — Some brief Super Bowl talk 4:10 — Lessons learned from 2022 / Travis asks the longest question of all time13:00 — When will Baylor name a starting QB?16:20 — How did teams learn to defend Blake Shapen?20:45 — “It’s Blake’s fault” vs “It was the WR’s fault.”24:45 — Blake Shapen in the context of college QBs26:35 — Blake has to improve his footwork

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After a long hiatus, Travis and Jeff return. No show notes this time, having to rush this out. Please enjoy! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit travisroeder.substack.com

2:30 — If you could distill it into one thing for each side of the ball, why did Baylor lose at BYU?8:00 — Shapen didn’t falter alone, it was the passing game as a whole.10:00 — Blake Shapen is not Haynes King.13:05 — La Tech cancelling the opening game of the year probably really hurt Baylor early against BYU. 17:00 — Baylor’s OL started to play really well by the se

2:10 — What is the core identity of Baylor’s 2022 offense?7:20 — Will Baylor face any elite defenses this year? And how does the impact the offense.10:25 — How good does the offense need to be to probably make the Big 12 title game?17:00 — Best, expected, and worst case scenarios for Baylor’s offense.26:15 — The Iowa State game will help us learn a lot about Baylor’

Instead of pretending we know everything about all of the Big 12 teams, Jeff and I did a brief “vibes check” for each. We’ll revisit our thoughts after Week One when we have much more information. Enjoy this abbreviated version of the pod, 23 minutes may never happen again. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo

1:25 — Why Jeff has believed since the end of 2021 that 2022 Baylor can be Baylor’s best ever team.10:45 — How Baylor’s defense transformed from a top 25 unit to a top 10 unit by the end of 2021.20:25 — What makes Aranda special is that he knows how to implement complicated scheme in a way that his players can understand.28:30 — Is it an anachronism to run your offense

1:10 — Why Madden has poisoned our minds for what pass coverage is.4:42 — What are the differences between “pure zone,” “man-match,” and “zone-match,” and why does Aranda love zone match?12:35 — Broad overview of the basic Aranda/Roberts coverages: Cover 1 and 3, Cover 2, and Quarters.24:25 — What makes a great corner in Cover 2 and quarters? AKA, why Al Walcott

Welcome back! Jeff has a new mic. It’s glorious. Between that and us having an actual, legitimate audio recorder now, things are really looking up for the TD podcast.In this week’s episode we deep-dive Baylor’s offensive passing game. Topics of note …2:15 — 2021 Baylor’s offensive passing game5:20 — Why Baylor didn’t drop-back pass much in 2021, why we can expect mo