When Jeff Monken arrived for his interview during Army’s coaching search, he brought with him impressive credentials, an offensive mindset, and a driven determination. He also knew exactly what to say and when to say it. “What you will find with Jeff is that there aren’t a whole lot of details that he doesn’t already […]

Navy Wins Armed Forces Bowl 24-6
Keenan Reynolds ran for two more touchdowns and Navy won for only the second time its last seven bowl games, beating Middle Tennessee State 24-6 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Monday. Reynolds had a 3-yard score to cap the opening drive for Navy (9-4), and added a 1-yarder in the fourth quarter. Already with […]
Managing the Utility of Rocket Toss: Part Five
The last installment of this series will examine ways to counter a defense that is running their five technique wide on the toss action or scraping their linebackers hard over the top. Parts one through four are here (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four) When we first look at a five technique running […]

December Mailbag Submissions
It’s a bit late in the month to post this, but it didn’t cross my mind with the Christmas season upon us. Just like I asked last month, I am offering you a chance to ask whatever question you’d like as part of our mailbag segment. As an example, here are my responses to the […]

Middle Tennessee DC Nix’s Comments on Navy’s Offense
Now we are into bowl season,and the challenges this offense poses to defenses are still the same. We’ve seen similar comments already this season made by Syracuse. Miami, Duke, Alabama A&M, Toledo, Clemson, and Florida. I’m sure the list could be considerably, longer, if I would have collected the articles from the entire season, or previous seasons. Consider all the teams […]