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X&O Labs

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X&O Labs

@XandOLabs

A Football Research Company for Coaches. You score MORE. They score LESS.

Football offices everywhere

Joined October 2010

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Jun 10, 2025
Amazing Story: Frustrated with wide zone, Utah State OL coach Cooper Bassett turned to the Wing-T. The result? “Open G” — a play that blended zone, gap, and man schemes… From 10 personnel. It averaged 5.9 YPP and accounted for 20% of their run game. 🧵THREAD (game film)
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Jul 14, 2025
North Dakota built a screen concept that punishes pressure, protects the QB, and gets the ball to your best guy—with zero risk. They call it Pilot. It’s part Power, part Tunnel, and it averaged 10+ yards per play. 🧵👇
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Jun 9, 2025
DUO ALERT: These 3 TRENDS are turning Duo runs into an explosive play generator. 🔥 We studied 3,700+ Duo plays across 134 FBS teams — here’s how college programs are turning 4-yard hammers into 14-yard explosions. [Game film below] 🧵👇 🎥📸 (1/7)
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Jun 14, 2025
Defense Simplified: “We used to be exotic on 3rd down… But we couldn’t play fast.” — Chad Byers, Co-DC, Furman (@CoachC_Byers) That all changed in 2023 when Furman simplified their 3rd-down pressures into a MENU SYSTEM — and the defense exploded (check out the results in
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Jun 18, 2025
Are you running Counter Schemes like you always have? Coaches who ‘reengineered’ the scheme averaged 5.6 yards per carry last season. Here’s how they did it 👇🧵[THREAD]
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Jan 19, 2020
When her son came home & said he was quitting football after his sophomore season in HS, she responded: “I think you’re going to regret it if you quit.” Her son is #PatrickMahomes.
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Jun 17, 2025
Brown University is quietly leading football in SCREEN GAME innovation. Their shovel screen is fast, reliable, and built to punish pressure. Here’s how it works — and why it’s one of the most efficient early-down calls in football. 👇🧵 (1/6 THREAD)
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Dec 17, 2016
Allen Iverson was just asked how HS FB helped him become a competitor. His answer: "Toughness. How fall down and get back up again."
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Sep 26, 2018
Second Man In Drill (Braine High School)... filmroom.xandolabs.com
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Mar 5, 2018
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Jun 4, 2025
Minnesota Duluth’s @CoachVogler is smashing defenses with QB runs from heavy personnel. Here’s how they’re doing it— and why it works. 🎥 🧵👇 (1/9)
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Jun 7, 2025
DCs: Want to speed up the QB’s clock on 3rd down? Loaded pressure fronts are producing pressure in just 2.42 seconds on average. We studied 279 plays across 6 FBS programs. Here are the 4 most effective pressure patterns we found — and how they beat protection. 🧵👇
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Apr 23, 2025
Bear front generates unblocked pressure 50.56% of the time. Our research reveals why this defensive formation is frustrating OCs. See it here: tinyurl.com/XandOLabs
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Oct 16, 2018
Here's a good WR zone adjust drill from Sam Houston State. Get more drills like this sent to your email every week. Go here: td328-54f52c.pages.infusionsoft.net
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