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Why Dave Aranda is betting big on the wide zone offense

Jun 22, 2021, 11:59 PM

Baylor football coach Dave Aranda has chosen former BYU coordinator Jeff Grimes to rebuild the struggling offense. The Bears are picking a lane and sticking to it.

Why Dave Aranda is betting big on the wide zone offense

WACO -- At a program used to scoring at the highest level, Baylor’s 2020 season was a nightmare offensively. 

The Bears ranked bottom-two in the Big 12 in virtually every offensive metric, in the neighborhood of only Kansas. Specifically, the Bears dropped from 6.2 to 4.4 yards per play to rank ahead of only the lowly Jayhawks among Power Five teams. 

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