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Hey y’all, I have a request that might sound funny, but I’m as serious as the price of diesel fuel is to a farmer. I need 61 more subscribers to get to 6,000 subs. Your mission, if you decide to accept it, is to get as many subscribers for me as you can at church this morning. I don’t care if you ask them during Sunday School or pick up their phones when they aren’t looking and subscribe for them during doughnuts and fellowship. I further don’t care if you announce it from the pulpit during morning worship. Then, when you go to Sunday dinner, do it again. Ask the servers, the people that seat you, and the cashier. Again, keep your head on a swivel and look for unattended phones at the restaurant that are begging to be subscribed to Football Talk with Coach Chip. Here’s a link to share with your fellow worshippers: youtube.com/@coachchip?si=-2…

In episode 22 of season three, we talk with Coach Steve Montano, the man behind the Wing-T University (@WingTUniversity) account on X/Twitter. Steve has collected WT resources from around the coaching world and put them online for coaches to use. He plans on creating a website that coaches can use as a WT library. He loves the grand old offense, and hopes to keep it alive with resources from Tubby Raymond, Forest Evashevski, and many other legendary WT coaches. He calls a properly executed Wing-T offense an "elegant nightmare" for defenses. Click on the link of your choice: Spotify: spotifycreators-web.app.link… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

As your regular season ends, "My Favorite Version of the Smash Concept" can help you with your postseason run. In this video, we diagram and film-study my favorite version of the Smash concept. We show its flexibility by using it for play-action, drop-back, or roll-out passes. youtu.be/1EBweIz9o2A?si=XLWM…

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If you subscribe to Football Talk with Coach Chip on YouTube, you won't find Bigfoot or Waldo, but you will get access to all of these free coaching resources and over 370 free coaching videos. Here is how you do it: - Follow this link youtube.com/@ChipSeagle - Click on Subscribe - Look at the new and revised list of resources that I have attached. - Email me at [email protected] with a list of the resources you want me to send to you. No strings attached, no spam, and no obligations or conditions; just subscribe to the channel. Thank you, Coach Chip

I got this email from a mom. I have vetted this, and it is legit. Hey Coach Chip! I'm Arianna, a mom of three, youth sports coach, and proud football mom from Sussex County, NJ! I came across Football Talk with Coach Chip and saw you've coached high school football for over four decades. I figured if anyone could understand why Friday nights mean so much to these kids, it would be someone who's dedicated that much of his life to the game. My oldest is a freshman football player at Sussex County Technical School (New Jersey). Unfortunately, our school doesn't have stadium lights, so our boys can't host Friday night home games. We're one of 40 finalists nationwide competing for T-Mobile's $1 million Friday Night 5G Lights field upgrade! Our community has rallied behind these kids, but voting ends October 25, and we're trying to reach NEW voters outside New Jersey before time runs out. Would you consider sharing our story and voting link with your coaching and football community? Even one quick post could introduce us to football families across the country who understand what this opportunity means. Our story: sussextechmustangs.netlify.a… Vote daily: fn5gl.t-mobile.com/vote/suss… Thank you for everything you do for young athletes, and for considering helping ours! Arianna Leavitt The deadline is tomorrow; please support these kids if you are able. I voted yesterday and today, and I'll vote again tomorrow. Help this school get some lights on their football field. As I said earlier, I checked it out, and it is legit. Please support these kids by voting and sharing before midnight on October 25th (tomorrow).

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In episode 21 of season three, we talk with Coach Josh Villalobos, the Director of Wellness and Sports Performance at the Heritage School in Newnan, Georgia. Josh is also a soccer guy, but he loves football. During our conversation, we compare and contrast the two sports. We also discuss how young athletes train and develop in both sports. He is a former professional soccer player and also played on the Puerto Rican national team. He currently trains young athletes in all sports in the Atlanta area. He is fascinated by how football coaches divide practice time, and we discuss how to make the most of it. Spotify: spotifycreators-web.app.link… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

When do you start paying attention to/following the 2-point conversion chart? At what point in the game? I like to follow it the entire game. Why? Because the math is same in the 1st quarter as it is in the 4th. Prepare your team and staff for it so when you go for two early, they aren’t surprised.

Call me crazy, but I believe that the HC of your favorite CFB team knows more about football and HIS team than you do. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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As good a time as any to revisit the "Nothing" speech. #BeElite

Someone was recently asking about OL splits. I dug this up from my files. What are some more reasons or advantages for adjusting your OL splits?

On a recent podcast, I was reminded of a story about having a balanced offense. It was when we were still an Under-Center Wing-T team. Many years ago, I had a local reporter come by the office one Sunday evening after our coach’s meeting, and he asked, "Coach, when are you going to throw the ball a little more? I think you need to be more balanced.” He had been making snide remarks in print and in public about our boring, unimaginative offense. I knew this was an opportunity to enlighten him and maybe make him an ally to our program. I do have to give him credit for being funny with some of his comments. There is one in particular that I will always remember (it made me laugh). He had written in his weekly column, “What do Michael Jackson and our wide receivers have in common? They both wear gloves for no apparent reason.” Another time, he referred to them as “Wide Tackles.” I said, “Well, I went back and looked at it, and I had called 18 passing plays out of around 50 total plays. Nearly 40% of our play calls Friday night were passes.” He said, “No coach, y’all only threw it nine times; that is only 18% passing,” as he pointed to his stat sheet. He then asked, “Aren’t you concerned about being more balanced offensively as you get into the meat of the schedule?” And I replied, “I didn't say we threw it 18 times. I said we called 18 pass plays.” I continued, “That means I called for a pass nearly 40% of the time. That’s a good bit of passing for high school.” I then explained that we called the Roll Out, Waggle, Belly Keep Pass, and Counter Boot. I would be remiss if I did not mention that we threw a couple of Hitches on the quick game (we completed one, and the receiver dropped the other). As I mentioned, we were an under-center Wing-T team, and the quarterback had the option to keep it if the defense dropped or the receivers were covered. Our QB at the time wasn't very tall but was quite an athlete. He signed with North Alabama and played defensive back. And then I said, “Come on, let's watch some film.” I showed him all 18 pass plays and explained them. I said, “Look, that's a pass; do you see the receivers running routes?” I said, “Do you see anyone taking the QB? He'd been a fool to throw it. Look, the receivers are covered. So he ran it.” I added, “Check out this Belly Keep Pass. He's rolling out; the outside linebacker stayed in the flat. He keeps it, gains 5-6 yards.” I laughed as I added, “We're calling passes, but the defense apparently likes to see our QB run it.” I continued, “We don't have the kind of quarterback to do a five-step drop-back pass style of offense. Nor do we have a line that can protect for a five-step drop. We're going to call play-action and roll out passes because it suits our kids and offense.” The reporter said, “I understand now, thanks for your time and the clinic.” The snide remarks in the paper stopped, and he turned into an advocate for our program. He loved having access to us and the explanations. Was he entitled to it? No, but our kids sure benefited from positive coverage from an enlightened, well-informed source. Coaching Points: Guys, high school coaches cannot always expect the kind of offensive balance we see on Saturdays and Sundays. Most of us do not have those kinds of dudes. Think about it: you need three things to do that: a QB who can throw the ball, receivers who can consistently catch it, and an offensive line that can protect your QB. Have the kind of offense and call the kinds of plays you need to win, not the kinds the media and fans want to see. After all, it won't matter if they say, “He called a hell of a game,” after a loss. Put your players in the best possible position to succeed; that’s why they put Coach in front of your name.

A man was fishing on a lake when another fisherman nearby noticed he was catching a ton of fish but always putting the bigger ones back and keeping only the smaller ones. After watching this for over an hour, the other asked, “Say, I see that you keep putting the big fish back but keeping the smaller ones. Can I ask you why?” “Oh, that’s easy to answer!" said the first man, “I only have a 10-inch frying pan. It’s been in my family for years, passed down for generations, and it is all we use for frying fish! I can't cook anything bigger than a 10-inch fish.” How big is your frying pan? Have you been conditioned to think you deserve only little fish? Or are you so set in your ways that you'll never do anything bigger or better? You won't see an increase if you’re stuck in old ways of thinking, the way things used to be. Start believing in bigger, better things. #BeElite

The highest four are west of the Mississippi.🤔

By now, you have all seen this unique formation and play design by Chip Kelly, but did you see what happened at the end? Watch Ball State's 25 when Northwestern's 10 loses a play card. We experienced this years ago. From that point on, I started taping the cards to the wrist coach. #callacop