Football Coaching Podcasts

A "deep dive" conversation about the birth, development and modern-day relevance of Option Central - one of the first (and arguably the first) membership-based web sites for football coaches. 

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense introduces the Triple Gun Play Action Passing Game in Part 4 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.    Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately 22 minutes.   We recommend viewing one of Coach DeMeo's Play of the Day Chalk...

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense continues his explanation of the Quick Passing Game in Part 3 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.   Topics include Hitch variations and adjustments, Stick/Fade and Slice/Corner Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately...

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense explains his Quick Passing Game in Part 2 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.  Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately 22 minutes.  

Tony DeMeo, creator of the Triple Gun Offense explains the Principles of the Triple Gun Pass Game in Part 1 of this audio-only version of his Triple Gun Pass Game presentation at the McNally Clinics in 2012.  Optimized for audio by Option Central from a video recording of a live clinic presentation that is approximately 24 minutes.  

In Volume IV of the Triple Gun Podcast series, Coach Tony DeMeo discusses Backfield Play, Quarterback Play and the Option Phase of the Gun Triple. This 4 part mini-series concludes with Coach DeMeo providing an overview of running the play against even and odd fronts and 3 and 4 "shell" coverages.   Collectively, the 4 episodes in Part I of this podcast deliver an edited and optimized for audio ve...

In Volume III of the Triple Gun Podcast series, Coach Tony DeMeo discusses Offensive Line Play in the Gun Triple - the "core play" in the Triple Gun Offense. Topics include Stance, Smart Splits,  Line Technique for the Triple Gun Double Team (similar concepts with todays Duo Blocking) and the "Smoke line call" adjustment.  

In the second episode of the audio only version of his presentation at the McNally Clinic, Coach Tony DeMeo explains Why he switched from the Flexbone to the Triple Gun and does a deep dive into its Formations and Motions.  The episode wraps up with a discussion of Compressed and Unbalanced sets, how they create problems for a Defense and how the Triple Gun moves the ball around to different playe...

In this audio version of his presentation at the McNally Clinic, Coach Tony DeMeo explains the ideas behind his Triple Gun Offense.  Topics include the 4 Aces system of evaluating player performance, Meaningful Stats and their influence on the outcome of football games and the  way in which the Triple Gun Offense was designed.

Coach Tony DeMeo interviews Coach John Strollo in a Chalk Talk podcast produced by Option Central. Coach Strollo has been called "the smartest and best OL Coach in all of Football - including the NFL " by Jim McNally, a long time NFL Coach. In this video podcast, the two coaches discussed the 2 Point Stance and illustrated a number of Offensive Line blocking principles with both Drills and Game Vi...

Coach Tony DeMeo concludes his coverage of the 2019 College Football Season with Tony's Top 12,  In this episode, Coach DeMeo ranks the top 12 teams and discusses some of the notable moments and accomplishments from the recently concluded season

Coach DeMeo previews the Clemson vs LSU game in the upcoming National Championship game.   

Coach DeMeo previews the first round of the College Football Playoffs on December 28, 2019. Using the Meaningful Stats framework, Coach DeMeo analyzes the LSU vs. Oklahoma and Clemson vs Ohio State matchups and picks the winner of each game.  

In his weekly podcast, Coach DeMeo previews 9 of the upcoming Bowl games and picks the winners of each of the following games: USC vs Iowa - 12/27  Air Force vs Washington State - 12/27 Penn State vs Memphis - 12/28 Florida vs UVA - 12/30 Navy vs Kansas State 12/31 Minnesota vs Auburn - New Year's Day Alabama vs Michigan - New Year's Day Oregon vs Wisconsin - New Year's Day Georgia vs Baylor - New...

In this week's show, Coach DeMeo reviews the games from Championship Week and previews the Army-Navy game. Games from Championship week Oregon's win over Utah Oklahoma's OT win over Baylor LSU's decisive victory over Georgia Clemson's  decisive victory over Clemson Ohio State's come from behind win over Wisconsin Meaningful Stat highlights from Championship week : - No team that scored 25 points w...

In his weekly podcast, Coach DeMeo previews the games that will determine the teams in the National Playoff.  Its no surprise that many of the teams playing this weekend are leaders in Meaningful Stats, which Coach DeMeo points out as he talks about each game. Oregon vs Utah  Oklahoma vs Baylor  Georgia vs LSU Clemson vs Virginia Ohio State vs Wisconsin  

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews the big games from Week 12 Penn State vs Ohio State Navy vs SMU Baylor vs Texas (Meaningful Stat) Arizona State vs Oregon (Meaningful Stat) He then previews Week 13's big games Ohio State vs Michigan Wisconsin vs Minnesota Auburn vs Alabama

In his weekly podcast, Coach Tony DeMeo Reviews the Games from the Week of 12 Alabama vs Miss State Penn State vs Indiana Iowa vs Minnesota Notre Dame vs Navy Auburn vs Georgia Baylor vs Oklahoma Preview of Games in Week 13 Navy vs SMU Ohio State vs Penn State  

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews the results of Week 11's two big games, Penn State vs Minnesota and LSU vs Alabama. Coach DeMeo then previews Week 12's games: Alabama vs Mississippi State Penn State vs Indiana Navy vs Notre Dame Wake Forest vs Clemson Georgia vs Auburn Minnesota vs Iowa Oklahoma vs Baylor      

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews Week 10's results. Games included: West Virginia vs Baylor (1 Meaningful Stat ) Navy vs UConn (3 of 4 Meaningful Stats) Georgia vs Florida (Kudos to the Georgia Offensive Line) Oregon vs USC (3 of 4 Meaningful Stats) Coach DeMeo then previews Week 11's two biggest games: Penn State vs Minnesota LSU vs Alabama      

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews Week 9's results. Games included: Oklahoma vs K State OSU vs Wisconsin (OSU tallied 3 of 4 Meaningful Stats) Penn State vs Michigan State  Michigan vs Notre Dame LSU vs Auburn Washington State vs Oregon Coach DeMeo then previews Week 10's big games, including:  West Virginia vs Baylor (Thurs night) Navy vs UConn (Option Game) Army vs Air Force (Option Game...

In his weekly podcast, Tony DeMeo reviews Week 8's results, including Illinois win over Wisconsin, Oregon's comeback win vs Washington, Penn State's win vs Michigan and Baylor's upset of Oklahoma State.   Meaningful Stats factored into a number of these games. Coach DeMeo then previews Week 9's big games, including Wisconsin vs Ohio State, Penn State vs Michigan State, Notre Dame vs Michigan and A...

Coach DeMeo reviews the big games from the week of October 12 and previews the games for the week of October 19. Game reviews include a look at how "Meaningful Stats" played a role in game results.    

Host Tony DeMeo reviews and previews the "big" games in College Football.

Coaches Corner is on location in Bryson City, NC - the home of 8 the time state champion   Swain   County   HS (NC) Maroon Devils. Host John Anderson talks "bend-no-break" defensive football with recently retired Head Coach Sam Pattillo, defensive coordinator Neil Blankenship (newly named head coach), and line coach James Phillips.