From Scouting Report to Game Plan

Know thy enemy. On the battlefield or the football field, few statements ring truer than that. Being able to effectively size up an opponent, identify their weaknesses, recognize their tendencies and formulate an attack puts you that much closer to victory on Saturday. In today’s high-tech world, scouting the opposition is often done with the latest in digital editing equipment. And when the lights go out, every program, every coach and every player is scanning their scouting report for the exact same thing: an edge. Jimmy Burrow, defensive coordinator at Ohio University under former Nebraska head coach Frank Solich, knows the value of a good scouting report. As a 20-plus year coaching veteran, he also knows the tedious work that was once involved in producing them. That makes his appreciation for their digital editing system that he used in his first year at Athens all the greater.