Penn State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich’s use of Formation Into The Boundary (FIB) alignments mixed with an up-tempo pace has produced positive results during his tenure in Happy Valley.
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Football is a game of acronyms. PAT. LOS. TD. DL. OL. QB. FF. FR. FG. Then there’s WTH when Miles Sanders gets the handoff on a game-deciding 4th and 5. And, for our degenerate readers, we can’t forget ATS and ML.
Today, though, we’re going to unpack two lesser-known acronyms that show up fairly regularly on Penn State OC Mike Yurcich’s playsheet, both conveying the same premise: FIB and/or FSL. That’s “Formation into (the) Boundary” and “Formation (into the) Sideline.”
Before we get super technical, let’s begin with the basics and explain why all of this is a bigger deal in college football compared to the NFL.
