http://goEMAW.com/blog/?p=394
I tried to capture as much from the Baylor game (combined with the rest of the season) for a look at our defensive struggles. Much. much more could be addressed on the topic. And this didn't even look at some of our offensive issues in Waco, and there were some of those as well.
http://goEMAW.com/blog/?p=394
I tried to capture as much from the Baylor game (combined with the rest of the season) for a look at our defensive struggles. Much. much more could be addressed on the topic. And this didn't even look at some of our offensive issues in Waco, and there were some of those as well.
HFBIQ attempt:
I'm somewhat confident that the D this week won't be as pushed over. Weeden is good, but he's no threat to run the ball. From what I've seen this year from OSU there is no read option, which should help the run defense. Also need to take into account that Blackmon probably won't play. I don't see us giving up more than 35 pts, which should make a W manageable.
http://goEMAW.com/blog/?p=394
I tried to capture as much from the Baylor game (combined with the rest of the season) for a look at our defensive struggles. Much. much more could be addressed on the topic. And this didn't even look at some of our offensive issues in Waco, and there were some of those as well.
HFBIQ attempt:
I'm somewhat confident that the D this week won't be as pushed over. Weeden is good, but he's no threat to run the ball. From what I've seen this year from OSU there is no read option, which should help the run defense. Also need to take into account that Blackmon probably won't play. I don't see us giving up more than 35 pts, which should make a W manageable.
This is correct. The fact that Weeden is not a run threat takes a ton of pressure off of our defense, similar to KU. The problem is OSU has a ton more weapons and a much more effective offense than KU, so we'll still have plenty of work to do to limit big plays. I agree, if we can be more effective at especially limiting big plays, we have a legitimate chance to beat OSU in Manhattan. Of course, this is given our offense exploits an OSU defense that isn't very good and we win the special teams battle.
http://goEMAW.com/blog/?p=394
I tried to capture as much from the Baylor game (combined with the rest of the season) for a look at our defensive struggles. Much. much more could be addressed on the topic. And this didn't even look at some of our offensive issues in Waco, and there were some of those as well.
HFBIQ attempt:
I'm somewhat confident that the D this week won't be as pushed over. Weeden is good, but he's no threat to run the ball. From what I've seen this year from OSU there is no read option, which should help the run defense. Also need to take into account that Blackmon probably won't play. I don't see us giving up more than 35 pts, which should make a W manageable.
This is correct. The fact that Weeden is not a run threat takes a ton of pressure off of our defense, similar to KU. The problem is OSU has a ton more weapons and a much more effective offense than KU, so we'll still have plenty of work to do to limit big plays. I agree, if we can be more effective at especially limiting big plays, we have a legitimate chance to beat OSU in Manhattan. Of course, this is given our offense exploits an OSU defense that isn't very good and we win the special teams battle.
:pbj:
do QBs that have running ability also have jedi mind trick ability to turn our safetys into blithering idiots.
Don't get me wrong, _FANalysis does a great job, but I would love to see picture diagrams like the dude on Shaggy Bevo (http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/74373-What-we-will-see-vs-Nebraska-%28pics-included) does. Would really help LFBIQ people like me, and raise the _FANalysis to another level.
That is very well done. It looks like that poster took screen shots from youtube and brroke down a couple plays, I could do that as well.
Don't get me wrong, _FANalysis does a great job, but I would love to see picture diagrams like the dude on Shaggy Bevo (http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/74373-What-we-will-see-vs-Nebraska-%28pics-included) does. Would really help LFBIQ people like me, and raise the _FANalysis to another level.
That is very well done. It looks like that poster took screen shots from youtube and brroke down a couple plays, I could do that as well.
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do QBs that have running ability also have jedi mind trick ability to turn our safetys into blithering idiots.
do QBs that have running ability also have jedi mind trick ability to turn our safetys into blithering idiots.
this. griffin ran for 8yds.
_fan, can I ask why in the f*ck we didn't go to a zone look against Baylor (or any team where we have no chance to match up from a speed standpoint)? I mean, their runs weren't to the perimeter, they were between tackles (at least that's the gap they were supposed to go to, it might have appeared off tackle because our f'ing DE's were getting shoved to the otherside of the line). We can call it execution, but it's kind of like saying you're going to coach up a man with no arms to throw a baseball. IMO, it's 1 and 3. We aren't aligned properly because we shouldn't be in the alignment we're in because we don't have the players to execute it.
I think they saw what NU did against us in a zone look (at least I think we were in zone looks alot with NU) and didn't want that to happen. IMO, they need to figure out ways to leave LB's in between the hashes or closer to the LOS. You can roll coverage or safeties w/out getting too far off and then you still have a LB who can, at a minimum, provide someone for a RB to make a cut off of, therefore giving the safeties/corners more time to recover. And I can't figure out if we were crashing DE's or if they were just getting destroyed.
_Fan,
Should we get rid of Cosh?
_Fan,
Should we get rid of Cosh?
Right now I would lean that direction, but I don't know if doing so midseason would accomplish much.
_Fan,
Should we get rid of Cosh?
Right now I would lean that direction, but I don't know if doing so midseason would accomplish much.
Could we get leavitt now if we did? Wouldn't that be an improvement? imo it would give our returners time under him for next year.
_Fan,
Should we get rid of Cosh?
Right now I would lean that direction, but I don't know if doing so midseason would accomplish much.
Could we get leavitt now if we did? Wouldn't that be an improvement? imo it would give our returners time under him for next year.
I would be for it. But its unlikely we could hire Leavitt now. Our best option would probably be to bring him on as a GA or consultant and let the rest of the staff, likely Burns, run the defense with his help. Plus, you are still dealing with egos, etc. among the staff, and you've got to be careful with that.
Plus you couldn't do a dramatic scheme change now, though you could tweak how we run the 4-2-5. For example, TCU also is a 4-2-5 scheme, but much more agressive with much more pre/post snap movement, stunts, blitzes etc. However, the basic reads and assignments are the same, as opposed to a 4-3 or 3-4 or something like that. There seem to be some (several on GP for example) that seem to think you can just switch from a 4-2-5 to a 4-3 mid-season with no big deal, and that simply is not the case b/c there are different assignments in each defense. This isn't 3A HS football; there are too many layers, too much termonology, and too many reps and drills done since last spring to teach what we are running. Switching now would only make the defense worse the rest of this season b/c guys would be thinking about assignments even more, not less, than they are now. We need guys to get more comfortable and react to what they see and play football, within the scheme. Even with the number of mistakes we make with that now, a new scheme would not make it any better.
_Fan: Can CATS score enough to beat OSU? Are the defenses in the same ballpark of Bad?
OSU will put up way more than 35 points. They'll throw a bunch of receivers out there and spread the field. Cosh will have our outside linebackers lined up on those slot receivers like we did against baylor. That leaves Hrebek (the slowest linebacker in theBig XIInation to try to plug whatever gap the runningback is running through. He couldn't do it against baylor and Finley. What makes you think he can do it against OSU and Hunter? OSU will be able to name their score. I hope we can put up 28 points or so and make it respectable.