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Offline 114Hickory

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Re: 35 Yard Hail Mary before Halftime
« Reply #25 on: October 08, 2010, 01:12:36 PM »
It's obvious our quarterback situation is why we couldn't move the ball after the first 2 series

We got manhandled up front (again).  NU didn't even really put 8 in the box.  We could not sustain blocks against NU's front.  This was maybe the most disappointing aspect of the game for me, even more so than Martinez clowning our defense.  The gameplan was the right one, we spread NU out and tried to run some power football and zone right at NU's front 6/7 and we failed miserably.  Really, really disappointing.

This. 

The line play has reminded me of the Fresno St. fiasco here.  We get manhandled and play intimidated.  Embarrassing.  The lack of quickness on the OL probably factored into the tight splits but that plays against one of DT's major strengths.  Add to that the apparent inability to lock onto the block and running anything between 1-5 or 2-6 is essentially eliminated.

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Re: 35 Yard Hail Mary before Halftime
« Reply #26 on: October 08, 2010, 01:53:40 PM »
It's obvious our quarterback situation is why we couldn't move the ball after the first 2 series

No it's not.  The play calling was "DT up the middle, DT to the side, 5 yard pass play, punt"

OB refuses to change his predetermined gameplan.

Actually, we were much more creative than this.  Creative enough to move the ball between the 30s. 

This was a simple athletic mismatch.  No gameplan was going to get a W last night dude
Not even a scheme that put a spy on Martinez so he couldn't run 80+ yards at will?

We schemed a spy (Lamur) on Martinez several times, and Martinez still broke off long runs. 

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Re: 35 Yard Hail Mary before Halftime
« Reply #27 on: October 08, 2010, 02:30:39 PM »
It's obvious our quarterback situation is why we couldn't move the ball after the first 2 series

No it's not.  The play calling was "DT up the middle, DT to the side, 5 yard pass play, punt"

OB refuses to change his predetermined gameplan.

Actually, we were much more creative than this.  Creative enough to move the ball between the 30s. 

This was a simple athletic mismatch.  No gameplan was going to get a W last night dude
Not even a scheme that put a spy on Martinez so he couldn't run 80+ yards at will?

We schemed a spy (Lamur) on Martinez several times, and Martinez still broke off long runs. 

That's because Lamur is a QB, not an LB.  Duh.   :facepalm:

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Re: 35 Yard Hail Mary before Halftime
« Reply #28 on: October 08, 2010, 02:56:59 PM »
It's obvious our quarterback situation is why we couldn't move the ball after the first 2 series

No it's not.  The play calling was "DT up the middle, DT to the side, 5 yard pass play, punt"

OB refuses to change his predetermined gameplan.

Actually, we were much more creative than this.  Creative enough to move the ball between the 30s. 

This was a simple athletic mismatch.  No gameplan was going to get a W last night dude
Not even a scheme that put a spy on Martinez so he couldn't run 80+ yards at will?

We schemed a spy (Lamur) on Martinez several times, and Martinez still broke off long runs. 

That's because Lamur is a QB, not an LB.  Duh.   :facepalm:
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