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Cribby

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One of my biggest gripes earlier in the year was being very predictable and not self scouting our tendencies very well.

The play below is the first TD of the day.

Third down and one on the nine yard line. The formation had 8 ol on the field , yes I said 8. 76 with 83 who’s also a glorified interior OL who’s been playing h back / full back. Miami showing strong side to the right , which obviously means we’re coming with something to our strong side off the a or b gap. That’s our tendency in this situation especially earlier in the year.

Seeing that OSU rightfully over loads the right and middle , all 11 guys within 7 yards off the los. Selling out for the run. Even adding another wrinkle Dawson sells qb power to the left , that alone is a big tendency breaker , then the cherry on top leaking MF out of the backfield for an easy walk in touchdown.

Styles bought the bait , allowing his eyes to be manipulated by the formation pre snap to hem the run action post snap. That split second brain freeze set that TD up.

Both our coordinators won this matchup vs OSU’s.

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The Rail is a nice touch and is essentially a variation of the Fast to Flat you see all over.

I maintain this is essentially a play action pass. The intention of the QB power step forward is to bait the LB to step forward (just like play action) and Styles bit hard.

Saved it for the perfect time and it worked even better after running out of the formation previously.
 
Cribby said:
Beck also showing he’s willing to use his legs of late gives them another wrinkle to monitor with game planning
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You said it earlier in the year and I've been in 100 agreement.. work smarter not harder. Make them think instead of just blazing to where they know the ball is going. It's an advantage that just can't be ignored. SMU's film study of our running game probably took about 10 minutes.
 
Lance Roffers said:
The Rail is a nice touch and is essentially a variation of the Fast to Flat you see all over.

I maintain this is essentially a play action pass. The intention of the QB power step forward is to bait the LB to step forward (just like play action) and Styles bit hard.

Saved it for the perfect time and it worked even better after running out of the formation previously.
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Running out of the formation for the previous 4 months*

100% correct, sir. Dawson held that one in the bag all year.

It’s funny, 2 of the biggest plays of the season were that one, which we’ve never run nor shown any inclination we’d ever run, and then the final 3rd down conversion to Daniels where we ran the false pull tunnel screen, which we’ve ran several times this year and last year. He went off-script for TD #1 and went right to bread and butter for the icing on the cake.
 
Lance Roffers said:
The Rail is a nice touch and is essentially a variation of the Fast to Flat you see all over.

I maintain this is essentially a play action pass. The intention of the QB power step forward is to bait the LB to step forward (just like play action) and Styles bit hard.

Saved it for the perfect time and it worked even better after running out of the formation previously.
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Dawson didnt say it was play action, its more RPO.. OSU is not lined up correctly and leave the side to fletcher open making it an easy read.. When Dawson talks about the play post game and at presser he talks about Beck wanting more QB run but he made the right read. Also said the play was originally part of Malicat package and we ran a similar variation with him when he missed the throw to Pringle that game..

Also to Cribby, wasnt only Styles who messed up, If you watch the play in motion, the back end of OSU DBs try to bump #18 over before the play but he doesnt really. First he waves #1 away where fletcher will be and leaves them vulnerable, after the TD you can see they look at him like wtf, while Fletcher n Malachi thumbs down O H :ibis-roflmao-sm3: :u5pyxda:

Note: This guy has a ton of cut ups and all 22 from game





 
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EudocimusAlbus said:
Just wanted to add....this mental **** play, capped off the longest drive the OSU defense had allowed all season. Patricia and his team were being demoralized minute by minute, this was beautifully set up and well done by Dawson and executed by the team.
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If it wasn’t for that fumble. Bad call on the third down and a missed block. We had 3 more drives just like it. With more points.
 
Well, Dawson has said he has a dozen or so plays he hasn't shown. Now's the time to use them...

Ol Miss defense is the worst graded defense left. IDK what that really means other than it looked like UGA could have kept running...

I hope Dawson will pull some other plays out of that bag next week...
 
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