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Dan Enos preview- CMU vs WKU

First, the commentators voices sound like they're crying

Second, they're getting under center a little too much. This offense isn't going to be much different than Coleys tbh. Still think teams like Miami should run the pure spread to take advantage of our athletes fully. Especially when running the spread would minimize our biggest weakness which is the oline.
 
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In the first 12 plays, I counted 11 different formations. Even when he went back to a formation that he had shown previously, there was a different wrinkle in it at the second time around (different motion, different player motion, pre snap movement)! Gah****....I almost creamed my pants!!! Epic comeback, but came up a little short. I believe that were in good hands, boys.
 
D RevLee said:
First, the commentators voices sound like they're crying

Second, they're getting under center a little too much. This offense isn't going to be much different than Coleys tbh. Still think teams like Miami should run the pure spread to take advantage of our athletes fully. Especially when running the spread would minimize our biggest weakness which is the oline.
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Disagree with his offense looking like Coley's. If you watch Enos' progression from CMU to Arkansas to Bama, you'll see a lot more than what Coley tried to run here, IMO. I hope what Macho said about wanting to resemble Bama more than Arky is accurate, because there are some special things that can be done here if that's the case (see my ever-growing post on 2018 Bama lol)
 
ghost2 said:
Disagree with his offense looking like Coley's. If you watch Enos' progression from CMU to Arkansas to Bama, you'll see a lot more than what Coley tried to run here, IMO. I hope what Macho said about wanting to resemble Bama more than Arky is accurate, because there are some special things that can be done here if that's the case (see my ever-growing post on 2018 Bama lol)
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Imo, Miami should have always run more of a '10 Oregon or '13 Baylor than anything Bama, CMU, or AK has ran.
 
ghost2 said:
Looking at some 2018 Bama game tape now - very early thought: think some of the Arky misdirection concepts, but from spread formations.
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Noticed a ton of counter runs out of shotgun. Often including a jet sweep and used with RPO. On a couple plays in the LSU game I saw a linebacker fooled twice on a counter RPO pass.
 
skillydoo said:
I FF to CMU's first play but that's all I could handle. Too much spitting.
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FlaSportsFan88 said:
Noticed a ton of counter runs out of shotgun. Often including a jet sweep and used with RPO. On a couple plays in the LSU game I saw a linebacker fooled twice on a counter RPO pass.
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Absolutely. Same in the Bama/Arkansas game I just watched. I'd say a huge part of Enos' offense is somehow getting defenders shading the wrong direction through motion, traps, counters, fakes, sweeps, screens, etc.
 
ghost2 said:
Absolutely. Same in the Bama/Arkansas game I just watched. I'd say a huge part of Enos' offense is somehow getting defenders shading the wrong direction through motion, traps, counters, fakes, sweeps, screens, etc.
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Another play I loved. Not sure if it were RPO, probably, but a 3x1 in 10 personnel shotgun... Tua flowed to his right toward the strong side with 3 receivers, so that his mesh point with the running back is to his right... entire defense, including safety flowing to the field side, then pulls it and goes boundary to a single covered slant for a TD. Simple way to get the linebackers and single high out of the play
 
ghost2 said:
Absolutely. Same in the Bama/Arkansas game I just watched. I'd say a huge part of Enos' offense is somehow getting defenders shading the wrong direction through motion, traps, counters, fakes, sweeps, screens, etc.
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Are there any QB's on the roster that fit that best fits that scheme?
 
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ghost2 said:


Yes I know Enos wasn't the OC at Bama in 2018, but he was there and from all accounts had a great deal of input on playcalling (to the point where he was going to be Bama's next OC.) . Here are a couple examples of some of the concepts Enos used at Arkansas (motion, playaction) but from a spread look:

2018 Bama v. Ark - 1st play, shotgun, 3 WR - motion TE across formation, playaction rollout to short side, Tua hits TE in stride on the short cross after CB bites on the QB - touchdown.

11:43 - shotgun 3 WR - motion TE to slot giving a 4 WR look, playaction/RPO then hits TE on a skinny post for big yards. Boundary WR ran a short curl and got the CB flat footed.

17:28 - Tua at QB, Hurts in the slot! Motions and takes the jet sweep for 7. Next play Hurts at QB and keeps it on the fake screen for big yards. An example of using personnel to dictate playcalling. Another note on this run - OL running counter blocks to the right allowing Hurts to plant his foot and cut upfield untouched.

18:30 - Very next play after the Hurts run. Tua back at QB. Motion, now FAKE jet sweep belly handoff to the RB. Big hole for 15 yards. This is how you scheme a run game. Set up a tendency, then run counter to that tendency. Great stuff.

19:00 - You guys. Next play - fake jet sweep, fake belly handoff, playaction pass. Eventually Tua finds his checkdown wide open for good yards, but the sequence of plays here is just gorgeous - jet sweep, fake jet/RB counter, fake jet+fake counter playaction pass.

20:10 - under center now. Singleback, 2 TE, 2 WR tight to the formation - look at the close splits - obvious run. Nope, playaction rollout and there's that high-low crossing pattern (both open because of the formation/playaction.) Easy pitch to Jeudy for big yards.

Also WAY more up-tempo stuff here than at any of Enos' previous stops. He's been quoted as saying he wants to be able to dictate everything including tempo - go fast, go slow, go medium - but I would love to see him press the tempo like this when we're eating up chunks of yards and keep the momentum going, especially in the redzone.

More later, but if this is what we want our offense to look like, count me the f@ck in!
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There's been some discussion in another thread (or 2, or 3) as to whether or not Enos might use QB1 and QB2 in certain plays/situations to use both of their strengths and further confuse the opposing defense. Your descriptions of the above plays where both Tua and Hurts were on the field at the same time brought this to mind. Might we see some of this?
 
423Hurricane said:
There's been some discussion in another thread (or 2, or 3) as to whether or not Enos might use QB1 and QB2 in certain plays/situations to use both of their strengths and further confuse the opposing defense. Your descriptions of the above plays where both Tua and Hurts were on the field at the same time brought this to mind. Might we see some of this?
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I don't know if we will, but man that's the first thing that crossed my mind too. Jarren @ QB and Tate on a jet sweep? Setting up a jet sweep/pass from Tate later on? The mind boggles.
 
CaneLife93 said:
Are there any QB's on the roster that fit that best fits that scheme?
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Hard to say - it's a scheme that can really be pulled off by any of our 3 QBs IMO. Based on nothing but film I'm going to guess that Jarren has many of the tools that Enos looks for fundamentally - footwork, quick processing, mechanics. It's really going to come down to comfort level with the playbook, as it always does.
 


Iron Bowl 2018:

1st drive I've seen a pistol formation 3 WR inside run, a trips bunch formation RPO short curl, another inside zone run out of a 4 WR set, and what I've seen as one of Enos' favorite plays - 4 WR close formation splits with shallow and deep crossing routes.

Another play I've seen 3-4 times from Enos across several videos and teams: TE lined up as H-back, motions across formation (and back sometimes), playaction rollout to short side, pass to TE underneath or deep crossing WR.
 
Coach Macho said:
LOL no. Practice on Thursday.
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Question for you, then Macho - so far the QB practice vids we've seen have all been about drops, footwork, under-center type stuff. Do you think that's just Enos evaluating QB fundamentals? How does that jive with wanting to be a more Bama-spread kind of offense?
 
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We have seen an evolution from the CMU days to Arkansas to the Bama.

He is probably going to change things up even more now that he pretty much has complete control of the offense and knows he is here to make the offense more aggressive and put stress on the defense using all parts of the field.

I can't wait to see how he uses our talent and what new wrinkles he will have in store.
 
ghost2 said:
Question for you, then Macho - so far the QB practice vids we've seen have all been about drops, footwork, under-center type stuff. Do you think that's just Enos evaluating QB fundamentals? How does that jive with wanting to be a more Bama-spread kind of offense?
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