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On offense:
In 2013, we only ran 53 plays against GTech. They had the ball for 36 minutes (60%). To be expected, mostly, considering what they do. However, I expect our plays to increase this year, hopefully into the 60 range. Coach Coley simply has to have a cleaner idea of what he wants to do and how. In the early portions of the game, he is seemingly in rhythm and it comes off as though he is working off a down/distance script. As the game progresses, I've seen a tendency to go back to either a play that worked earlier in the game or a play that worked in the past. It becomes a more "grab bag" feel. The hope is that, considering he's only called a little over a dozen games, this is just an area of improvement for him.
If we assume 60 plays on Saturday, what I'd do is trot this formation out at least 12-15 times:
Ironically, this is the formation I'd use against our defense 30%+ of the time, but it's also what I'd use against GTech quite a bit. I have to imagine GTech will adjust a bit in anticipation of it. If they don't, however, we need to take full advantage of this and hopefully be more focused on two aspects:
1. The inside run game
2. RBs out of the flats
What we're likely to see:
My hope is that Coach Coley doesn't get too "clever" with what we do out of these (picture above) looks. Walford is going to potentially see a lot of favorable looks down the middle of the field. If he can continue to box out LBs well, I'd look for him to have a solid 6-7 catches on Saturday. Kaaya looks so clean on these throws, but I hope he's aware enough to stop staring down his targets.
What I'd also like to see out of this formation is Stacy Coley in the slot. No, not for another WR screen. But, instead to use his speed to put pressure on that Single high Safety by running Corner routes. In the picture above, imagine Dorsett at the top of the screen. He'll garner attention based simply on his speed. Imagine Walford in motion. Imagine Lewis at the very bottom of the screen (which often throws a defense off because it presents a WR screen tendency).
Put Stacy Coley in that slot at the bottom of the screen and run him on a corner route. If Kaaya looks to see if Dorsett is open for a split second, it should hold the Centerfielder long enough. It's worth a look to potentially get Coley out of his funk. If the Corner drops in Cover 3, the point is to have Lewis in a smash route Combo for an easy 8-10 (watch the flats coverage, Brad K.). It's a relatively safe combination route opportunity.
On defense:
This is about the most I expect Ga. Tech to spread us out consistently from a formation standpoint. They'll only spread out further in very narrow (desperate) instances. While their action is completely different and will test out our assignments, this isn't THAT different (formation and numbers-wise) from what we Cutcliffe inexplicably go to time and again this past Saturday, where he kept an inline TE or motion HBack for a large portion of their plays and went 3WR. It allowed us to bring down a Safety early and often without the late move down from a 2-Safety look. It allowed better leverage than what we saw against Nebraska, for example. Now, GTech's offense is obviously unique in what they do with what they're asking of their QB and backs - especially as they move back to the speed option.
For those of you wondering "hey, but, Nebraska killed us in the run game" here's further evidence that the way they did it was different:
That's (above) is a 1st and 10 play down 10 points. D'Onofrio should feel pretty safe bringing down as many numbers as necessary.
More to be discussed, but my lunch is now over and I'll be back. All in all, we have to tackle (obviously) and we have to look out for WRs blocking/cutting (obviously), but I think this is a game we should win.
In 2013, we only ran 53 plays against GTech. They had the ball for 36 minutes (60%). To be expected, mostly, considering what they do. However, I expect our plays to increase this year, hopefully into the 60 range. Coach Coley simply has to have a cleaner idea of what he wants to do and how. In the early portions of the game, he is seemingly in rhythm and it comes off as though he is working off a down/distance script. As the game progresses, I've seen a tendency to go back to either a play that worked earlier in the game or a play that worked in the past. It becomes a more "grab bag" feel. The hope is that, considering he's only called a little over a dozen games, this is just an area of improvement for him.
If we assume 60 plays on Saturday, what I'd do is trot this formation out at least 12-15 times:
Ironically, this is the formation I'd use against our defense 30%+ of the time, but it's also what I'd use against GTech quite a bit. I have to imagine GTech will adjust a bit in anticipation of it. If they don't, however, we need to take full advantage of this and hopefully be more focused on two aspects:
1. The inside run game
2. RBs out of the flats
What we're likely to see:
My hope is that Coach Coley doesn't get too "clever" with what we do out of these (picture above) looks. Walford is going to potentially see a lot of favorable looks down the middle of the field. If he can continue to box out LBs well, I'd look for him to have a solid 6-7 catches on Saturday. Kaaya looks so clean on these throws, but I hope he's aware enough to stop staring down his targets.
What I'd also like to see out of this formation is Stacy Coley in the slot. No, not for another WR screen. But, instead to use his speed to put pressure on that Single high Safety by running Corner routes. In the picture above, imagine Dorsett at the top of the screen. He'll garner attention based simply on his speed. Imagine Walford in motion. Imagine Lewis at the very bottom of the screen (which often throws a defense off because it presents a WR screen tendency).
Put Stacy Coley in that slot at the bottom of the screen and run him on a corner route. If Kaaya looks to see if Dorsett is open for a split second, it should hold the Centerfielder long enough. It's worth a look to potentially get Coley out of his funk. If the Corner drops in Cover 3, the point is to have Lewis in a smash route Combo for an easy 8-10 (watch the flats coverage, Brad K.). It's a relatively safe combination route opportunity.
On defense:
This is about the most I expect Ga. Tech to spread us out consistently from a formation standpoint. They'll only spread out further in very narrow (desperate) instances. While their action is completely different and will test out our assignments, this isn't THAT different (formation and numbers-wise) from what we Cutcliffe inexplicably go to time and again this past Saturday, where he kept an inline TE or motion HBack for a large portion of their plays and went 3WR. It allowed us to bring down a Safety early and often without the late move down from a 2-Safety look. It allowed better leverage than what we saw against Nebraska, for example. Now, GTech's offense is obviously unique in what they do with what they're asking of their QB and backs - especially as they move back to the speed option.
For those of you wondering "hey, but, Nebraska killed us in the run game" here's further evidence that the way they did it was different:
That's (above) is a 1st and 10 play down 10 points. D'Onofrio should feel pretty safe bringing down as many numbers as necessary.
More to be discussed, but my lunch is now over and I'll be back. All in all, we have to tackle (obviously) and we have to look out for WRs blocking/cutting (obviously), but I think this is a game we should win.
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