NCAAF - FAMU vs UM (2016) (full game)

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Thanks Paranos - I've been looking for this. If I get some time I wanna do an offensive analysis. (An analysis of the offense that is, not an analysis in which I spew profanity...)
 
Thanks Paranos - I've been looking for this. If I get some time I wanna do an offensive analysis. (An analysis of the offense that is, not an analysis in which I spew profanity...)

Can't it be both?
 
Thanks Paranos - I've been looking for this. If I get some time I wanna do an offensive analysis. (An analysis of the offense that is, not an analysis in which I spew profanity...)

Can't it be both?

Most likely will be...
Can we expect it tonight [MENTION=293]ghost2[/MENTION]?

Working on it this morning - gonna take a while since I'ma try to document every offensive play. Stay tuned?
 
FIRST HALF PLAY-BY-PLAY

1st series:
1st play – single back, 2 TE, 2 WR – simple zone run to the right, Walton gets the edge and picks up 25 yards
1st and goal – I form, 2 TE, 1 WR – zone run left, no gain.
2nd and goal – I form, 2 TE, 1 WR – playaction pass to the FB in the flat, TD

2nd series (off the blocked punt):
1st play – I form, 1 TE, 2 WR – timeout, no play
1st real play – shotgun, 1 TE, 3 WR – attempted screen to the short side, incomplete
2nd and 10 – going quick tempo now – shotgun, 1 TE, double WR right – zone read right to Walton, gains 6
3rd and 4 – Still no huddle – I form, 1 TE (Njoku), double WR right, Herndon at FB – zone run right gains 7
1st and goal – no huddle – shotgun 2 TE, double WR left – zone run up the middle gains 1
2nd and goal – subs for Miami (Yearby, Berrios) – shotgun, 1 TE, 3 WR – playaction – late throw on an out to Berrios, cuts back and gains 5
3rd and goal – subs for Miami (Herndon, Williams, Njoku) – I form, 2 TE, 1 WR – zone run up the middle for a TD

3rd series:
1st play – shotgun, 1 TE, 3 WR (Njoku split wide), motion from Coley – in route to Njoku for 20 yards
1st and 10 – no huddle – flipped formation – swing pass to Yearby gains 12
1st and 10 – no huddle – flipped formation BACK again – Kaaya scrambles – incomplete to Njoku downfield
2nd and 10 – no huddle – same formation – Kaaya overthrows Coley on a deep post (double-covered)
3rd and 10 – no huddle – same formation – WR screen gains 2
4th and 8 – Badgley missed FG

4th series:
1st play – single back (Walton), 2 TE, 2 WR – playaction rollout – pass to wide-open Herndon picks up 25 yards
1st and 10 – no huddle – same formation – Kaaya changes play at the line – zone run left picks up a yard
2nd and 9 – no huddle – shotgun – 1 TE (Dobard), 3 WR (Herndon split wide) – playaction slant to Richards picks up 12
1st and 10 – no huddle – single back – 2 TE, 2 WR – Kaaya changes play – zone run up the middle gains 1
2nd and 9 – no huddle – shotgun – 1 TE (Herndon), 3 WR short side – Edwards at RB gets zone run left for 1 yard
3rd and 8 – (after FAMU timeout) – shotgun – 1 TE (Herndon), 3 WR – TE seam pass for TD

5th series:
1st play – I form – 1 TE, 2 WR, Coley in motion – playaction deep post to Richards who just misses a huge gain – Richt tries to sneak a play in but replay rules incomplete pass
2nd and 10 – single back, 2 TE, 2 WR – Yearby zone run left picks up 10
1st and 10 – no huddle – same formation – Kaaya changes play – same zone run to the right side – Yearby gets the corner – FAMU goes full ****** and Yearby runs 60+ yards for a TD

6th series:
1st play – I form – 1 TE, 2 WR – fake toss, out route to Coley picks up 9
2nd and 1 – no huddle – same formation – playaction go route to Coley overthrown incomplete
3rd and 1 – (after Miami timeout) – attempted QB sneak – false start
3rd and 6 – shotgun – 1 TE, 3 WR – St. Louis gets abused – Kaaya sacked
4th down – punt

HALFTIME




My thoughts:

Formations - We ran maybe 3 different looks total in the first half - I formation, single back (Ace) 2 TE/2 WR, and shotgun 3-wide. That's about all we needed to show. What I liked is that, as expected from Richt's offense, we ran several plays out of each formation.

Tempo - We ran almost exclusively no-huddle. Not always "hurry-up" but definitely a faster pace than what we're used to. On average during a drive sequence we snapped the ball with between 25 and 15 seconds left on the play clock, unless we were purposely trying to burn time.

Personnel - We saw mainly Walton and Yearby with one or two Gus plays at RB. WRs were Coley, Berrios, Richards, and Harris primarily. TEs are where the fun really begins. Just in the first half (vs FAMU no less) Herndon lined up at TE, WR, and FB. Njoku lined up at TE and WR. One of my favorite plays say Dobard (our "blocking") TE in the game with Herndon at WR - a playaction slant to Richards that gained 12 yards.

Playcalling - Even with this "vanilla" offensive showing, it's obvious that the days of being able to call out plays ahead of time based on personnel groupings are finally over. We passed out of the I, we ran out of shotgun, and of course we ran a ton of simple playaction. The run scheme was almost entirely "zone right, zone left, zone middle, repeat" and we probably saw maybe 10% of the passing route trees - outs, streaks, one seam pass (which worked perfectly), a slant, and lots of short middle crosses. Even so, I was impressed with our logic and relative efficiency in the first half as far as playcalling is concerned.


I'll try and get to the 2nd half later today.
 
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Hard to take away a lot from the game, but you can already see how much better the offense is coached.

Personnel got on & off the field quickly, and got lined up with plenty of time on the play clock. All the things that happened every game under Golden/Coley - confusion in lining up, constant checking to the sideline, rushing out of the huddle, rushing to beat the play clock, timeouts taken because we couldn't get a play off - there was none of that.

Only 2 offensive penalties - Snap Infraction on Nick Linder when trying to go quick on a 3rd & 1 QB Sneak, and a hold on Stacey Coley downfield on a long Walton run. These were more "effort" penalties vs. sloppy mental mistakes. That was great to see.

Night and day difference with how well the offense is coached and organized.
 
2nd HALF

1st series:
1st play – I form – 1 TE, double WR left – zone left to Walton for 9 yards
2nd and 1 – I form – 1 TE, 2 WR – VERY quick snap (32 seconds left) – zone right to Walton for 4 yards
1st and 10 – same formation – quick snap (35 seconds left!) – zone right to Walton who bounces outside and picks up nearly 20 yards, but called back for holding on Coley
1st and 7 – same formation – playaction deep for Coley who gets his feet tangled with the DB - incomplete
2nd and 7 – same formation – toss left to Yearby for 2 yards
3rd and 5 – shotgun, 3 WR – quick hitch to Malcolm Lewis for 5 yards
1st and 10 – shotgun, 3 WR – inside zone to Walton for 3 yards
2nd and 7 – no huddle – same formation – inside zone to Walton for a 45 yard TD

2nd series (after the targeting on Berrios):
1st play – single back, 3 WR – zone left to Yearby who cuts back for 20 yard gain
1st and 10 – no huddle – shotgun trips left – WR screen to Richards for TD

3rd series:
1st play (after timeout by Miami) – single back, 2 TE, 2 WR – zone right to Walton for 2 yards
2nd and 8 – no huddle – single back, 3 WR (Njoku split wide) – zone right to Walton for 5 yards
3rd and 3 – no huddle – same formation – zone right to Walton for 5 yards
1st and goal – same formation – back-shoulder fade to Coley for TD

4th series (Berrios punt return adds another TD – Colbert INT gives Miami the ball back):
1st play – Rosier at QB – I form, 2 WR – toss left to Yearby for no gain
2nd and 10 – no huddle – same formation – zone left to Yearby for 6 yard gain
3rd and 4 – Edwards at RB – same formation – playaction rollout which fools the camera guy – incomplete to Dayall Harris
4th and 4 – same formation – playaction seam pass to Dobard for 15 yards
1st and 10 – same formation – fake toss left, Rosier scrambles for 18 yard TD

5th series:
1st play – I formation, double WR right – zone right to Edwards for 74 yard TD

6th series (bleeding clock now):
1st play – I form, 2 WR – zone right to Edwards for 10 yards (offsides penalty declined)
1st and 10 – huddling now to kill time - same formation – zone right to Edwards for 5 yards
2nd and 5 – same formation – zone right to Edwards, cut backs for loss of 2
3rd and 7 – same formation – zone left to Edwards for 17 yards
1st and 10 – same formation – zone left to Edwards for 2 yards
2nd and 8 – Homer at RB – same formation – playaction rollout – incomplete to Dobard
3rd and 8 – same formation – zone middle to Homer for 12 yards – great burst – plus 15 yards unsportsmanlike penalty
1st and 10 – same formation – zone right to Homer – fumbles on his way to the endzone

7th series:
1st play – I form, 2 WR – zone left to Homer who drags defenders for 5 yards
2nd and 5 – Sherriffs at QB - same formation – Homer up the middle for 1 yard
3rd and 4 – toss right to Homer, dragged down from behind for gain of 2
4th and 2 – punt

END OF GAME


My Thoughts:

It's hard to take a lot away from this half since we scored so quickly in the 3rd quarter, and basically bled clock for the entire 4th quarter, but a few things I did see. We came out VERY fast to start the 2nd half - like Patriots-fast. Even though it was still run-run-run, the pacing was eye-opening. Clearly the coaches wanted to pick things up, and I'll wager we have some nifty playcalls in store for a tempo that fast. Beyond that we continued to run no-huddle through the entire 3rd quarter and by then it was 70-3 so again, not much more to say about the playcalling aspects of the 2nd half.

I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by Travis Homer - his burst and toughness at the point of attack especially. I'd like to see more of him vs. FAU as I think he's a great north-south back that could pick up 3rd and 3 better than Gus, IMO (reminds me a bit of Duke Johnson in short-yardage - doesn't have the speed or wiggle that Duke has but seems to have the same "I'm gonna keep churning and will myself these extra two yards", if you know what I mean.
 
Homer is going to start getting more time at RB, but they might need him more on ST's right now, with the lack of depth.
 
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