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This is a well-designed counter run from the TAMU game. Arkansas breaks the huddle showing an unbalanced 2 TE set to the short side. One TE motions to the wide side after set, balancing the formation, then the other TE motions pre-snap as well, unbalancing the line now to the wide side. LBs shift accordingly. Then at the snap the C and LT pull and the wide side TE cracks back and seals the edge allowing a cutback lane for Collins on the counter for 12 yards. Really nice design that gets the LB caught in traffic in the middle.
 
ghost2 said:





This is a well-designed counter run from the TAMU game. Arkansas breaks the huddle showing an unbalanced 2 TE set to the short side. One TE motions to the wide side after set, balancing the formation, then the other TE motions pre-snap as well, unbalancing the line now to the wide side. LBs shift accordingly. Then at the snap the C and LT pull and the wide side TE cracks back and seals the edge allowing a cutback lane for Collins on the counter for 12 yards. Really nice design that gets the LB caught in traffic in the middle.
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After hiring Enos I tried to find as many Arkansas games that I could find and this was by far one of my favorites. They may have only put up 21 (?) points but you get a great sense of what he's capable of. So many different concepts, so much motion, misdirection, etc.. with most drives having Enos absolutely rolling in terms of play calling and feel for the game. Badly timed penalties and TO's was the only thing holding back the offense that day
 
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@ghost2, thanks for the breakdowns mate. It is abundantly clear how different the offense is going to look this year, with tons of motion, shifts, and counter plays. If our OL can just play decently and open up holes when they’re required, and pass protect long enough for whoever is starting at QB to get the ball out safely, then this offense has the potential to truly move the ball and score points. They do that consistently enough, coupled with our defensive efforts, there’s no way we don’t win 10-11 games.
 
CaneDog66 said:
@ghost2, thanks for the breakdowns mate. It is abundantly clear how different the offense is going to look this year, with tons of motion, shifts, and counter plays. If our OL can just play decently and open up holes when they’re required, and pass protect long enough for whoever is starting at QB to get the ball out safely, then this offense has the potential to truly move the ball and score points. They do that consistently enough, coupled with our defensive efforts, there’s no way we don’t win 10-11 games.
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Blue will lead to red my friend.
We couldn't mask our OL weakness the way we designed and executed offensive plays.
 
Motion is not that big a deal, defenses will match the personal group you have in the game and prepare accordingly
 
You can really see in these last few videos that a lot of it comes down to the QB really doing subtle things with his head, with his hands and with his footwork to really sell the fakes and misdirections.

Hopefully our Qbs can practice all of these little things over and over to perfect them. We can really take advantage of the opposing Defenses on our schedule if they all flow one way and then *bam* our stud skill players speedily run the opposite direction.
 
It wasn’t that our offense underperformed in the past that bothered me.

It was the fact that we insisted on doing everything the hard way.

Watch 12 hours of college football on a Saturday and I swear we were the only ones that just simply insisted on making life difficult for our players on offense.

Basically any offense coordinator from pee wee to the pros is trying to make things easy on his QB. Not us.

Most stubborn *** backwards **** I’ve ever seen.
 
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HSFC said:
Motion is not that big a deal, defenses will match the personal group you have in the game and prepare accordingly
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Thats why if you can have TE that can do things like WR it becomes a matchup nightmare.. Fortunately we do. And its not just motion that causes problems, its having talented players constantly on move that causes DC and defenses to constantly be on alert. Combine that with fast pace tempo and it results in breakdowns, big plays and points.

Its something that is not an inconvenience to the offense at all but puts a ton of stress on defenses, causing them to simplify their calls thus giving offense another advantage. Mind you this stuff sounds simple now because it has been put to use by teams for over a decade on college football level but we are just playing catch up.
 
JHallCanes said:
It wasn’t that our offense underperformed in the past that bothered me.

It was the fact that we insisted on doing everything the hard way.

Watch 12 hours of college football on a Saturday and I swear we were the only ones that just simply insisted on making life difficult for our players on offense.

Basically any offense coordinator from pee wee to the pros is trying to make things easy on his QB. Not us.

Most stubborn *** backwards **** I’ve ever seen.
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This this this a thousand times THIS. That's the most infuriating and confusing thing I've seen.
 
skyman said:
Thats why if you can have TE that can do things like WR it becomes a matchup nightmare.. Fortunately we do. And its not just motion that causes problems, its having talented players constantly on move that causes DC and defenses to constantly be on alert. Combine that with fast pace tempo and it results in breakdowns, big plays and points.

Its something that is not an inconvenience to the offense at all but puts a ton of stress on defenses, causing them to simplify their calls thus giving offense another advantage. Mind you this stuff sounds simple now because it has been put to use by teams for over a decade on college football level but we are just playing catch up.
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Not sure how of your age but Coach E used motion and spread the field 30 years ago. Dennis was way ahead of the times offensively. We were the only team in college football that had a more complex scheme in 1989 than 2018!
 
My2Sense said:
Great post. To echo your points, of by using shifts, motion, and different looks, we can create a moment of hesitation or "over-thinking" by even a single LB or DB and create separation for a receiver, we're already miles ahead from last year.
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Miles ahead!? We have more then 5 offensive plays the first day of spring let alone the whole 2018 season,
 
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