Charting Our Offense - BYU
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BigRedBuster
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We did see some. Far fewer than I expected though.
From the article I linked.
4skers89
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Good points. From that HOL article that BRB posted a link to, 77% of the times they lined up under center they ran, 84% of the times they lined up in shotgun they passed. Maybe this is a by-product of blending in Beck's offense but it seems like something easy for defenses to key on. Probably not an issue in the BYU game since nobody knew what the offense was going to look like. Going forward they probably need to get more creative and mix things up.
Edit: Thank you Mavric, great stuff.
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Mavric
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Yeah, the one true option play worked great - TA with a nice fake and some good yards. The one zone read look was fumbled. so not so good. I don't remember the others. They must be in the second half.
desertshox
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think it was in the second half, they called a zone read where, had TA kept it he had room to run for days. instead he gave the ball to the back and lost several yards.
Mavric
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BigRedBuster
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Why do you think coaching staffs don't allow Tommy to run traditional option plays more? It seems to me that he does a pretty dang good job running them. The one he ran this game was awesome. I think he is more natural running that type of option than a read option.
Mavric
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Good stuff. I liked that our third possession was so clean we decided to have another third possession.
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zoogs
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It sounds like QB depth is really shaky. Hopefully it's a much better situation by next year, or maybe even by midseason, but that's optimistic. Really, not running the QB won't stop him from getting hit and injured either. It's a risk to manage.
ZRod
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It's a head scratcher. He's pretty natural at it, and can carry out the ball fake as smooth as a guy with the same name but different spelling.
Mavric
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Second Half
Eighth Possession - 15:00 3rd Quarter
1&10, -25 - Shotgun trips left - Zone right, Newby picks up three. Decent push, small hole, Newby could have hit the hole harder
2&7, -28 - Shotgun doubles TE, HB right, jet motion right - Zone read, TA keeps. Trey Foster from the HB position tries to block across the formation but gets bumped off by the unblocked DE. There was a big hole to run through but the timing is off as TA bumps into Foster. TA picks up about 4 but a couple penalties negate the play.
2&17, -18 - Shotgun spread TE left - Straight drop, great protection. TA hits Westy on the cross for 7
3&10, -25 - Shotgun doubles motion to trips right - Straight drop, Kondolo whifs, TA throws under pressure to a covered Westy, incomplete
4&10, -25 - Punt
3 plays, 0 yards. Officially 1 run for 3 yards, 2 passes for 7 yards.
Kondolo whiffed on the one block but it didn't change the play much. Other than that, a very good series by the OLine. Penalty killed the drive which came after the play was disrupted by Foster.
Eighth Possession - 15:00 3rd Quarter
1&10, -25 - Shotgun trips left - Zone right, Newby picks up three. Decent push, small hole, Newby could have hit the hole harder
2&7, -28 - Shotgun doubles TE, HB right, jet motion right - Zone read, TA keeps. Trey Foster from the HB position tries to block across the formation but gets bumped off by the unblocked DE. There was a big hole to run through but the timing is off as TA bumps into Foster. TA picks up about 4 but a couple penalties negate the play.
2&17, -18 - Shotgun spread TE left - Straight drop, great protection. TA hits Westy on the cross for 7
3&10, -25 - Shotgun doubles motion to trips right - Straight drop, Kondolo whifs, TA throws under pressure to a covered Westy, incomplete
4&10, -25 - Punt
3 plays, 0 yards. Officially 1 run for 3 yards, 2 passes for 7 yards.
Kondolo whiffed on the one block but it didn't change the play much. Other than that, a very good series by the OLine. Penalty killed the drive which came after the play was disrupted by Foster.
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Mavric
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Ninth Possession - 11:52 3rd Quarter
1&10, +35 - Pistol FB/TE right - Outside zone right. Big hole, Cross runs for 14
1&10, +21 - Shotgun spread right - Reverse to Reilly. Not very well blocked - Reeves, Westy and Utter all miss blocks - but Reilly still gets 11
1&G, +10 - Offset I left, jet motion left - Inside Power left, Newby for the TD
3 plays - all runs - 35 yards.
Finally a little more creative with the running game. Pays off, even on one play that wasn't well blocked.
1&10, +35 - Pistol FB/TE right - Outside zone right. Big hole, Cross runs for 14
1&10, +21 - Shotgun spread right - Reverse to Reilly. Not very well blocked - Reeves, Westy and Utter all miss blocks - but Reilly still gets 11
1&G, +10 - Offset I left, jet motion left - Inside Power left, Newby for the TD
3 plays - all runs - 35 yards.
Finally a little more creative with the running game. Pays off, even on one play that wasn't well blocked.
Mavric
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Tenth Possession - 9:00 3rd Quarter
1&10, -38 - Offset Pro I right - Zone left was called but instead TA throws to Turner because of the soft coverage.
2&5, -43 - Shotgun trips left - Huge hole for Newby on the inside zone. Newby with a nice hesitation move to set up the block that cuts outside for 14
1&10, +43 - Shotgun bunch trips left - Fake end around to Reilly, Wilbon on the screen for 14 yards.
1&10, +29 - Shotgun TE trips right - Zone read, TA should have kept it but gave and lost 7. It was the wrong read but the play wouldn't have gone anywhere anyway as both Reeves and Kondolo missed blocks.
2&17, +36 - Shotgun trips right - TA hits Morgan on the curl. Morgan makes a nice move to get 14
3&3, +22 - Pistol doubles, jet motion - Fake sweep, traditional option. Nice fake pitch by TA and he gets 11 yards through a huge hole.
1&10, +11 - Pistol offset I left - Outside lead zone to Cross. Well blocked but Cross takes a long time to get to the line and the backside safety gets there to stop him for 2 yards.
2&8, +9 - Shotgun Ace - Straight drop. Great play design as TA finds Foster on the delayed release for the TD.
8 plays, 62 yards. 4 runs, 20 yards, 4 passes, 42 yards.
Again, better variety of runs and run fakes. Easy throws for TA. Well blocked overall.
1&10, -38 - Offset Pro I right - Zone left was called but instead TA throws to Turner because of the soft coverage.
2&5, -43 - Shotgun trips left - Huge hole for Newby on the inside zone. Newby with a nice hesitation move to set up the block that cuts outside for 14
1&10, +43 - Shotgun bunch trips left - Fake end around to Reilly, Wilbon on the screen for 14 yards.
1&10, +29 - Shotgun TE trips right - Zone read, TA should have kept it but gave and lost 7. It was the wrong read but the play wouldn't have gone anywhere anyway as both Reeves and Kondolo missed blocks.
2&17, +36 - Shotgun trips right - TA hits Morgan on the curl. Morgan makes a nice move to get 14
3&3, +22 - Pistol doubles, jet motion - Fake sweep, traditional option. Nice fake pitch by TA and he gets 11 yards through a huge hole.
1&10, +11 - Pistol offset I left - Outside lead zone to Cross. Well blocked but Cross takes a long time to get to the line and the backside safety gets there to stop him for 2 yards.
2&8, +9 - Shotgun Ace - Straight drop. Great play design as TA finds Foster on the delayed release for the TD.
8 plays, 62 yards. 4 runs, 20 yards, 4 passes, 42 yards.
Again, better variety of runs and run fakes. Easy throws for TA. Well blocked overall.