brando1083
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Didnt see this posted anywhere...from Oregon website
Oregon linebacker Derrick Malone had barely settled in for one of his first film sessions on Tennessee last Monday when he noticed it. One of the Volunteers H-backs turned his head ever so slightly before the snap, giving away the direction hed take once the play began.
A reporter sitting in on the session didnt notice until Malone pointed it out. But to a student of football like Malone, the head tilt was akin to a poker player being dealt aces and immediately developing a nervous twitch.
Five days later, the game between the Ducks and Volunteers was just minutes old when Tennessee faced a second-and-three from its own 23-yard line. An H-back motioned into position off left tackle, then peeked to his right; Malone recognized the key from his film study, and when the potential receiver broke that direction at the snap, Malone had him blanketed.
Irony of ironies, Tennessees quarterback checked back to the other side of the field for the Vols biggest play of the day, a 51-yard gain to set up their only touchdown in the first three quarters. But it was an early example of the fruits of Malones film review early in the week, a major reason the first-year starter leads the Ducks in tackles three games into the season.
Oregon linebacker Derrick Malone had barely settled in for one of his first film sessions on Tennessee last Monday when he noticed it. One of the Volunteers H-backs turned his head ever so slightly before the snap, giving away the direction hed take once the play began.
A reporter sitting in on the session didnt notice until Malone pointed it out. But to a student of football like Malone, the head tilt was akin to a poker player being dealt aces and immediately developing a nervous twitch.
Five days later, the game between the Ducks and Volunteers was just minutes old when Tennessee faced a second-and-three from its own 23-yard line. An H-back motioned into position off left tackle, then peeked to his right; Malone recognized the key from his film study, and when the potential receiver broke that direction at the snap, Malone had him blanketed.
Irony of ironies, Tennessees quarterback checked back to the other side of the field for the Vols biggest play of the day, a 51-yard gain to set up their only touchdown in the first three quarters. But it was an early example of the fruits of Malones film review early in the week, a major reason the first-year starter leads the Ducks in tackles three games into the season.
