The Play Calling Against Oklahoma Thread

#177
#177
We don't live with the OL, but the OC does. Its his livelyhood as is his receiving corps and running backs, etc. He lives it since spring season...all the way through fall practice. If he didn't see this coming...we certainly can't. He is paid to live it and breath it...we aren't but I guess that doesn't make a difference. There is no excuse for not compensating for your weakness in the offense with play calling and I didn't see much of that. Over all pretty sad on offense this week...and we'll just leave it at that for now.
 
#180
#180
Slydell said:
What type of plays do you call with an inept O Line?
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At that point after a scramble and a D that is all of a sudden getting gashed in a running game we have been trying to get going for 3 games, you hit them in the mouth and cut it to 10.
you can run it behind them so young Coleman Thomas and Joshon can push on a 220 lb defender instead of trying to pass block him, or not have to think, or you pack it in and isolate North if you want to pass it and throw a fade or a slant.
Everything we are doing is too slow to develop, and that has to change.

My issue is that I still don't know what we are trying to do and we still have no identity. We have no runs outside the tackles and the jet sweep gains positive yards about once every 5 times. We use the TE but never over the middle of the field, which is another reason why lb's can crash holes.
Teams are sending blitzers at our freshmen OL, TE's and RB quite often. It's Bajaks job to figure out how to counter the pressure.
 
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#181
#181
Jrobb said:
Slants weren't working because they were disguising the blitz packages. They were getting pressure with the front 3 and while they were getting good edge pressure, they were also dropping those guys into zone coverage right on the slants. We were getting soft coverage on the hooks and that serves the same purpose.
Without a run game we weren't going to compete. They had the potential to beat us a lot worse, our defense played really stand up ball and the offense stayed competitive.
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Disguise? They blitzed Striker almost every time .I bet they blitzed him 25 times.
 
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#183
#183
I agree that O Line play was horrible and with how bad they played it really handcuffs you on what you can do. However there were several times I was sitting there saying "WTF is he calling that for." We can't pass block two seconds and he drops back over and over even with max protection and still getting put in the ground. I don't care if your not having success running, you still have to try to run. Up the middle, not 7 yard deep sweeps but up the middle to keep the defense honest. And if I see us run another WR screen for a loss I will puke.
 
#185
#185
Spartacavolus said:
At that point after a scramble and a D that is all of a sudden getting gashed in a running game we have been trying to get going for 3 games, you hit them in the mouth and cut it to 10.
you can run it behind them so young Coleman Thomas and Joshon can push on a 220 lb defender instead of trying to pass block him, or not have to think, or you pack it in and isolate North if you want to pass it and throw a fade or a slant.
Everything we are doing is too slow to develop, and that has to change.

My issue is that I still don't know what we are trying to do and we still have no identity. We have no runs outside the tackles and the jet sweep gains positive yards about once every 5 times. We use the TE but never over the middle of the field, which is another reason why lb's can crash holes.
Teams are sending blitzers at our freshmen OL, TE's and RB quite often. It's Bajaks job to figure out how to counter the pressure.
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This is a huge problem. It happened in the two previous games. It drove me crazy watching these plays.
 
#188
#188
Slydell said:
What type of plays do you call with an inept O Line?
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so you call a 5 wide no one to block in the trenches in 5 yards....lets 8 guys in 5 yards to block a 5 yard pass..or three yard pass 8 guys on 5...really?
 
#189
#189
Please let me know what degrees or experience you guys have that make you more qualified than our coaches to call plays. We pretty much met the spread that we were supposed to lose by. They had multiple 5th year seniors and we weren't going to pull an upset. The fact that it was close is a testament to our coaching staff and should further let you know that there is a reason you sit on the couch every weekend watching the game.
 
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#191
#191
carveralexander said:
Please let me know what degrees or experience you guys have that make you more qualified than our coaches to call plays. We pretty much met the spread that we were supposed to lose by. They had multiple 5th year seniors and we weren't going to pull an upset. The fact that it was close is a testament to our coaching staff and should further let you know that there is a reason you sit on the couch every weekend watching the game.
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It doesn't take a degree to know you don't run an empty set on a goal line play. You just don't.
 
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#192
#192
Running the reverse clearly does not work. Why Bajakian continues to try and run it is beyond me. I'll give the reverse one more shot, and it I hope to see it in Pearson's hands.
 
#193
#193
I am about to give up on the read option. The two running plays, one when we pulled a guard and the other going power left, we broke out huge gains. I am going insane watching this zone read running.
 
#197
#197
carveralexander said:
Please let me know what degrees or experience you guys have that make you more qualified than our coaches to call plays. We pretty much met the spread that we were supposed to lose by. They had multiple 5th year seniors and we weren't going to pull an upset. The fact that it was close is a testament to our coaching staff and should further let you know that there is a reason you sit on the couch every weekend watching the game.
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We were in the game because of our Defensive playcalling.

Our offensive playcalling didn't pan out.
 
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Dougie_D said:
Or how about call plays that actually work with your O-line THIS SEASON?

Play calling is not something that takes time to develop.

You see where you are at with your personnel and implement plays to their strengths. They had ALL summer to know where they were at.
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All good points, except you can't run an offense when the defense lives in your backfield. Not much you can do when you are running for your life. I'll say it again, the line is the problem, that's where the offense lives and dies and if you can't protect the quarter back then you aren't going to be effective period.
 
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