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I think it was Ben Muth who was arguing there's more zone blocking, or more shotgun running (e.g. increased usage of buck sweeps) than before, and less of the Power O bread-and-butter. But this is not what I suspect teejers means by better playcalling.

I would love to see the detailed analysis that broke down our runs by whether it went between the tackles or outside the tackles.  We had that for the USC game (because some Trojan went through each play on video and did the breakdown), but unfortunately that sort of stat isn't widely available.

Generally, we have run less Power (with a pulling guard) this year than in the past, but my recollection is that I've seen our offensive line pull a lot more of late than earlier in the game (both in Power and in sweeps).  Again, I suspect this boils down to getting the OL to jell; when we were having trouble in the first couple games getting everyone on the same page, running a play where the OL has to pull, would seem a mistake.  On the other hand, as they've gotten better, I think we've seen them pull more often.

Or maybe there is some recency bias going on.

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I think it was Ben Muth who was arguing there's more zone blocking, or more shotgun running (e.g. increased usage of buck sweeps) than before, and less of the Power O bread-and-butter. But this is not what I suspect teejers means by better playcalling.

I would love to see the detailed analysis that broke down our runs by whether it went between the tackles or outside the tackles.  We had that for the USC game (because some Trojan went through each play on video and did the breakdown), but unfortunately that sort of stat isn't widely available.

Generally, we have run less Power (with a pulling guard) this year than in the past, but my recollection is that I've seen our offensive line pull a lot more of late than earlier in the game (both in Power and in sweeps).  Again, I suspect this boils down to getting the OL to jell; when we were having trouble in the first couple games getting everyone on the same page, running a play where the OL has to pull, would seem a mistake.  On the other hand, as they've gotten better, I think we've seen them pull more often.

Or maybe there is some recency bias going on.

BC