[Spiny_Norman]

Yeah, I do not consider tossing jump balls to tall WRs to be a "big play" offense.

Stanford is third in the conference in plays from scrimmage of 20+ yards.  We are tied for second in the conference in plays from scrimmage of 50+ yards.  We are also the only team in the conference to have a play of longer than 80 yards (but I don't remember what the play was; as I recall, the Peat long run was 75 yards, since it was right after a kick-off).

Considering that we run fewer plays per game than anyone else in the conference bar Colorado, big plays are a disproportionate part of our offense.  I think the problem is not the lack of big plays, but the lack of plays good for 5-10 yards, that are important to sustain drives.

BC

PS... thanks to slide for reminding me that I was thinking of the wrong counter to a DB jumping the slant; it would not be a post route, but rather a Go route (what I was actually thinking) or a flag route (what slide suggested).

Troy made this point in his podcast. There were a lot of big plays in the game. But Stanford had trouble sustaining and finishing drives because of the lack of little plays.

[Spiny_Norman]

Yeah, I do not consider tossing jump balls to tall WRs to be a "big play" offense.

Stanford is third in the conference in plays from scrimmage of 20+ yards.  We are tied for second in the conference in plays from scrimmage of 50+ yards.  We are also the only team in the conference to have a play of longer than 80 yards (but I don't remember what the play was; as I recall, the Peat long run was 75 yards, since it was right after a kick-off).

Considering that we run fewer plays per game than anyone else in the conference bar Colorado, big plays are a disproportionate part of our offense.  I think the problem is not the lack of big plays, but the lack of plays good for 5-10 yards, that are important to sustain drives.

BC

PS... thanks to slide for reminding me that I was thinking of the wrong counter to a DB jumping the slant; it would not be a post route, but rather a Go route (what I was actually thinking) or a flag route (what slide suggested).

Troy made this point in his podcast. There were a lot of big plays in the game. But Stanford had trouble sustaining and finishing drives because of the lack of little plays.