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[quote author=Goose link=topic=17394.msg200628#msg200628 date=1505531671]
[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=17394.msg200625#msg200625 date=1505529964]
Not sure how many were strictly blitzes, but there were stunts and shifts of defensive alignment before the snap.

Some have said that the drop-off in offense in the 2nd half was due to U$C starting to stunt more. The OL had trouble identifying their assignments. I don't know if that is true, but it seems plausible. Any thoughts on this?
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I don't know if that was the specific problem, but when I was rewinding the game and focusing on the OL, many of them seemed to be looking in a different direction than the direction the rusher was coming from.
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Good to hear you say so. I thought I saw that too, but wasn't sure. There seemed to be confusion. This also happened on running plays, where sometimes the linemen seemed slow to engage, like they weren't sure this was their guy or not. Hard to read, at least as a total amateur, what was going on with this. I am blaming our drop-off in rushing on this factor. In the first quarter, we had some beautifully blocked plays. In the second half, we seemed to lose the ability to do so.

[Goose]

[quote author=Goose link=topic=17394.msg200628#msg200628 date=1505531671]
[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=17394.msg200625#msg200625 date=1505529964]
Not sure how many were strictly blitzes, but there were stunts and shifts of defensive alignment before the snap.

Some have said that the drop-off in offense in the 2nd half was due to U$C starting to stunt more. The OL had trouble identifying their assignments. I don't know if that is true, but it seems plausible. Any thoughts on this?
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I don't know if that was the specific problem, but when I was rewinding the game and focusing on the OL, many of them seemed to be looking in a different direction than the direction the rusher was coming from.
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Good to hear you say so. I thought I saw that too, but wasn't sure. There seemed to be confusion. This also happened on running plays, where sometimes the linemen seemed slow to engage, like they weren't sure this was their guy or not. Hard to read, at least as a total amateur, what was going on with this. I am blaming our drop-off in rushing on this factor. In the first quarter, we had some beautifully blocked plays. In the second half, we seemed to lose the ability to do so.