[Goose]

I loved that Scarlett decided to pop it outside when we ran the Ogre package.

Me too. It was the right thing to do. It was clear there was no inside push and therefore no hole. Why didn't he get more playing time?

as more defensive units stack the box

Not any more they don't. The have figured out that they don't need to. That is our real problem. The first two games of the year, we saw a stacked box. Oregon started the trend of mixing it up, Notre Dame continued it (and expanded on it when we got further behind), and Utah played back quite often the whole game. They know we have to pass, because we can't run. We got no push against the front 7. (In our case, 7 is enough). We now see the double coverage that we didn't see earlier in the year because there weren't enough pass defenders.

Against teams that have a weaker DL, we may get back to the stacked box on 1st and 2nd down, at least until the other team figures out they can stop us with less (or not, if we are lucky). But you can bet UW will not go that way. Their DL and linebackers will play it straight up. I suspect Cal will also.

[Goose]

I loved that Scarlett decided to pop it outside when we ran the Ogre package.

Me too. It was the right thing to do. It was clear there was no inside push and therefore no hole. Why didn't he get more playing time?

as more defensive units stack the box

Not any more they don't. The have figured out that they don't need to. That is our real problem. The first two games of the year, we saw a stacked box. Oregon started the trend of mixing it up, Notre Dame continued it (and expanded on it when we got further behind), and Utah played back quite often the whole game. They know we have to pass, because we can't run. We got no push against the front 7. (In our case, 7 is enough). We now see the double coverage that we didn't see earlier in the year because there weren't enough pass defenders.

Against teams that have a weaker DL, we may get back to the stacked box on 1st and 2nd down, at least until the other team figures out they can stop us with less (or not, if we are lucky). But you can bet UW will not go that way. Their DL and linebackers will play it straight up. I suspect Cal will also.