01-12-2019, 01:08 PM
That’s great in theory, but a competent, disciplined defense will not get caught by surprise, because they are taught not to try to guess the play, and to be prepared to defend whatever the offense throws. It is only if you have an undisciplined defense, or if the defense is pressing because they are being beaten at the point of attack that they are most vulnerable to surprise.
Our most successive offensive games have been through #1 and #2. The best example of #1 was the beat down against USC, where the Lb was quoted as saying “If you run power one more time I’m taking myself out”. Two prominent examples of #2 were the orange bowl game against VA Tech and the success we had with play action over the top, and the Rose Bowl against Iowa, where once we had the Iowa defense on its heals, we brought out the fake fumble play. But you can’t do that if you don’t have McCaffrey blowing through the line of scrimmage and getting the Iowa linebackers and safeties overcommitting to the run, leaving Michael rector all alone in the end zone.
What you often ascribe to #3 “keeping the d off balance” is just the offense dominating the defense. The defense seems off balance because it is just being beaten, and changing the play-calling wouldn’t alter things.
BC
Our most successive offensive games have been through #1 and #2. The best example of #1 was the beat down against USC, where the Lb was quoted as saying “If you run power one more time I’m taking myself out”. Two prominent examples of #2 were the orange bowl game against VA Tech and the success we had with play action over the top, and the Rose Bowl against Iowa, where once we had the Iowa defense on its heals, we brought out the fake fumble play. But you can’t do that if you don’t have McCaffrey blowing through the line of scrimmage and getting the Iowa linebackers and safeties overcommitting to the run, leaving Michael rector all alone in the end zone.
What you often ascribe to #3 “keeping the d off balance” is just the offense dominating the defense. The defense seems off balance because it is just being beaten, and changing the play-calling wouldn’t alter things.
BC