[martyup]

[quote author=martyup link=topic=10423.msg95046#msg95046 date=1408829528]  Best of all, Shaw opened up his offense, keeping the ASU defense guessing. 

This is why I rarely take play-calling complaints/praise seriously, because it seems to me people are really always just praising success rather than one of its underlying components. The game plan and calling wasn't too much different than in previous games. . . . So what element is present in that game, playcalling-wise, that wasn't in other games?
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I really only posted this video because watching it gets me excited about the prospects of this season.  Your response seems pretty aggressive.  Perhaps I have missed some earlier topics where play calling was passionately debated.  I agree that success always makes a play call look genius.

In my post I said that Shaw "opened up his offense, keeping the ASU defense guessing."  My comment was not limited to "play calling" from the coaches.  However, I can point to two pivotal plays that were called by Shaw or Bloomgren (see below).  What I saw was a confident Hogan that made some key read audibles that led to big plays.  I think it's safe to say that Shaw and Bloomgren gave Hogan the green light to audible when he made certain reads.  I think the long pass to Cajuste on 3rd down with our back to the goal line was an audible.  I also believe that the TD pass to Ty on that same drive was called by Hogan at the line.

A play that was instrumental in breaking this game open for Stanford was the first play of the second quarter (at 31:00 in the video).  It was 1st and 10 on the ASU 24.  We had been pounding the ball down ASU's throats on the previous drives.  We lined up in a power "I" formation and faked to Gaffney up the middle and then handed off to Ty on an "end around."  The ASU defense took the bait and Ty scored.  Even the game announcers said it was a great call.

Another successful play that broke our pattern came at 1:23 on the video (9:56 remaining in the 3rd Q).  It was 3rd and 3 on the Stanford 27.  We line up in an "I" formation with tight splits.  Hogan fakes a handoff to Gaffney and hits Ty on a hitch route that goes for 23 yards.  Again, the announcers talked of how everyone thought we were going to run the ball on that down.

This season, I sure hope we see a Hogan like the one we saw in the 2013 Pac-12 Championship.  He didn't play a perfect game, but he looked pretty good to me.

[martyup]

[quote author=martyup link=topic=10423.msg95046#msg95046 date=1408829528]  Best of all, Shaw opened up his offense, keeping the ASU defense guessing. 

This is why I rarely take play-calling complaints/praise seriously, because it seems to me people are really always just praising success rather than one of its underlying components. The game plan and calling wasn't too much different than in previous games. . . . So what element is present in that game, playcalling-wise, that wasn't in other games?
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I really only posted this video because watching it gets me excited about the prospects of this season.  Your response seems pretty aggressive.  Perhaps I have missed some earlier topics where play calling was passionately debated.  I agree that success always makes a play call look genius.

In my post I said that Shaw "opened up his offense, keeping the ASU defense guessing."  My comment was not limited to "play calling" from the coaches.  However, I can point to two pivotal plays that were called by Shaw or Bloomgren (see below).  What I saw was a confident Hogan that made some key read audibles that led to big plays.  I think it's safe to say that Shaw and Bloomgren gave Hogan the green light to audible when he made certain reads.  I think the long pass to Cajuste on 3rd down with our back to the goal line was an audible.  I also believe that the TD pass to Ty on that same drive was called by Hogan at the line.

A play that was instrumental in breaking this game open for Stanford was the first play of the second quarter (at 31:00 in the video).  It was 1st and 10 on the ASU 24.  We had been pounding the ball down ASU's throats on the previous drives.  We lined up in a power "I" formation and faked to Gaffney up the middle and then handed off to Ty on an "end around."  The ASU defense took the bait and Ty scored.  Even the game announcers said it was a great call.

Another successful play that broke our pattern came at 1:23 on the video (9:56 remaining in the 3rd Q).  It was 3rd and 3 on the Stanford 27.  We line up in an "I" formation with tight splits.  Hogan fakes a handoff to Gaffney and hits Ty on a hitch route that goes for 23 yards.  Again, the announcers talked of how everyone thought we were going to run the ball on that down.

This season, I sure hope we see a Hogan like the one we saw in the 2013 Pac-12 Championship.  He didn't play a perfect game, but he looked pretty good to me.