WSU was clapping or doing something else to draw off our OL. I remember an OLman complaining to refs and also talking out our staff to adjust. It’s been discussed here before. Also, OU had a plan for the title game too. People tend to focus on the extreme examples where teams literally game planned a unique attack of our OL.
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They do both. There was a rumor last year that they were going away from the zone thinking they had the maulers to stop doing so much zone, but it ended up not being accurate.
Seems like most teams ISU does some of both, but I think Manning likes to do more gap blocking. For example get the C or a G wide or to the second level and do some down blocking and double teams including with the TEs.
Imma be honest and say that I can't tell whether people are running a zone or man blocking scheme just by watching a game real time as a fan. There are hints, but nothing is a 100% reliable tell without knowing how it is coached. If I watched film of a play over and over - seeing how the defense is aligned, watching each lineman individually multiple times to see what he's doing as the play develops - I can usually figure it out. But I can't do that during a game, especially one I'm emotionally invested in. I can read blocking technique that way but not scheme.
Rewatching some 2021 vs 2020 games. Simmons really regressed from his freshman year. I wonder how much of 2020's success was Remsberg versus Schweiger
Most people here can’t. Which includes the ones claiming they can.
I wasn't harsh enough in my OP... This line is by far the worst in the conference and has held this program back...
