3rd and short I'm good with it since it was different but 3rd and 10 you get it to Higgins and let him fall forward for the 1st.
What’s wrong with the offense?
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3rd and short I'm good with it since it was different but 3rd and 10 you get it to Higgins and let him fall forward for the 1st.
You're probably right, I just remember Rocco going to his right from about the 7 (I thought it was in the series after the false start at the one) with nearly no blocking into a crowd of Techsters.
Yes, the absolute best players Campbell has ever produced would all be good on this roster too (I especially think a bell cow RB would be excellent for this team, which is why they need to stick with Hansen imo). However, that is a stupid way to look at it. The average talent level at all positions is higher than ever (especially up front offensively). There is no excuse especially when the schedule is this weak.
Dude, that's an RPO. That's literally the "run" part of the play. Its impossible to tell a linemen you're job is both
"get to the linebacker " and ALSO " don't get to the linebacker.
That's LITERALLY every uncovered offensive linemen's job in an RPO offense.
It has nothing to do with discipline. It has everything to do with timing being off. Either in his head or Rocco held onto the ball a second or two too long or made a bad read or TT covered it up well, etc... its why every single play isn't an RPO because its hella hard to get the timing down just right
He also said they'd obviously like it back. And that on first thought he thought the execution was the issue, but they will go back and it could very well be the play was the issue.
What was he supposed to say?
Guys, formations and TE's aren't the problem.
If they were, the option would NEVER work, the Wing T would not still be a thing, even at the high school level, and Iowa could play the deaf, dumb and blind and still only win 1 game if it was about formations.
Its - not to sound like a motion of the ocean saying - how you use them.
Having 3 Tight ends is fine.
Having 5 wide receivers, is also, fine.
As is everywhere in between.
Throw it 50 times a game, I don't care. Throw it twice. IDC.
Both have won (and lost) a lot of football games over the years.
But the ones that win the most are the ones that have built in protections, and ones that tell the defense "you didn't see what your eyes just told your brain what they saw".
Those are the great offenses. Its not about #s in the box, per say, though that does muddy it for the offense.
Its about an ability to make the defense think you're playing checkers, while playing chess. Or vice versea. That's what makes Heacock great.
Maybe. We all hear what we want to hear. I thought he did leave it open to it being a bad call.
I doubt he comes out and says anything about it. But the fact that he left it open is a tell in my opinion. How many times has he (and frankly every coach) come out and say they got exactly what they wanted? It happens a ton.
So my guess is that the quote was Campbell-speak for not being thrilled with the play.
oh come on. you can count the number of illegal man downfield penalties called across college football in a weekend on two hands. for a senior lineman to blame it on "a run/pass option" is stupid as hell. he was shooting out to the linebacker with purpose each time and it was obvious as hell for the ref. if that's something our lineman are confused about our line coaching is garbage.
In fairness, CMC did get the special teams issues sorted.
Took like 5 years, but finally got the emphasis requires.
Nah. Sure it’s an RPO but the uncovered linemen can’t sprint 5 yards downfield that quickly. That makes it a running play. Hufford was upfield both times before Rocco could even make a read.
Is it possible that Rocco should have taken the run option on both of those? From Huffords standpoint he had to have thought "holy crap, if I'm untouched, there's a huge running lane behind me".
I haven't rewatched the game, so maybe situationally it shouldn't have been run. But if that's the case it's probably more on mouser. Again just wondering out loud here.
That’s not how it works. If the throw is there you pull it and throw. And that was the right read. And it’s not a thing for the C to analyze, nor is this something difficult. Teams do this constantly. If you are an OL whose block is going to be at the second level and he’s got that much depth you can’t just go downfield that far right at the snap.
HS OL can execute screens, which are harder to execute than being uncovered on an RPO.
