In Iowa State, Rutgers sees up-tempo offense they're designed to stop
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I see Rutgers overhauled their D to be faster and more athletic, we should do the same for next year, it sounds like a pretty simple task.
I caught that too. Sounds like something Wally should look in to. Sounds like it should be a pretty simple thing to get done in one set of spring practices, right?
they say they play a lot of dime and nickel.......i would think that means lots of woody! have fund DB's trying to tackle 250 lbs of a pure wood.
Yep
We moved:
LB Manny Abreu to DE
SS Kaseeme Green to WLB [2011-12 Big East Co-Defensive player of the year]
Some of our corner backs to saftey (2011-2012 tops in the nation in pass defense including ints)
Some of our heavier DEs to 3tech
And some of our 3techs to NT...
We will be adding some more size without reduction in speed in the next few years (redshirted recruits and more time in our S&T program)... It has been a fairly successful defense this year... Great against the spread (5 out of 11 d1 schools played)...
We moved:
LB Manny Abreu to DE
SS Kaseeme Green to WLB [2011-12 Big East Co-Defensive player of the year]
Some of our corner backs to saftey (2011-2012 tops in the nation in pass defense including ints)
Some of our heavier DEs to 3tech
And some of our 3techs to NT...
We will be adding some more size without reduction in speed in the next few years (redshirted recruits and more time in our S&T program)... It has been a fairly successful defense this year... Great against the spread (5 out of 11 d1 schools played)...
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its a good thing that Big 12 teams don't try to plan their defenses around stopping the spread. If Oklahoma State had recruited their defense to stop spread teams instead of power I teams we might have lost.
I think its great that they have moved some of their players around to make their defense more explosive, but it will be similar to defenses that we faced week in and week out in the Big 12.
I think its great that they have moved some of their players around to make their defense more explosive, but it will be similar to defenses that we faced week in and week out in the Big 12.
We pretty much always play in nickel when in 4-3 since our WILL LB is a converted SS. It seems to me that we have to force you guys into a lot of 3rd and longs (similar to what we did with Cincinnati) since you'll likely convert 3rd and short or 4th and short with your back woody...
We had the same concerns with Cincinnati's power RB Iseiah Pead (2011-12 BE offensive player of the year will also be drafted in the 2012 NFL draft) coupled with their running QB... By forcing them to 3rd and long consistently we only gave up 3 points to them (IIRC Pead got 50yds on 25 carries for the game).
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If our O-line comes to play, our running game could have a hey-day
The speed on D with lighter players works if they can stay off blocks & tackle well.
If we get a hat on hat consistently, our offense will be effective.
The speed on D with lighter players works if they can stay off blocks & tackle well.
If we get a hat on hat consistently, our offense will be effective.
Interesting. Against spread teams we have also played our nickel back (converted Strong Safety) at the WLB spot. Seems like our defenses are relatively similar in scheme.
The good thing about our offense is that we have been able to run succeessfully while still spreading out the D. If you go to your "speedy" 4-3 and your WLB has to play outside on our slot receiver, we should be able to power through with all of our RBs. Woody is the big power back who just runs dudes over. White is our small, shifty RB. He has done well hitting the whole quickly on the inside and has busted a few good runs. Duck Hollis has had some very good, but sporadic carries. Seems like every time he gets in there, he breaks it, but he doesn't get in there a ton.
I think a "faster" (read: smaller) defense bodes well for us. Our spread is very much a run-first spread, and a type of power rushing attack at that (not many spreads use backs like Woody or go between the tackles as often as we do). I am sure we will see plenty of Woody on the give between the tackles and with our offensive line and RU's undersized defense, that should be there unless RU loads the box (hard to do against a 3 or 4-wide spread) or starts selling out LBs on the run, which frees up Barnett to sling it around to open receivers over the middle.
Friday needs to get here soon. :yes:
Friday needs to get here soon. :yes:
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If they try to load up inside I can see a lot of bubble screens on the outside getting consistent yardage.
You'll have to make that 4th and long. Otherwise, in a bowl game, we're going for it.:wink:
My thoughts exactly. ISU isn't a throw-the-ball-around-the-field spread. The ISU offense is more of an up-tempo, off-tackle rushing attack. I don't know enough about football to know what that means against a speedy, small defense, but ISU certainly doesn't fit the Mike Leach, Gary Pinkel, Urban Meyer description of the spread. I suppose it could work to ISU's favor in getting push from the O-Line, but Rutgers may also have enough speed to slow down the zone-read?!?
When they stack the box and sell out to stop woody is when we get the ball to Jarvis West.
JAAAAAAAAARVIS WEST!!!!
(Can anyone find that highlight video for me. It is pure gold.)
"in Rutgers, Iowa State Sees a One Dimensional Offense That Burnham Could Stop in His Sleep" Ooopsie. Did I type that out loud???
Looks like it'll be a low scoring game, boys.
Oh yeah--did anyone else think this was hilarious?
Looks like it'll be a low scoring game, boys.
Oh yeah--did anyone else think this was hilarious?
Their turnovers, both in quantity and situational, are almost identical...
The idea that ISU's offense is "up-tempo" is misleading, too. The jet has a rhythm, but its most important feature isn't the speed of play calling, but of the tension of never getting to substitute your defensive guys, and not knowing when the play is going to go off.
In other words, explosive plays are a function of the steady pressure of the offense, not of the rapid calls.