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1Q Woes


greenminer

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The 1st quarter problems stem from several areas.

Against SMU, they were playing us with 5 in the box most of the time.  They were man to man on all four receivers and had two deep safeties.  We refused to run the ball until the 2nd quarter.  When we started running the ball, we maintained possession and started to score.

Against Cal, they were playing us with 6 in the box.  Our problems in the 1st quarter against them was running side to side.  Cal's defense is VERY fast.  We could do everything right and they would just run is down.  Starting in the second quarter, we started running the ball downhill.  This negates a lot of speed and we started having a lot of success.

On defense against SMU, we played a lot of man to man on the corners and tried to drop a safety into the box to help with the run.  Our corners are not that good and we were badly exposed.  We never adjusted.

On defense against Cal, we played a lot of zone.  Cal gave us a lot of empty sets to pull defenders out of the box.  Once we were lighter in the box, the QB run lanes appeared.  It is a case of picking your poison.  We adjusted to what they were doing for the most part.

I don't know what our coordinators are seeing on film, but it seems to me like you would notice that Cal's defense is fast and SMU has a QB and two receivers that are good.

 

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