Another thing to like about our offense

[Yaller Jacket]

This overlaps a lot with Boomers' recent post. I watched a portion of the first half of the Florida State - Oregon game. Twice the 'noles had the ball at the ten or closer and came away with no points. Passing is difficult with the restraint of the end zone. It appeared to me that they didn't have much variation in how they run the ball, and their huge linemen who are so well built for pass protection couldn't play low enough to open any holes.

Then think of overtime in the Georgia game. They had given the ball to Chubbs at least twice and he got practically nothing. So they were trying to throw the ball from around the 10 or 11. On the play with the interception, there were bodies packed in. Even if you don't get a pick, the chances are pretty high that someone knocks it down or tips it.

And Mississippi State. How is it possible to get 600 yards of offense and still not look competitive? That's what happens if you can't run the ball down close and get points out of all those yards.

On the other hand, a great variety of ways to run the ball is our bread and butter. Our linemen block low all the time; run blocking is mainly what they do. It is almost impossible to keep us from getting 10 yards with four tries.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

This overlaps a lot with Boomers' recent post. I watched a portion of the first half of the Florida State - Oregon game. Twice the 'noles had the ball at the ten or closer and came away with no points. Passing is difficult with the restraint of the end zone. It appeared to me that they didn't have much variation in how they run the ball, and their huge linemen who are so well built for pass protection couldn't play low enough to open any holes.

Then think of overtime in the Georgia game. They had given the ball to Chubbs at least twice and he got practically nothing. So they were trying to throw the ball from around the 10 or 11. On the play with the interception, there were bodies packed in. Even if you don't get a pick, the chances are pretty high that someone knocks it down or tips it.

And Mississippi State. How is it possible to get 600 yards of offense and still not look competitive? That's what happens if you can't run the ball down close and get points out of all those yards.

On the other hand, a great variety of ways to run the ball is our bread and butter. Our linemen block low all the time; run blocking is mainly what they do. It is almost impossible to keep us from getting 10 yards with four tries.

Great post, the part I bolded struck me the most. A lot of people who don't understand the intricacies of option football look at our offense and say it's one dimensional because we're run heavy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our multidimensional quality is in the great variety of how we run. It includes more than the actual plays, but the blocking schemes, too. It's all based on our coach, who does it all in his head, calculating the tendencies of the defense and constantly tweaking what we do to maximize our chances to exploit weaknesses. It really is a chess match, but a typical random fan is never gonna see it.

 

[GTRX7]

ATL1 wants more passing!

 

[dressedcheeseside]

ATL1 wants more passing!

Too much screen time as a lad?

 

[iceeater1969]

The strength of passing outside the red zone goal is the refs allow OL holding .
The weakness of passing close to the goal line is the refs allow defensive holding by the defensive backs.
Offenses like TCU and baylor often go long for quick score from mid field to avoid this.

Cheese is right - we can go long from mid field , take the sideline pass to move closer , keep grinding and then punch it in with power running! Having a great Qb and good passing who is very strong back up QB is a very good thing.

 

[RyanS12]

This overlaps a lot with Boomers' recent post. I watched a portion of the first half of the Florida State - Oregon game. Twice the 'noles had the ball at the ten or closer and came away with no points. Passing is difficult with the restraint of the end zone. It appeared to me that they didn't have much variation in how they run the ball, and their huge linemen who are so well built for pass protection couldn't play low enough to open any holes.

Then think of overtime in the Georgia game. They had given the ball to Chubbs at least twice and he got practically nothing. So they were trying to throw the ball from around the 10 or 11. On the play with the interception, there were bodies packed in. Even if you don't get a pick, the chances are pretty high that someone knocks it down or tips it.

And Mississippi State. How is it possible to get 600 yards of offense and still not look competitive? That's what happens if you can't run the ball down close and get points out of all those yards.

On the other hand, a great variety of ways to run the ball is our bread and butter. Our linemen block low all the time; run blocking is mainly what they do. It is almost impossible to keep us from getting 10 yards with four tries.

Wow. I didn't realize we gave up 605 yards! 450+ passing! Had we lost that game CTR and the D would be trashed everyday until September 3rd.

 

[SavannahBee]

And yet we were number 78 in red zone efficiency. Puzzling.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/703/p2

 

[Longestday]

How do you beat someone with more total yards than you... turnovers on a short field. Turnovers for the win.... or lose depending on which side....

 

[Animal02]

And yet we were number 78 in red zone efficiency. Puzzling.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/703/p2

The games ended with Tech in the RZ (UVA, NCST and Clemp) That would bump Tech up to around 53. Another thing.....Tech had no field goals attempted from inside the 20...that will also crimp the stat.

 

[GTech63]

Interesting stat would be points scored as % of points possible (times in the red zone x 6)
Another interesting stat would % of drives started in own territory that resulted in a red zone opportunity. Both are probably around the internet some where. probably broken down by started inside 20, 40, etc etc as the King of Siam would say.

 

[bke1984]

And yet we were number 78 in red zone efficiency. Puzzling.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/703/p2

I'm about 99% sure you're being sarcastic here...but just because I've had a couple beers...

This is a bad statistic by the NCAA. The team that is #1 on the list is North Texas. They score 94.3% of the time that they're in the red zone! Pretty impressive...33 out of 35 times

We scored 59 out of 73 times we were in the red zone for 80.8%.

We scored 68% more times from the red zone than they had attempts from the red zone.

If I had to guess why our percentage is in the 80's I would say it's because some of those 30-40 yard field goals that we missed throughout the year, but I don't really want to spend too much time digging to figure all of that out.

...all this nonsense aside, I truly believe that we had the best offense in the country this year, red zone or no red zone, and I'm fairly certain that we could have beaten any team in the land at the end of the season...especially if we played how we did in the Orange Bowl (probably could have lost to about 10-20 of them as well, but the point stands).

I'm about 5 years too young to remember the 1990 season, so I have to say that this is my favorite team that I've ever seen Georgia Tech field. I often still have random moments during the day where I smile about random parts of the season, be it the trip to NOLA, the win in Blacksburg, the miracle in Athens, or the destruction in the Orange Bowl. It was a very special season, and I truly loved seeing it all come together.

GO JACKETS!!!
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!!!

 

[dressedcheeseside]

How do you beat someone with more total yards than you... turnovers on a short field. Turnovers for the win.... or lose depending on which side....

Also forcing kicks instead of allowing td's. Forcing them to go the entire length of the field every time is huge, too.

 

[MidtownJacket]

I'm about 99% sure you're being sarcastic here...but just because I've had a couple beers...

This is a bad statistic by the NCAA. The team that is #1 on the list is North Texas. They score 94.3% of the time that they're in the red zone! Pretty impressive...33 out of 35 times

We scored 59 out of 73 times we were in the red zone for 80.8%.

We scored 68% more times from the red zone than they had attempts from the red zone.

If I had to guess why our percentage is in the 80's I would say it's because some of those 30-40 yard field goals that we missed throughout the year, but I don't really want to spend too much time digging to figure all of that out.

...all this nonsense aside, I truly believe that we had the best offense in the country this year, red zone or no red zone, and I'm fairly certain that we could have beaten any team in the land at the end of the season...especially if we played how we did in the Orange Bowl (probably could have lost to about 10-20 of them as well, but the point stands).

I'm about 5 years too young to remember the 1990 season, so I have to say that this is my favorite team that I've ever seen Georgia Tech field. I often still have random moments during the day where I smile about random parts of the season, be it the trip to NOLA, the win in Blacksburg, the miracle in Athens, or the destruction in the Orange Bowl. It was a very special season, and I truly loved seeing it all come together.

GO JACKETS!!!
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!!!

As a guy who must be similarly aged I couldn't agree more!

 

[Josh H]

Offenses like TCU and baylor often go long for quick score from mid field to avoid this.

Bill Walsh scripted play calls from the opponent's 20 yard line designed to score. http://smartfootball.blogspot.com/2007/08/bill-walsh-method-for-game-planning.html

Header is "Opponent's 20 Yard Line Plus". It's a long paragraph, but the last line sticks out: "We know that it gets tougher and tougher to score as you go in closer."

 

[GTech63]

Seems better stats would be % of points made versus # of points could be made in the red zone; i.e. 100 times in the RZ possible 700 points There fore 40 TDs and 50Fields goals is 430 points or 61.4 % RZ efficiency. Overall efficiency; offensive points scored versus number of drives started (less number of game ending victory formation) x 7.