@Boomergump as I said yesterday, great post. After thinking about it more I have a hypothesis but no facts (so it's perfect for this board).
CPJ doesn't have a set play call list but goes off what the other team is doing and our strengths versus their weaknesses. It seems that even I have an idea of what type play is coming based on down and distance and point of the game. If someone were to chart that up, they could probably get a good indication of CPJ's response. Thus they show one D, CPJ makes the call and they shift or stunt into what they think CPJ has called. That's why they were showing so many D's.
- Do you think there is anything to being able to predict what CPJ is going to do on down & distance?
- Were the formations / shifts they were showing in any logical progression to counter (sic) the earlier formations?
Let's also assume that every year the opposing ACC defensive coaches get together (led by Bud Foster and ....) to discuss what they have figured out about CPJ tendencies and tells from how certain players line up or go in motion. The enemy of my enemy is my ally.
- The two most successful plays it seems to me were the one where the BB goes in motion which was new and the passing being accurate on mid-range which didn't happen much when we tried last year.
- I think this game had the most tackle for losses of any game I can remember. They knew what we were going to do as you have eloquently pointed out. Were most of the TFLs scheme or blown assignments?
- You said this was the best scheme CPJ has faced. Isn't that sort of expected as other teams "figure out" CPJ? I'm asking about scheme here and not players; Mercer could have the same scheme will not be able to execute at all. So I'd expect every year for the opposing ACC teams D scheme to get more effective.
I hope that we can discuss this without name calling.
Fact: in last games of 14 Gt totally shocked the football - an secc powerhouse loaded w top draft picks could not stop gt. It seemed that the right side of our line could not be stopped. I cautioned that last three games were played against dc who had 4 total years expr. In 14 we saw periods where we had troble but eere bailed out (smelter) & coach dialed up some great calls. No power program wantvto be embarrassed.
My son is AD at 2a texas high school . They break down game films the old fashion way but could use a service to provide tendencies. Even though not expensive he wants ast coaches and dc to do it manually so they know it. The bigger high schools do both so I can imagine how much the top tier programs and those programs that emphasize defense (bc vt noe duke) have spent. In high school it is not rare to share the tendency results to friends. I would guess that in college what is shared is how to look at the info.
It is obvious that they are doing new things . Last year at ND you could see that the small fast mlb was a missile to the edge and that the dl in the middle were holding.
Yes I know coach is awesome but what are some solutions to negate or flip this over prep to our advantage. Yes I know we will beat mercer and vandy. I am talking about Clemson, miami uga and what we can do differently to beat the good teams.
Obvious ones
1. More straight play calling early in game.
2. Try to do short pass out of TO -
3. Try a few unbalanced line formations with variable splits .
4. Out of 3. More lulling guards
5. Have ab step to right or left and use TO off Tackle on a slant.
6 Influence
plays (naked bootleg).
