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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 17948" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>Thanks for asking. I think Fatmike is correct on a lot of what he says. Let me add a couple thoughts.</p><p>The biggest reason for wide splits is creating running lanes. It is called "spread" because we separate defenders out more than other formations with the splits and then create weak areas and manpower advantages by leaving players unblocked and optioning them off. Optioning a player is less effective if the area is crowded with defenders. It is why you see we are able to run against most defenses even when other teams may not. IMHO, the most important thing we can do to stem the tide of guys jumping our A gap by timing the snap count is to VARY the snap count. It is kind of like a pitcher holding runners from the stretch vary their looks and times. We tried this earlier in the year with disastrous results in terms of penalties. Nobody hardly noticed against UGA because we were better at it. We can and should take it a step further if you ask me. We could get to the line a little quicker, send an AB in motion, have him stop, read the defense as they tip their hand, alter the play, and then go on a predetermined count.</p><p></p><p>Any defender who jumps a gap routinely is in danger of really hurting his team against our offense. To counter this, we could run the MESH toward the next gap over, in effect allowing us to option two players at once, the jumper and the DE (or LB). We could run mid-line more. That is one rarely used element in our offense that mystifies me, to be honest. It is the perfect play call against that and we just haven't run it much since JN was here. My guess is that we just don't execute it well with our current players yet. The one game it was hugely effective recently was the Clemson win in 2011.</p><p></p><p>I think what you are talking about is really part of a bigger problem, and not just guys jumping A gaps or having good interior DLs and LBs who can run, and us having no answer. The defensive strategy against us has shifted towards a 9 in the box (safeties centered at about 8 yards off the ball and as many as 2 LBs at the LOS) and overplay the run most of the time philosophy. I think SYR was the only team not to run this against us this year. If we happen to pass, they just keeping coming with numbers and force an early throw. In situations like this it is really hard to get a hat on, or option off everybody. We must learn to hit hot routes passing and adjust on the fly. Until we burn teams with the pass, we will continue to see it. We are just now starting to see some growth in this area.</p><p></p><p>Saying we have no answer is a bit of an overstatement if you ask me. The teams you mentioned have been able to slow us down some, but at the end of the day we have moved the ball on the ground, just maybe not explosively as we are accustomed. The Iowa game is only one I can think of where it appeared we didn't have an answer. I think there was one Miami game a while back(2009?) where we just looked exhausted and blocked nobody on the perimeter. It was ugly in terms of execution. Generally speaking, good defenses will make it harder. They do for everybody. For VT this year, we moved it plenty well enough to win the game, WHEN WE ACTUALLY GOT A PLAY OFF without a flag or handed them the football.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 17948, member: 639"] Thanks for asking. I think Fatmike is correct on a lot of what he says. Let me add a couple thoughts. The biggest reason for wide splits is creating running lanes. It is called "spread" because we separate defenders out more than other formations with the splits and then create weak areas and manpower advantages by leaving players unblocked and optioning them off. Optioning a player is less effective if the area is crowded with defenders. It is why you see we are able to run against most defenses even when other teams may not. IMHO, the most important thing we can do to stem the tide of guys jumping our A gap by timing the snap count is to VARY the snap count. It is kind of like a pitcher holding runners from the stretch vary their looks and times. We tried this earlier in the year with disastrous results in terms of penalties. Nobody hardly noticed against UGA because we were better at it. We can and should take it a step further if you ask me. We could get to the line a little quicker, send an AB in motion, have him stop, read the defense as they tip their hand, alter the play, and then go on a predetermined count. Any defender who jumps a gap routinely is in danger of really hurting his team against our offense. To counter this, we could run the MESH toward the next gap over, in effect allowing us to option two players at once, the jumper and the DE (or LB). We could run mid-line more. That is one rarely used element in our offense that mystifies me, to be honest. It is the perfect play call against that and we just haven't run it much since JN was here. My guess is that we just don't execute it well with our current players yet. The one game it was hugely effective recently was the Clemson win in 2011. I think what you are talking about is really part of a bigger problem, and not just guys jumping A gaps or having good interior DLs and LBs who can run, and us having no answer. The defensive strategy against us has shifted towards a 9 in the box (safeties centered at about 8 yards off the ball and as many as 2 LBs at the LOS) and overplay the run most of the time philosophy. I think SYR was the only team not to run this against us this year. If we happen to pass, they just keeping coming with numbers and force an early throw. In situations like this it is really hard to get a hat on, or option off everybody. We must learn to hit hot routes passing and adjust on the fly. Until we burn teams with the pass, we will continue to see it. We are just now starting to see some growth in this area. Saying we have no answer is a bit of an overstatement if you ask me. The teams you mentioned have been able to slow us down some, but at the end of the day we have moved the ball on the ground, just maybe not explosively as we are accustomed. The Iowa game is only one I can think of where it appeared we didn't have an answer. I think there was one Miami game a while back(2009?) where we just looked exhausted and blocked nobody on the perimeter. It was ugly in terms of execution. Generally speaking, good defenses will make it harder. They do for everybody. For VT this year, we moved it plenty well enough to win the game, WHEN WE ACTUALLY GOT A PLAY OFF without a flag or handed them the football. [/QUOTE]
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