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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 35345" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>The answer is that the entire offense is built on deception based on blocking schemes. We only run about 25 or so plays in the entire O. <em>Everybody</em> knows what plays we run. If it were a matter of just preparing for those plays, we'd be sunk.</p><p></p><p>Instead, we are pretty proficient offensively. The reason is that the 25 plays are run out of a plethora of different formations using a plethora of different blocking schemes. The blocking can and does change from play to play depending on what the D is doing. This classic post about the 2008 Tech - Georgia game illustrates the problems this creates for both us and the other side:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/other-peoples-rivalries-and-the-futility-of-defending-against-the-wishbone/" target="_blank">http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/other-peoples-rivalries-and-the-futility-of-defending-against-the-wishbone/</a></p><p></p><p>Take particular note of the first two clips. In the first, Roddy gets stopped. In the second, the <em>very same play</em> is called to the other side with different blocking and a different formation. And it's off to the races.</p><p></p><p>This leads to all kinds of problems for the OL. You talk about the QBs missing their reads! That's <em>nothing</em> compared to the OLs missing their blocks, usually because they can't figure out who to block after an audible or their path to their target is cut off. Yet we still rush with the best in the country.</p><p></p><p>Now, me, I <em>love</em> this. As an old (believe it) OL, I spend an inordinate time at Tech games trying to identify blocking schemes and how they are working off of different formations. This is why I always find the complaints about how boring the O is hard to understand. For me, it's like watching a series of reactive solutions to problems presented by Ds and trying to figure out what Coach is going to do next. But, hey, I'm peculiar and I know it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 35345, member: 265"] The answer is that the entire offense is built on deception based on blocking schemes. We only run about 25 or so plays in the entire O. [I]Everybody[/I] knows what plays we run. If it were a matter of just preparing for those plays, we'd be sunk. Instead, we are pretty proficient offensively. The reason is that the 25 plays are run out of a plethora of different formations using a plethora of different blocking schemes. The blocking can and does change from play to play depending on what the D is doing. This classic post about the 2008 Tech - Georgia game illustrates the problems this creates for both us and the other side: [url]http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/other-peoples-rivalries-and-the-futility-of-defending-against-the-wishbone/[/url] Take particular note of the first two clips. In the first, Roddy gets stopped. In the second, the [I]very same play[/I] is called to the other side with different blocking and a different formation. And it's off to the races. This leads to all kinds of problems for the OL. You talk about the QBs missing their reads! That's [I]nothing[/I] compared to the OLs missing their blocks, usually because they can't figure out who to block after an audible or their path to their target is cut off. Yet we still rush with the best in the country. Now, me, I [I]love[/I] this. As an old (believe it) OL, I spend an inordinate time at Tech games trying to identify blocking schemes and how they are working off of different formations. This is why I always find the complaints about how boring the O is hard to understand. For me, it's like watching a series of reactive solutions to problems presented by Ds and trying to figure out what Coach is going to do next. But, hey, I'm peculiar and I know it. [/QUOTE]
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