Yeah, I hope we can at least be a thorn in their side. Maybe steal away 1-2 of their prized recruits a year, win 1 out of every 3-4. I find it interesting that South Carolina has proven to be their kryptonite. USCe went 5-5 against uGA over the decade. Against other rivals, UGA went:
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I actually wished we would have gone to a RPO because we had the skillsets to be more effective that whatever it was we were trying to run. I watched the USF and Miami games condensed versions and we weren’t running RPO in either of those games either outside of possibly 3 plays and that’s being charitable so I’m thinking we never ran RPO at all during the year except for maybe a handful of plays. Maybe we’ll make the transition this year but with the OL transfers I’m guessing more of the same.
I re-watched the game tape and in an RPO the OL run blocks, the QB has the “option” of handing off to a RB or throwing. The advantage in college is you get 3 yds downfield from the LOS before the OL is offsides unlike the Pros where it’s 1 yd. The QB is supposed to “read” the defender (normally safety or LB) and if he comes up to defend the run the QB would throw (ostensibly behind the defender that has vacated his position), or if the “read” stay put hands off for a run. You can usually tell most easily by watching the tackles. If they’re pure pas blocking, it’s not an RPO. The receivers should also be running routes. If they’re run blocking, again it’s not an RPO. We were rarely run blocking on passing plays.
The pass blocking techniques on a pure pass play are very different than a run play. If you watch the line on an RPO the OL will typically be blocking across the LOS whereas on a pass play the OL should use one of the techniques below, at least this is what I hope we’re teaching our OL. If there’s a better, simpler reference out there anyone has feel free to share.
We didn’t run RPO hardly at all. It’s probably more the reason we struggled than anything else. We became 1 dimensional and got punished for it. Defenses like offenses like we ran last year. It’s like hunting for a ribeye at the supermarket.
Well, to be fair go watch Coastal Carolina on you tube and let me know how much RPO they ran when Dave was there calling the plays.
Not that it really matters what he ran elsewhere but maybe it could shed some light into his offensive philosophy. The videos I found were at bad angles so it was hard to see the line play. Do you have a decent link to Coastal videos?
Thats my point about gaining insight to his coaching and game planning from looking at his games at CC. You can find a few of his games with a youtube search.
Well this year’s a different year. I don’t think it’s debatable that he’s got more of the pieces he desires than he had the year before. We should see improvement. I’m always hopeful. I can’t change the coach so I have to hope the light comes on, we find the 4 leaf clover or the horseshoe, sun shines on the dog’s butt, or some combination of hard work, skill and luck coalesces on The Flats, etc.
