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Rewatched the 1st quarter of the NIU game last night and...
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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 822190" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>In soccer, there's a term called "Chasing the game." What it means is if you can get up on your opponent, now you can dictate what you do with the ball. Most teams tend to fall back to "possession" soccer when they're up by a couple of goals. They pass the ball around, basically playing keep away, and pick their spots to attack. It's very similar to rushing the ball the ball and keeping the chains moving to eat up the clock in football. In response, the other team usually plays desperation soccer kicking long balls and taking chances they normally wouldnt....they have to because that's the only way they can get back into the game. It's very low return soccer, and in return, the team that's up usually keeps possession even more...it's kind of a death spiral for the team that's down. He who has the advantage in goals, dictates the action. Very similar to what CPJ use to do when we would be up my multiple touchdowns. Just grind the clock and slowly choke the other team of time and opportunity.</p><p></p><p>Now, going back to the NIU game, had we gone up multiple scores early, NIU would have had to "chase the game". Meaning, they don't use their 22 package because they have to pass more to get back into the game. If they pass more, our front seven gets more opportunities to get to the QB and get picks. Our defense actually played decently. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. NIU got up, and now it was GT chasing the game. If we're up multiple scores, we get more Gibbs and Mason eating the clock and more opportunity for our defense to create chaos and possibly turnovers. Our run game was fantastic IMO...we just didn't more of it because we had to chase the game. NIU gave us plenty of opportunities, but we just did not execute and turn the tables on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 822190, member: 360"] In soccer, there's a term called "Chasing the game." What it means is if you can get up on your opponent, now you can dictate what you do with the ball. Most teams tend to fall back to "possession" soccer when they're up by a couple of goals. They pass the ball around, basically playing keep away, and pick their spots to attack. It's very similar to rushing the ball the ball and keeping the chains moving to eat up the clock in football. In response, the other team usually plays desperation soccer kicking long balls and taking chances they normally wouldnt....they have to because that's the only way they can get back into the game. It's very low return soccer, and in return, the team that's up usually keeps possession even more...it's kind of a death spiral for the team that's down. He who has the advantage in goals, dictates the action. Very similar to what CPJ use to do when we would be up my multiple touchdowns. Just grind the clock and slowly choke the other team of time and opportunity. Now, going back to the NIU game, had we gone up multiple scores early, NIU would have had to "chase the game". Meaning, they don't use their 22 package because they have to pass more to get back into the game. If they pass more, our front seven gets more opportunities to get to the QB and get picks. Our defense actually played decently. Unfortunately, that's not what happened. NIU got up, and now it was GT chasing the game. If we're up multiple scores, we get more Gibbs and Mason eating the clock and more opportunity for our defense to create chaos and possibly turnovers. Our run game was fantastic IMO...we just didn't more of it because we had to chase the game. NIU gave us plenty of opportunities, but we just did not execute and turn the tables on them. [/QUOTE]
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