Birddog breaks down the Tech/UGA game

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It is neat to see the blocking assignments and the in-game adjustments made by PJ. There are several plays where we would have scored if not for an OL blocking the wrong guy or Nesbitt pitching when he should have kept it. As Nesbitt becomes more comfortable with this offense, I don’t see how anybody can stop it without just physically dominating our offensive line…which PJ has been hard at work to buildup with strong, athletic linemen…though they will be young. This article makes you realize that the analogy of PJ playing Chess while the others play Checkers is not at all overstated. PJ’s game day abilities and the ever increasing speed and athletic ability of our players are going to be pure hell for our opponents to stop in the coming seasons. Fun stuff, I can’t wait.
 
Must read! Especially in the dog-days of summer.

My favorite is when he shows plays that could have have been big plays or busted plays turning out differently due to one single event. In some cases it's missed assignments, in some cases it's a great individual effort.

It magnifies the fact that this offense specializes in creating single points of failure. I feel sorry for opposing defenses that get a week or two tops preparation, while we are into our 2nd year of running the system.

All the hemming and hawing you hear from CPJ about how our offense should be much improved is spot-on. I've always believed that, but I've often hear interviewers laugh when CPJ tells them how much better we can be on offense.
 
One thing to note here is that Gilbert had a much better second half than first half, in my amateur opinion. He gets shat upon a little in this write-up. BirdDog knows a lot more about who he should be blocking in different formations and plays than I do, so I could also be missing a few things. But it looked to me like Joe was firing off the ball lower in the second half, and it led directly to some huge gains.
 
That was on the same level as a smart football post. I hope he decides to break some more Tech games down next season.
 
It sure is exciting to see these plays broken down. I particularly like that last break down where if Nesbitt had faked the pitch he would have been gone. In recent interviews with Nesbitt he claims he knows what he is looking at and the option is becoming instinctual. It leads me to believe he'll be able to read things like this.

Also another cool thing to watch is PJ's adjustment to the safety being blocked by the A-back. That gets rid of what Foster did last year against us. By blocking the dive that will leave an A-back to cover the corner and GT to exploit the corners keeping the defense honest in blowing up the dive. The only problem with that last year was that Nesbitt didn't know how to read that, nor were our A-backs particularly good at picking up the blocks like that. Nesbitt also wasn't comfortable at all with the pitch against VT.

wow.....it sure is exciting to watch this, it is really like chess.
 
It's like chess with more pieces than the other guy.
 
That guy does a great job with breaking down games. His post on the Navy's win over ND in PJ's last year is a classic.
 
Almost want to send this to Dinich so it can be flaunted in the faces of the other ACC school fans but I won't in case a defensive coordinator happens to check espn...

I will also be using this article to show doubters why our offense will work using my current argument. That argument being "Paul Johnson is uber awesome".
 
drinkclearwiskey said:
It sure is exciting to see these plays broken down. I particularly like that last break down where if Nesbitt had faked the pitch he would have been gone. In recent interviews with Nesbitt he claims he knows what he is looking at and the option is becoming instinctual. It leads me to believe he'll be able to read things like this.

Also another cool thing to watch is PJ's adjustment to the safety being blocked by the A-back. That gets rid of what Foster did last year against us. By blocking the dive that will leave an A-back to cover the corner and GT to exploit the corners keeping the defense honest in blowing up the dive. The only problem with that last year was that Nesbitt didn't know how to read that, nor were our A-backs particularly good at picking up the blocks like that. Nesbitt also wasn't comfortable at all with the pitch against VT.

wow.....it sure is exciting to watch this, it is really like chess.
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I saw that play and I wonder how much Nesbitt's injury played in the pitch instead of a keep. He was only at 50% in that game because of his ankles and hammy. That pain sometimes causes poor decision making.
 
Can't take too much credit .. stole it from The Hive.

But it was a great thing to steal!
 
Well, if there were ever a good 10 minutes spent at work not working, that was it. He is dead-on that our offense is NOT 1979 Oklahoma smash-mouth football. It is much closer to Texas Tech 2008 in offensive philosophy.
 
I don't think this guy is so accurate. If nothing else, this statement is clearly false.

People remember Paul Johnson as some mad scientist that created frankenplays and unleashed them on unsuspecting townspeople every week, but that isn’t true.
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;)
Great read. Thanks.
 
I love the point about watching the game again from a more technical(and certainly more sober) aspect as opposed to being so emotionally involved/intoxicated the first go-round.
 
I for one have watched a lot of our big runs during that game on slo-mo this summer, trying to figure out how the hell the blocking works.
 
beej67 said:
I for one have watched a lot of our big runs during that game on slo-mo this summer, trying to figure out how the hell the blocking works.
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I'm really hoping that the next iteration of NCAA Football on my Xbox includes an option trainer, with real time devoted to the triple option(s).

I know that there's someone out there much smarter then me just willing to put a website together with all the blocking assignments and the multiple reads each player must make in each play....
 
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