CPJ radio show question

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I thought of something I would have liked to ask Paul Johnson and thought to myself why not? So I sent it in to the CPJ radio show:

"Hey Coach,
It seems like in the great comeback against UGA you made some adjustments and stuck with the triple option to make up the difference, but when faced with a deficit against LSU and Miami you tried to use deep passing instead. What circumstances led you to those decisions and how will you approach the comeback situation in the future?"

Thoughts? I tried to make it as far from "incriminating" as possible to increase the likeliness that it would get asked (I'm sure they read them over first). One could make the conclusion that I am questioning his judgment in the LSU and Miami losses (mostly because I slightly am).
 
The triple option was working from play 1 in the second half against UGA, not to mention the turnover we got on the kickoff, We had the lead 7 minutes into the second half, then stuck with it the rest of the way. I'm sure if we hadn't scored the first possession we would of started passing.
 
I can tell you what he's going to say. "I'm going to do whatever wins the game/seems to be working."
 
Well time is the factor, and when you have a failed running play the clock keeps a moving, when you have a failed passing play (if you call a incomplete a fail), then the clock stops.
Time wasn't an issue in the UGA game.
The LSU game was erased from my memory so I'm not sure.
The Miami game we were running until a certain point in the second half. If we just made out damn blocks by the a-backs we get big plays. Cox and Wright need to be in more. I'm all for Allen at BBack and Dwyer at Aback if it frees up Dwyer also.
 
The options was working in the 1st half of UGA. JN just wasn't making the right reads and missed several opportunities. Miami was a whole different set of problems where the Oline and Abacks refused to block.
 
GTRulz said:
The options was working in the 1st half of UGA. JN just wasn't making the right reads and missed several opportunities. Miami was a whole different set of problems where the Oline and Abacks refused to block.
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the oline did better than the abacks, but same thing.
 
I think Dwyer needs to go to A-back as well. He'll be able to sneak around more and throw their defense off guard.
 
I wouldn't say he would be sneaking around the defense will always know where he is, though I think it may open up the BBack position, and make all positions on the field relevant, not to mention I bet he would throw one hell of a block/works well in the open field. (He has no space with 2 dt's crashing down on him)
 
GTKyle said:
you mean where nothing was working?
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Nothing was working in the LSU game?

I could understand that type of ignorant comment coming from another board but it has been directly refuted in exhausting detail both here and by fonts from this board on other boards.

Turnovers and the kicking game weren't "working" against LSU. The defense wasn't "working" even though it was put in bad situations by the same turnovers. But, we were moving the ball and moving it on the ground.

You just can't keep grinding, working or not, when the deficit is so high that passing is required (unless you are just trying to close the gap rather than win the game.)
 
Well Lonestarjacket, was anything really working against Miami? They even had more rushing yards than we did.
 
Dear CPJ,

As you know our opponents tend to put 8 players in the box to force us to throw the ball. Why can't our offense perpetually exploit this obvious deficiency in the defensive secondary?
 
Valdosta_Jacket said:
Dear CPJ,

As you know our opponents tend to put 8 players in the box to force us to throw the ball. Why can't our offense perpetually exploit this obvious deficiency in the defensive secondary?
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Wrap some duct tape around our receivers hands. Make some catches. :laugher:
 
Well, passing in the Miami game DID start bringing us back into the game. There was the long TD pass to Bebe and then Nesbitt nearly had another one where Bebe got behind his man. Sure, it was farfetched, but any comeback using any method is pretty farfetched at that point and passing made it at least a remote possibility.
 
ncjacket said:
I just wonder if that's what is being called, or if Josh just goes to him out of habit.
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It doesn't look like Josh is going through a sequence of reads on most passing plays. In theory, isn't the strength of the run and shoot presenting the QB with multiple options for a receiver?

When the Oilers ran it with Warren Moon it looked like his head was bouncing around like crazy as he scanned for the open receiver.
 
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