Holy crap, this is cool: (PJ quote)

That was very entertaining. Obviously PJ knows his offense very well and his ability to adjust to defensive changes is remarkable. It's a whole cat and mouse game, as opposed to our recent offense which seemed like "we need a bigger cat".
 
Both of those links are very entertaining.

Tech has always marketed themselves as real student athletes which suggests that we generally get smarter guys. PJ's offense requires some smarts but it is also very simple.

I have one question. Why wouldn't the DE just bump the OT more often and/or just take him on straight up?
 
The play is called to go in a particular direction in the huddle. The quarterback will call an audible if he wants to change the direction. You know when it happens because you can see the slotbacks pat their heads to signal to the wide receivers. The defense doesn’t know if it’s going left or right, only that it isn’t going in the direction called in the huddle. But since they don’t know what direction that is, they can’t really get an advantage out of it.
I don’t know if you remember the first play of the UConn game last year, but PJ had the slots make that signal to the wide receivers as a decoy. That made UConn think it was going to be a run. PJ ran play action, and Reggie got behind everyone for a long TD pass.
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heh. Strategery
 
I can draw up JN's playbook from last season from memory.
 
I highly recommend reading the comments in the Blue-Gray Sky post too. It's well worth your time to see what a defensive coach says about what ND did wrong.

He also said, though, that PJ has too many reads in his offense for a relatively simple defense that stops most high school teams running the TO. While waiting at the LOS for the QB works in theory, his offense gives many counters to screw up their assignments.
 
If you have the athletes for your system and can execute, it really doesn't matter how many plays you run. On the other hand, having a larger portfolio keeps opponents on their toes ... never quite sure what is coming. Offense creativity and balance are necessary to win big games against equal or slightly more talented opponents.
 
Depends upon the athletes you have and their ability to execute ... whether you run 10 plays or have 50 plays in your arsenal.
 
Great read on our new coach and his scheme. If you want to understand the advantages of the Triple Option, there you have it.
 
midatlantech said:
Both of those links are very entertaining.

Tech has always marketed themselves as real student athletes which suggests that we generally get smarter guys. PJ's offense requires some smarts but it is also very simple.

I have one question. Why wouldn't the DE just bump the OT more often and/or just take him on straight up?
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Mid, I'm not much of an expert but I don't get what this is asking. How does it help the defense for the DE to hit an O-lineman?
 
GoldenTornado said:
Mid, I'm not much of an expert but I don't get what this is asking. How does it help the defense for the DE to hit an O-lineman?
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In this instance, the O-lineman was ignoring the DE and going to block someone else who mattered for the play. So the DE actually helps by tying him up and keeping him from blocking a player with a shot at making the tackle.
 
Yes, I wasn't very specific, but mmdid a good job covering me. In many of the examples, the OT hunts down the ILB. I was just wondering why the DE wouldn't bump the OT (in basketball you jam the cutter through the lane, i.e. elbow that person off their line) and still be able to recover enough to handle the QB, for example. (I readily admit that I am not a DE or OT, and the play may happen so fast that it can't help. But it just seems that the read takes some time too.
 
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