Same Pass Play Back to Back?

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On the TD drive previous to the winning one, there were two long pass plays good for 24 and 39 yards. After the first one to Brad Stewart, Stinchcomb points out the wide open Qua Searcy streaking down the middle. The next play seems to be the exact same only to the open Qua down the middle again.

I thought they looked the same when I was watching so I went back to take a look. The only thing that looks different is the line blocking. Its great how all of the skills players are in the exact same spot.
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Number 3 is lost and afraid in the middle of the wilderness on both plays. Brings a tear to my eye.
 
What was weird to me on that play was that JT turned his back to the play not once but twice. Turns and runs back, then turns around and runs back in the other direction. Very odd.
 
hear stinchcomb on the radio this morning, essentially saying that they(ugag) prepped for the spread offense since spring and no matter how much they tried to tell the dbs to cover the ABs, they just couldn't quite figure it out.
 
coit said:
What was weird to me on that play was that JT turned his back to the play not once but twice. Turns and runs back, then turns around and runs back in the other direction. Very odd.
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He knows the UGA players need a really simple system to determine whether it's a run or a pass play, and he's gaming it.
 
Thing is, he didn't take the time to set up. He just turned and threw it, which caused it to be underthrown. Otherwise, Searcy would have been off to the races. Oh well. Then we wouldn't have had that great ending.
 
As soon as we ran the play the first time I was yelling at the TV to run the exact same play again. I knew they'd focus on Stewart and leave Searcy wide-ass open again. Shit, if Kirby hadn't called time out I think we might have been about to run it again for a TD.
 
miles44 said:
Thing is, he didn't take the time to set up. He just turned and threw it, which caused it to be underthrown. Otherwise, Searcy would have been off to the races. Oh well. Then we wouldn't have had that great ending.
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I was fine with what he did. I've seen it happen far too many times where we had a guy break wide open and we failed to hit him. JT knew he'd be wide open so he made sure he got him the ball before UGA had a chance to adjust.
 
It looks just like when you're playing one of those football video games and the defense is in zone coverage, and they stay in their spots even with no one around.

That Kirby Smart is a hell of a defensive mind.
 
The TV guy was talking about how Searcy was wide open on the first play - and I said run it again and damn if CPJ did. I thought that it was the same play in real time but wasn't sure.

Thanks OP for taking the time to post those shots.
 
That play has been gold for us all year. I think in at least 2/3rds of our games, at least once the defense has lost track of an A back running down the middle of the field. It is just a bonus of our offense. Give JT, the A backs, and the line credit too. We still have to execute it, and this year we have, big time.
 
The beauty of plays like these for me is that the DBs are thinking about trying to shed the AB block, then next thing they know the AB is blowing by them. Great weapon.
 
Yaller Jacket said:
That play has been gold for us all year. I think in at least 2/3rds of our games, at least once the defense has lost track of an A back running down the middle of the field. It is just a bonus of our offense. Give JT, the A backs, and the line credit too. We still have to execute it, and this year we have, big time.
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That play has been open during CPJ's whole tenure, but we've always had 1 of 3 problems:

1) OL missed block(s)
2) QB made a bad throw
or
3) AB dropped the pass

#1 was the biggest issue, IMO, but we've pass blocked really well for most of this season. Some of those passes are very easy throws and catches.
 
So they mentioned this later in the possession, but didn't really delve into it too hard.

On 1st and 10 from the 6 we ran left and their safety #35 crashed down hard to make the tackle for a 2 yard loss. But he hurt his shoulder on the play and started to trot off. So I'm guessing CPJ saw the Safety start crashing hard on the AB motion and decided to go with that pass play on 2nd and 12. Now what was interesting is that as #35 is jogging off the field, nobody from the sideline is running on to take his spot. Kirby himself notices this and starts to lose his shit yelling for #20 to run on. The camera catches him looking panicked and asking the DC (presumably? IDK who he was actually) what the defensive call was.

So we run the field side AB up the seam off fake motion to the boundary and as the announcers point out, JT misses a wide open Searcy for a possible TD. This is strange to me as you'd assume CPJ picked that play explicitly to catch their Safety biting to allow Searcy to break free up the middle - which is exactly what happened. Why was that not the first progression for JT? He ended up completing a much more difficult pass to Stewart - and thank god he did because 3rd an 12 from our own 4 has disaster written all over it. Also, the Safety that bit hard on the fake was the guy who just came in #20.

Now CPJ has seen these Safeties crashing twice in a row and sure enough calls the same play again and sure enough #20 gets smoked again. This is where Smart calls his first TO of the half which ended up being pretty important. So CPJ outcoached Smart so decisively in this 3 play stretch that it cost Smart 62 yards and TO.

My favorite part though is the play right after that TO. We run Triple right and their S/CBs are playing about as soft as you'll ever see a secondary line up against us. We get an easy 7 yards. You just know CPJ anticipated Smart calling the TO to tell his DBs to honor the pass. This sequence right here was a great example of CPJ playing chess while Smart was trying to figure out what game was being played.
 
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johncu said:
That play has been open during CPJ's whole tenure, but we've always had 1 of 3 problems:
1) OL missed block(s)
2) QB made a bad throw
or
3) AB dropped the pass
#1 was the biggest issue, IMO, but we've pass blocked really well for most of this season. Some of those passes are very easy throws and catches.
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IIRC we had wide, and I mean wide, open TDs at least twice against Clemson this season that never materialized because JT didn't have enough time to get it off to them. Same as last year when I think we hit 2 long AB TDs against them. The pass blocking improvement this second half of the season has been noticeable.
 
gtrower said:
So they mentioned this later in the possession, but didn't really delve into it too hard.

On 1st and 10 from the 6 we ran left and their safety #35 crashed down hard to make the tackle for a 2 yard loss. But he hurt his shoulder on the play and started to trot off. So I'm guessing CPJ saw the Safety start crashing hard on the AB motion and decided to go with that pass play on 2nd and 12. Now what was interesting is that as #35 is jogging off the field, nobody from the sideline is running on to take his spot. Kirby himself notices this and starts to lose his öööö yelling for #20 to run on. The camera catches him looking panicked and asking the DC (presumably? IDK who he was actually) what the defensive call was.

So we run the field side AB up the seam off fake motion to the boundary and as the announcers point out, JT misses a wide open Searcy for a possible TD. This is strange to me as you'd assume CPJ picked that play explicitly to catch their Safety biting to allow Searcy to break free up the middle - witch is exactly what happened. Why was that not the first progression for JT? He ended up completing a much more difficult pass to Stewart - and thank god he did because 3rd an 12 from our own 4 has disaster written all over it. Also, the Safety that bit hard on the fake was the guy who just came in #20.

Now CPJ has seen these Safeties crashing twice in a row and sure enough calls the same play again and sure enough #20 gets smoked again. This is where Smart calls his first TO of the half which ended up being pretty important. So CPJ outcoached Smart so decisively in this 3 play stretch that it cost Smart 62 yards and TO.

My favorite part though is the play right after that TO. We run Triple right and their S/CBs are playing about as soft as you'll ever see a secondary line up against us. We get an easy 7 yards. You just know CPJ anticipated Smart calling the TO to tell his DBs to honor the pass. This sequence right here was a great example of CPJ playing chess while Smart was trying to figure out what game was being played.
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This was my read on this too. CPJ had UGA's defense on the ropes the last two drives and manipulated them bigly.
 
Yes, CPJ said it was the same play. Like everyone else not named Kirby Smart, he saw the LB and DB crashing down and ignoring the AB.
 
For all the complaints about CPJ not tweaking the offense to address defensive changes since ND last year, it seems like since mid-season he's opened up the passing game to disrupt whatever blueprint may have been out there to slow the 3O. Pass blocking has improved immensely and with enough talent at QB, AB and WR to make the D pay it's been working. It's re-opened the 3O as the D can't cheat as much.
 
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