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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 2303005, member: 5685"] Why are you doing this to me? I had moved on from that show last weekend. Looks like a fail by the coaches. This play likely works if they were up against a base 4-3. Problem is that was never going to be the case. Also why go under center? That limits the threat of a QB run. I hate when NFL teams pull OLMen in short yardage. It rarely works and more often than not the play is blown up where the OL left. Way too much can go wrong. On top of that you are running a play that takes a long time to develop while the D is in attack mode. How does that make any sense? It is like a play fake on 3rd and long. Why do teams do this? So IMO pulling the T and TE in college against an attacking D is a bad decision. We had line checks in HS that would have kept the T home and just pulled the TE. Why in the heck didn't they do it here? Sure if #18 doesn't come on the play you are fine, but know your opponent. There is a 99% chance he is coming that play. Even if the T made a block on #29, the play still goes nowhere. If he stays home to slow down #18 the the TE can take #29, which is more likely to be successful anyway since an athletic block is needed. On top of that the coaches could have checked out of the play. We are at the LOS with plenty of time left on the play clock. Why in the heck would you not look at the D and change the play? You know you can't run the ball. So instead of spreading out the D you decide to bunch up and run the ball twice? That really goes for the whole game. Turtling up was playing right into Shafer's hands. There has to be plenty of film on SU's D the last 7 years. After watching similar Os why in the hell would you abandon spreading it out and attacking? Instead you decide to run the ball and go with only short passes? Sorry but that is a major fail. There was plenty of info on how to beat Shafer and we acted like it was something we had no info on. That is unacceptable. Long term our O will be fine. I trust that Babers will get us rolling soon. But they simply did not do their job last game. [/QUOTE]

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