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[QUOTE="statsgrad, post: 1130213, member: 3183"]
The bubble screens are moreso setting up inside runs and QB draws than the deep ball.  Every time Hunt ran a draw we only needed to block one LB because CMU was so focused on bubble screens. Hunt is shifty but he isn't Cam Newton, the middle was open every time. Yeah our yards per bubble screen stinks compared to most teams, but what is our average yards per QB draw compared to most teams?

I thought McDonald did an excellent job of making CMU defend the entire field today. They were obviously well prepared for the bubble screens but got gashed up the middle on both the run and the pass a bunch of times (notice that our running plays to the outside stunk too, not just the passes) If you start only using what worked very recently teams are going to take away the middle and then everyone will be clamoring that our qb draws and TE passes stink and that we need to run more bubble screens. Teams make adjustments, this is game theory, not a static science like physics. I'd imagine Maryland is going to make sure Hunt isn't running a whole bunch of draws and our screen game may have more success next week.
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