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[Thatguy 8129]

7 minutes ago, gurt said:

they blitzed a lot, but crucially they didn't vary the back end.  It was a standard cover 3 shell like 90% of the time

Agreed. While Vandy was in our playbook big time. They refused to fall prey to most of our usual patterns and were determined to keep us in front of them.  Sark didn't really try to punish them for it either. 

[Thatguy 8129]

3 hours ago, Codaxx said:

Here is Texas RBs vs Michigan and Georgia

Michigan: 27 attempts for 88 yards, 3.3 per

Georgia: 15 for 52, 3.47 per

Really not much of a difference, that Wingo run made it look much better (1 for 55 vs Michigan and 1 for 7 vs Georgia). Texas has not been particularly efficient running the ball under Sark. Brooks was able to create explosive runs. That is the difference in the run game. This year Texas is inefficient and not very explosive. This year Texas is 82nd in runs of 10+ yards in the nation. 28th last year.

Check 1st and second down runs. 

[Had Enough 2021]

11 minutes ago, gurt said:

they blitzed a lot, but crucially they didn't vary the back end.  It was a standard cover 3 shell like 90% of the time

That may be, but their issue was not cover 3.  It was losing contain several times.  Yes, I saw the Brooks grind the tape.

Our first drive - 3rd and long.  Cover 3.  CB attacks upfield and allows Bond behind.  Not a play call issue. The TD called back.  Coverage broke down because of failing on pass rush integrity.  Was this also the drive that Ewers converted a 3rd down with his legs and a pump fake?  Yes, it was.  Not a coverage issue.

The Helm TD.  Pass rush integrity.

Seems like Goldens big play had a little QB movement and was a really nice throw.  Not really a play call failure.

Our 2nd TD drive we had 40 yards rushing and a 20 yard pass to Wisner.  That’s a cover 3 issue?

We made plays and they didn’t.  They elected to keep things in front of them.  If they execute better, they have better outcomes.  We scored 10 points off short fields.

There is critical information that we don’t have great information on.  First is what do these defenses typically do?  Then what is the actual breakdown of coverages.  We have no idea whether any of these teams broke tendencies.

At the same time, I never thought they blitzed that much.  I am confident in saying it wasn’t the same blitz so whether you have that shell there is variation in the coverage.

22% of our passes were 10+ air yards. Half of those were referenced in this post.  That’s a low number.

 

[Hank_Hill 17564]

3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Just thinking out loud but aside from Michigan when is a time our OL dominated a defense in the past few years?

 

 

They took Bamas soul last year

[Codaxx 5405]

4 hours ago, Thatguy said:

Check 1st and second down runs. 

Ill leave that up to you. The one thing that does separate Michigan from the other games. it the only game Quinn played without a turnover. Its the only game this year Texas didnt turn the ball over. 

[gurt 736]

4 hours ago, Had Enough said:

That may be, but their issue was not cover 3.  It was losing contain several times.  Yes, I saw the Brooks grind the tape.

Our first drive - 3rd and long.  Cover 3.  CB attacks upfield and allows Bond behind.  Not a play call issue. The TD called back.  Coverage broke down because of failing on pass rush integrity.  Was this also the drive that Ewers converted a 3rd down with his legs and a pump fake?  Yes, it was.  Not a coverage issue.

The Helm TD.  Pass rush integrity.

Seems like Goldens big play had a little QB movement and was a really nice throw.  Not really a play call failure.

Our 2nd TD drive we had 40 yards rushing and a 20 yard pass to Wisner.  That’s a cover 3 issue?

We made plays and they didn’t.  They elected to keep things in front of them.  If they execute better, they have better outcomes.  We scored 10 points off short fields.

There is critical information that we don’t have great information on.  First is what do these defenses typically do?  Then what is the actual breakdown of coverages.  We have no idea whether any of these teams broke tendencies.

At the same time, I never thought they blitzed that much.  I am confident in saying it wasn’t the same blitz so whether you have that shell there is variation in the coverage.

22% of our passes were 10+ air yards. Half of those were referenced in this post.  That’s a low number.

 

Sure, but when you change what the QB is seeing from pre-snap to post-snap like OU and Georgia did it makes it a lot harder to make plays, especially when your QB has a tendency to revert to bad habits when rattled.  They made it easy for a rhythm QB to know where to go with the ball, and a quick to counter OC know how to attack your tendencies.

 

[gurt 736]

2 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

They took Bamas soul last year

not running the ball.  2.8 ypc.  They pass blocked well, which has always been the strength of this OL under Flood.  You'd think these massive dudes would be better at throwing their weight around.

[Codaxx 5405]

4 minutes ago, gurt said:

Sure, but when you change what the QB is seeing from pre-snap to post-snap like OU and Georgia did it makes it a lot harder to make plays, especially when your QB has a tendency to revert to bad habits when rattled.  They made it easy for a rhythm QB to know where to go with the ball, and a quick to counter OC know how to attack your tendencies.

 

It is very common now. Most teams show 2 high safety pre-snap. Either stay the same or roll into 1 high 

If there is something to worry about in Qunn's game this year it is turnovers, which he had been very good at historically 

2022- 1 pick per 49.3 attempts 

2023- 1 pick per 65.7 attempts

2024- 1 per 31.33 attempts. You can add 2 lost fumbles. 8 turnovers in 6 starts. 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Codaxx

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2714]

7 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Just thinking out loud but aside from Michigan when is a time our OL dominated a defense in the past few years?

 

 

2005

[LTtxfan 48688]

36 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

 If there is something to worry about in Qunn's game this year it is turnovers, which he had been very good at historically 

2022- 1 pick per 49.3 attempts 

2023- 1 pick per 65.7 attempts

2024- 1 per 31.33 attempts. You can add 2 lost fumbles. 8 turnovers in 6 starts. 

 

Yeah, three areas that the offense must improve are:

• the run game
• penalties
• turnovers

 

[Funk Doctor Spock 11610]

You guys are a bunch of nerds.

Carry on.

[Fondren & Main 6548]

Turnovers are FUCKING KILLING US right now.  That has to change.

[Thatguy 8129]

1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

Ill leave that up to you. The one thing that does separate Michigan from the other games. it the only game Quinn played without a turnover. Its the only game this year Texas didnt turn the ball over. 

Because we protected well. No busts. Receivers recognized blitzes. Smart and Muschamp found a couple things and kicked our ass with them. That's elite defensive minds for you. I said this shortly after the game but needs repeating. They clearly worked on us all summer for that game. People aren't going to want to hear this but that is probably the best thing that happened to us. It taught a lot of lessons, especially since Vandy was able to replicate it. So now Sark and crew have to go back to the drawing board and if we see Georgia again they won't have prepped for months for us.

[Surly Bevo 24249]

27 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Turnovers are FUCKING KILLING US right now.  That has to change.

Likewise doing jack and shit with the turnovers we ourselves get has been very frustrating the last two games (other than the TD we scored after the fans threw water bottles on the field to get that turnover)

[Codaxx 5405]

22 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Because we protected well. No busts. Receivers recognized blitzes. Smart and Muschamp found a couple things and kicked our ass with them. That's elite defensive minds for you. I said this shortly after the game but needs repeating. They clearly worked on us all summer for that game. People aren't going to want to hear this but that is probably the best thing that happened to us. It taught a lot of lessons, especially since Vandy was able to replicate it. So now Sark and crew have to go back to the drawing board and if we see Georgia again they won't have prepped for months for us.

Thrown an int 5 of 6 starts. That is just factual. It needs to improve. Not sure what the need is to spin everything. 

[Funk Doctor Spock 11610]

Regressing back to last year's RZ team is fucking killing us. That's not all on Quinn, it's a product of Sark being a pussy and not aggressive. Go watch the play by Raiola where on a 2pt conversion he flea flicked the ball into the runners hands on a fake. It was great. Sark is so predictable with his bs play calling. 

[Thatguy 8129]

4 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

Thrown an int 5 of 6 starts. That is just factual. It needs to improve. Not sure what the need is to spin everything. 

What are you talking about? No one is spinning anything. 

[Jkwellborn 6536]

not running the ball.  2.8 ypc.  They pass blocked well, which has always been the strength of this OL under Flood.  You'd think these massive dudes would be better at throwing their weight around.

You might want to revisit the end of the game.

[Hank_Hill 17564]

2 hours ago, gurt said:

not running the ball.  2.8 ypc.  They pass blocked well, which has always been the strength of this OL under Flood.  You'd think these massive dudes would be better at throwing their weight around.

Meh, fuck the ypc. We closed the game out running 12 straight times to kill the last 7 minutes. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Hank_Hill

[Thatguy 8129]

2 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Meh, fuck the ypc. We closed the game out running 12 straight times to kill the last 7 minutes. 

That's what the issue is with stats. They don't say whether you could run it when you needed to. 

[Hank_Hill 17564]

6 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

That's what the issue is with stats. They don't say whether you could run it when you needed to. 

PFF doesn’t have a “clutch play percentage”???

[Codaxx 5405]

25 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

PFF doesn’t have a “clutch play percentage”???

I believe that is in QBR..I think PFF just grade every play equally 

[Cairn Horn88 8034]

9 hours ago, Codaxx said:

i think Vandy was auto-blitzing the backside NB on OZ away from him. That crushed the little roll out pass that Sark likes to run off OZ. 

If that’s the case….Sark must adjust and call or check off a play that will compensate for that blitz, which Quinn has to hit on.