And when you think back on it, dug a 10-0 hole against Purdue (3 not defenses fault, lost by 10)
Good lord, do you stay up late TRYING to come up with the worst takes on the board, or are you just this bad naturally?
If this is the logic than PJ only has one bad timeout in the 1st half. One was to fix defensive alignment on the goal line and one was to prevent a delay of game.
As usual, you are incorrect. Iowa ran their 3rd down play with over a minute left, let the clock run down to 0:31, and called time with 1 second on the play clock. They then called another TO after lining up for the FG, dont know why, but it had no effect on the game clock. They had no opportunity to run more time off. The game clock.was stopped.
Great post.
Agreed. They completely abandoned that play calling in the second half and look what happens. Then, after they ran the ball a dozen times in a row, they put our young QB in a 3rd and long situation on a must have touchdown and he tries to force the throw.
I agree this run-the-clock-to-the-max philosophy has hopefully run its course and the HC and coaches move to a different means of "controlling" a game. This style of play was perfected by Tanner and the pre-snap signal squad...and did make a difference in many games while Tanner has been here.
If ever there’s a time to maximize the number of plays you call, it’s when you’re behind or tied with a team you are absolutely physically mauling. That was the 2nd half yesterday. Gives you more possessions, plays and allows for more variance in your favor. This choking the clock out thing works to keep you in games against teams who are better than you or teams you’re equivalent to while leading. Why he continues to insist on doing it no matter the situation is baffling. It also allows the defense to get in their optimal set as they can show early with something they’re not doing and then reset. You hit them with a quick snap every once in awhile and teams cannot do that. This isn’t advanced stuff
Again, I didn’t say Iowa’s timeout was good. I was simply pointing out it wasn’t some planned thing, but rather something they didn’t want to do either. It wasn’t a good timeout. I was trying to offer something I noticed at the game that may not have been noticed on TV.
Run, ran, have run.
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lol
Feel like that would have been another great spot for a fake to Mo and Athan with a keeper.
Yeah, it sort of looked like Ferentz thought there were too many men out there or the Gophs alignment was a concern for a block, but it was strange watching him call it.Again, I didn’t say Iowa’s timeout was good. I was simply pointing out it wasn’t some planned thing, but rather something they didn’t want to do either. It wasn’t a good timeout. I was trying to offer something I noticed at the game that may not have been noticed on TV.
You’ll notice I said that exactly zero times if you read
It adds another thing defense has to account for, can make them more vanilla (hard to get all people on the same page for an exotic blitz if teams run quicker occasionally at least), and gives them less time to evaluate your lineup as well. We run a relatively simple set of plays, adding some tempo should be to our advantage
I read it wrong
The ones he has lost aren’t posting here anymore or going to games. They have become apathetic.
I hope you become apathetic and go away too. Lol
No worries. The philosophy is similar to what usc does. They pick times and places to hit you with tempo and getting set. They may not always quick snap it, but the simple act of getting set restricts the defense and can lead to confusion. The rpo is built for that as if one guy misses his assignment, you have the advantage
Yeah. Which is why the interception was especially frustrating because I think we win that game in OT
We need to find a way to start faster on both sides of the ball.
I do agree with that. They were absolutely reeling. Would’ve rather seen zone read vs something safer (rpo roll out and you either have BSF or you don’t) rather than what they did, which Iowa just sat on like they did all game
The clock was already stopped.
The lack of timeouts didn’t help but they still could have hurried up a bit more before that last play. That’s where my greater criticism is. They knew they had 0 TOS before the drive started and should have acted accordingly.
I think just the offense needs a faster start. The first two series were meh. 9 plays total for 28 yards. Have longer series and yards on both with points on at least one, and the game looks much different.
Yup. Margin of effor goes down massively both directions. We made errors, they didn’t. we lose, they win. Against Ohio state, yeah that sure as shit is your strategy. I can get that if you’re doing it on the last drive before the pick IF you’re going to run the ball and say either we win in regulation or no one does. Instead we ended up with the crap we saw, again.