Cut Blocking

Iceland12

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Shouldn't the Gophers have some Seniors or Redshirt Juniors who were around in Mason's last year who experienced cut and zone blocking during practice? Do you think that will help them Saturday or is 3 years more like 10 in football memory?
 

We still run zone blocking schemes and did while running the spread and most teams run zone blocking so that isn't a concern. Brown, Small, and Moen on the DL and Campbell & Triplett all should have a lot of experience against cut blocks in practice which can be hard adjust to if you've never played against it before. I don't know who is playing OL on the scout team but some of our OL should be able to give the team a better look in practice than the average OL could because they are experienced in the technique too (assuming the coaches allow them to cut block in practice--some coaches choose not to cut block in practice because it can cause injury to the DL).

I think it seems reasonable to believe that we're probably better off than most teams for adjusting to the blocking schemes that Air Force uses but it is still a challenge and the D needs to be consistent on executing their assignments.
 




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