You know....I think there was a reason that 2/3 of the post game questions revolved around....why did you stop running the ball? I disagree with this somewhat- "Almost everybody aesthetically loves a long, sustained drive. The problem is that it’s really hard to consistently execute long, sustained drives. Inevitably you’re going to make…
You know....I think there was a reason that 2/3 of the post game questions revolved around....why did you stop running the ball? I disagree with this somewhat- "Almost everybody aesthetically loves a long, sustained drive. The problem is that it’s really hard to consistently execute long, sustained drives. Inevitably you’re going to make a mistake on a play and/or your opponent is going to make a great play, and then you’re behind schedule, and then the drive ends."
The complement to a team with a stout defense is always a ball-control, time of possession, field position, boring but methodical offense. If the other team doesn't have the ball, they can't score. I don't remember seeing one running play where we got less than five yards. Use your tight ends, play action off of that, a few designed QB runs, and you can also compensate when the defense sells out against the run. I'm not saying that you never throw the ball downfield, but understand that it's a lower percentage play, and calling all of those passing plays can be drive killers.
There were poor throws, dropped balls, and a lot of other problems....but I'm going to say that was still one of the most poorly called offensive games I've seen in a long time. I don't get it, it's not like Musgrave hasn't ever utilized a run-first offense, he's actually very good at it. We have a very good O-line, and four backs that could all start for us....every time they were given the opportunity, they showed that.
We had 153 yards rushing to their 161. On the passing side our numbers were ok but not great. Chase was 25/38 for 177 yards and one interception. Strong was 22 of 39 for 312 yards and one int. Chase had a better completion % and same int number. The difference in this game was explosive plays. That's it. I want to watch the whole game again instead of just highlight, but based on what I saw in the highlight tape Chase rarely had time to set up for the deep ball.
You will never succeed running the ball over and over. You have to have a pass game as well to win. Our run game should have opened up our pass game. The problem was our o-line was way less effective in pass protection than run blocking.
I never said "run the ball over and over". But I believe we had seven (7) rushing attempts in the second and third quarter? You can always call some play action or RPO plays from the run game, bootlegs, designed QB runs, and also some downfield passes for sure. But we all but abandoned the running game....when that should be our strength? Yes....Nevada had more explosive plays....because we kept giving them the damn ball back too many times. As far as pass protection, I'm no expert, but I don't recall seeing more than a couple of QB hurries....?
True most of the time, but Nevada showed no ability to stop us, so why try to start passing with low percentage passes? It seems like we were 2nd and 10 or 2nd and 7 every time we threw, so that created a lot of 3rd and longs where the football bible says you need to pass, leading to more three and outs.
You know....I think there was a reason that 2/3 of the post game questions revolved around....why did you stop running the ball? I disagree with this somewhat- "Almost everybody aesthetically loves a long, sustained drive. The problem is that it’s really hard to consistently execute long, sustained drives. Inevitably you’re going to make a mistake on a play and/or your opponent is going to make a great play, and then you’re behind schedule, and then the drive ends."
The complement to a team with a stout defense is always a ball-control, time of possession, field position, boring but methodical offense. If the other team doesn't have the ball, they can't score. I don't remember seeing one running play where we got less than five yards. Use your tight ends, play action off of that, a few designed QB runs, and you can also compensate when the defense sells out against the run. I'm not saying that you never throw the ball downfield, but understand that it's a lower percentage play, and calling all of those passing plays can be drive killers.
There were poor throws, dropped balls, and a lot of other problems....but I'm going to say that was still one of the most poorly called offensive games I've seen in a long time. I don't get it, it's not like Musgrave hasn't ever utilized a run-first offense, he's actually very good at it. We have a very good O-line, and four backs that could all start for us....every time they were given the opportunity, they showed that.
“Use your tight ends“
That’s just crazy talk - who ever heard of such a thing??? (asking for my friend Bill Musgrave)
We had 153 yards rushing to their 161. On the passing side our numbers were ok but not great. Chase was 25/38 for 177 yards and one interception. Strong was 22 of 39 for 312 yards and one int. Chase had a better completion % and same int number. The difference in this game was explosive plays. That's it. I want to watch the whole game again instead of just highlight, but based on what I saw in the highlight tape Chase rarely had time to set up for the deep ball.
Our passing numbers were abysmal. 4.7 yards per attempt compared to Nevada’s 8. Throw out the completion % numbers as that is misleading in this game.
Mistake : UNR only had 61 rushing yards....sorry...I type like shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-uwxWZk6c
You will never succeed running the ball over and over. You have to have a pass game as well to win. Our run game should have opened up our pass game. The problem was our o-line was way less effective in pass protection than run blocking.
I never said "run the ball over and over". But I believe we had seven (7) rushing attempts in the second and third quarter? You can always call some play action or RPO plays from the run game, bootlegs, designed QB runs, and also some downfield passes for sure. But we all but abandoned the running game....when that should be our strength? Yes....Nevada had more explosive plays....because we kept giving them the damn ball back too many times. As far as pass protection, I'm no expert, but I don't recall seeing more than a couple of QB hurries....?
True most of the time, but Nevada showed no ability to stop us, so why try to start passing with low percentage passes? It seems like we were 2nd and 10 or 2nd and 7 every time we threw, so that created a lot of 3rd and longs where the football bible says you need to pass, leading to more three and outs.