bukIpower
Head Coach
After sleeping on it here's what I have further...
1. I think UFM has made the arms race in the big ten ridiculous. It was laughable when Urban first got here and now teams seem to have better athletes and more importantly have an idea how to attack us to give themselves a shot. The big ten is neck and neck with the SEC and if not for Bama I'd say the big ten is far better.
2. Our passing game actually was fairly good yesterday. Brown had a drop early, Samuel had a drop for 6, and so did McLaurin. That would have made JT 20 for 27 for over 300 easily. Not to mention that pick was just a result of a wet ball for the 2 minutes it rained yesterday. He was wide open and had the right idea but missed high by 5 yards.
3. Zone 6 is getting smaller I noticed. McLaurin, Campbell (who I thought was outstanding), Brown and Wilson were leaned on. Clark and Hill came in some as well but not as much as they normally had been.
4. We really need to have a better idea of how to use Weber/Samuel. I love weber off tackle with a pulling guard I think he's a lot to handle outside the tackles and last night was no different. Meanwhile we thought just quickly shoving the ball to Samuel and asking him to outrun everyone was the answer.
Weber is the running back straight up. JT is just as effective as Weber as well but with Samuel I'd like to see more of him in the slot and either taking those quick swing passes (where have those been all year?) OR motioning into the backfield to go off tackle with weber as a lead blocker. Im not a fan of subbing 25 for 4.
5. I chalk Wisconsin's success up to using their off weak masterfully. They knew who to pick on through the air(Arnette and Webb) but I blame osu for their success on the ground.
I said it in the off season and I'm saying it again. When a team lines up with a fullback, a tight end, a massive online, and a big running back its not enough to be quick and fast. We are light in the front 7 and we are under sized at safety as well. Our front 4 starts 3 defensive ends and a DT, our backers start a converted safety and Baker who's probably not 220 pounds and finally Webb isn't 200 pounds as well.
When push came to shove we had trouble setting the LOS and just as I thought would happen. We were willing to drop 8 or 9 into the box but I really think this staff needs to find a way to put another big body out there when facing this sort of offense. Especially if Booker comes back because that gives us another 240 pound guy who's actually fast.
Just as we do when a team spreads us out when we go to nickel we must have a heavy package or that scum game will be an up hill battle to win. We have the best secondary in the nation I'm convinced of that and our objective at all costs should be to absolutely take away their running game and if it means putting 8 in the box and rolling with a 4-4 defense then you do it.
6. I think Webb will be solid in time but right now he's not playing well enough. That TD was on him, and he gave up the long pass play to their tight end a few times. I'd really like to see what Smithe can do. He was a ball hawk last time he was playing regularly
1. I think UFM has made the arms race in the big ten ridiculous. It was laughable when Urban first got here and now teams seem to have better athletes and more importantly have an idea how to attack us to give themselves a shot. The big ten is neck and neck with the SEC and if not for Bama I'd say the big ten is far better.
2. Our passing game actually was fairly good yesterday. Brown had a drop early, Samuel had a drop for 6, and so did McLaurin. That would have made JT 20 for 27 for over 300 easily. Not to mention that pick was just a result of a wet ball for the 2 minutes it rained yesterday. He was wide open and had the right idea but missed high by 5 yards.
3. Zone 6 is getting smaller I noticed. McLaurin, Campbell (who I thought was outstanding), Brown and Wilson were leaned on. Clark and Hill came in some as well but not as much as they normally had been.
4. We really need to have a better idea of how to use Weber/Samuel. I love weber off tackle with a pulling guard I think he's a lot to handle outside the tackles and last night was no different. Meanwhile we thought just quickly shoving the ball to Samuel and asking him to outrun everyone was the answer.
Weber is the running back straight up. JT is just as effective as Weber as well but with Samuel I'd like to see more of him in the slot and either taking those quick swing passes (where have those been all year?) OR motioning into the backfield to go off tackle with weber as a lead blocker. Im not a fan of subbing 25 for 4.
5. I chalk Wisconsin's success up to using their off weak masterfully. They knew who to pick on through the air(Arnette and Webb) but I blame osu for their success on the ground.
I said it in the off season and I'm saying it again. When a team lines up with a fullback, a tight end, a massive online, and a big running back its not enough to be quick and fast. We are light in the front 7 and we are under sized at safety as well. Our front 4 starts 3 defensive ends and a DT, our backers start a converted safety and Baker who's probably not 220 pounds and finally Webb isn't 200 pounds as well.
When push came to shove we had trouble setting the LOS and just as I thought would happen. We were willing to drop 8 or 9 into the box but I really think this staff needs to find a way to put another big body out there when facing this sort of offense. Especially if Booker comes back because that gives us another 240 pound guy who's actually fast.
Just as we do when a team spreads us out when we go to nickel we must have a heavy package or that scum game will be an up hill battle to win. We have the best secondary in the nation I'm convinced of that and our objective at all costs should be to absolutely take away their running game and if it means putting 8 in the box and rolling with a 4-4 defense then you do it.
6. I think Webb will be solid in time but right now he's not playing well enough. That TD was on him, and he gave up the long pass play to their tight end a few times. I'd really like to see what Smithe can do. He was a ball hawk last time he was playing regularly
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