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Cribby said:
You can bet there’ll be a steady diet of Rpo with TVD. This Offense is built for him. He won”t sit back there like a sitting duck anymore waiting for slow developing plays to drag out and a lot of the time the read being pre determined . So he had to wait for that route.
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So not to rehash everything but why weren’t you as high in Dawson?
 
So I'm sifting through that slugfest with the fightin' Lashlees from SMU last year.

Opening drive - super wide splits, stacked WRs, a couple bunch formations. Lots of wide open space in the middle of the field - room for the QB to pick up tons of accidental yardage. One play I loved was a designed QB run. Began with RB in orbit motion from the slot, fake screen to that side, QB runs off-guard the other side and straight up the middle for tons of yards.

First play second drive exact same setup - orbit motion, fake screen to the wide side, but instead of a QB run it's a screen to the opposite side for big yards. Loving this so far at least.
 
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IndayArtHauz said:
I know you are well read, but this fallacy was shot down by a former member of the Houston staff. Holgy did not take over playcalling.
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Guilty As Charged.

I merely skimmed the porsts today where it was said [paraphrasing] "Holgerson called plays not Dawson".

I did leave myself an out with the "IF rumor is true..."

I have failed. I am so ashamed.

I accept CIS judgment.
 
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I like that Dawson isn't afraid to stick to what's working. He ran that fake screen 4 times during the game, twice as a QB run, once as a screen to the opposite side, and once to the motion WR. He's also not afraid to tell his QB to go for the 1-on-1 matchup deep.

There'll most likely be a learning curve on those deep routes as we get the timing down, but there's a lot there to be excited about.
 
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ghost2 said:
I'm starting to sift through YouTube vids of Houston and Southern Miss and I wanted to open a thread just for some X and O discussion. If anyone would like to add, or contradict, anything I post let's do it here.

Starting off with the basics -

Most of what I've seen from Dawson formation-wise is 3-4 WR, 1 RB, 1 TE/HB. Motion is farily intuitive - usually the TE/HB across the formation.

Generally speaking I like his route trees - 2-3 deep routes (go/post/etc) and almost always an underneath option or two - sometimes the RB, sometimes a crosser or out underneath.

Running game is diverse compared to Lashlee, some power/pulling concepts and the WR/TEs will be expected to block.

TE seams and flex motion for mismatches - Skinner and Arroyo will eat.

Screen game is logical and not overused - this isn't a bubble screen based offense.

I saw more RPO at Southern Miss than at Houston but I'm wondering if that aspect comes back, given TVDs skillset.



I'll add more as I see more, but please feel free to pile on.
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Gap scheme running game and some zone/read running schemes. Motions, and a screen game. Some pistol formations mixed in with some base Spread stuff. Me likey.
 
rsa coral gables said:
your statement about your being a jazz trombone Ph.D. left a small impression on me. i know you are into jazz, but you also said you played salsa in some trans/*** nightclub in Atlanta.

i've seen Juan Luis Guerra in concert various times. his band is amongst the best. this video has a great horn section.

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I applaud your taste. JLG is a beast.
 
Watched the Tulane and UTSA game.

Ton of inside zone vs Tulane's 4 man front, a lot more outside vs UTSA's 3 man front.

Some traps here and there. G/H Counter mixed in. No counter trey whatsoever unfortunately (Big fan of GT/Counter Trey)

Really not a ton of creativity in the run game. Pretty straight forward stuff
 
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anyone got ahold of any all-22?

can’t tell if it’s the play calling or QB decision making or a little bit of both but there’s no rhythm to the offense. there is potential though.
 
RedPill Stepdad said:
anyone got ahold of any all-22?

can’t tell if it’s the play calling or QB decision making or a little bit of both but there’s no rhythm to the offense. there is potential though.
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Air Raids, especial pure Air Raids, can be a little mechanical. Somewhat like Jimbo’s offenses. Not as complicated obviously, so not as prone to it as Jimbo’s. But very much a precision offense. Which can sometimes be difficult to create rhythm.

Really what those offenses just needed was a little RPO. Some horizontal passes in that are easy completions to athletes in space for easy yards. Kaaya’s first passing drive against App. State is an easy way to create rhythm.

But it’s the fact that the offense is just constant downfield passing with no tempo that can make it a litttle clunky in the videos I’ve watched.
 
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