jkm, the stolen pifwafwi
11/22/2010, 03:54 PM
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay1.PNG
this is the new formation that we installed this week. it has similar principles to the wishbone in that you are trying to collapse a lot of players into the middle and either power over them or race them to the edge. it also has the same weaknesses as the wishbone -> ie the defense by alignment can dictate what running back gets the ball (in this case i'd think the fullback).
the first thing we notice is that baylor's defense is misaligned. in order to bracket broyles they have the safety and the corner stacked on the weak side of the formation. this isn't that big of a deal except that the whole line is shifted towards the wide side of the field, thus they are basically lining up 3 guys on that side leaving the short side 2 defenders short. this puts us in a 7 blocker vs 7 defender situation.
the thing to take from this is that the key to this formation is your best wide receiver. if you don't have one, they'll just single coverage on the top and then outnumber your run game.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay2.PNG
now you see baylor further mess up their defensive alignment. not only do they have 3 guys responsible for broyles, the free safety also begins to cheat that way - effectively leaving 6 defenders vs 7 blockers (and the ball carrier).
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay3.PNG
blocking scheme, we actually have one free lineman who can take his pick of who to block.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay4.PNG
one block executed by millard. 3 to go. our lineman who could get the free safety decides to camp on the linebacker in case the block is blown. notice the 3 baylor guys that got eliminated by positioning and are just at this point trailing the play.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay5.PNG
the block was blown but our other lineman is there to lock out the linebacker. notice murray at this point, this is what makes him so good. he sets up the defender by slowing down so that the defender can't shoot past finch to make a shoestring tackle. by freezing him, he allows finch to get into his legs and then he scoots right back inside of the block. finch will be like this as a junior/senior but he just doesn't run with subtelty yet.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay6.PNG
finch gets his block and murray shoots up inside of it. there is only one non-engaged bear that can tackle him and that is the free safety. if murray took off outside then he would have been pushed out at the 5, but what he does is presses the inside so that the corner being blocked by stills has to try to fight over stills and the safety has to flatten out his angle.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay7.PNG
the safety has flattened out and is no longer a threat. so murray at this point is just setting up the corner. he wants to go outside but he has to give stills enough leverage to not allow the corner a clean shot at him. so he now presses slightly to the outside causing the corner to lose a little leverage in his chickenfight.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay8.PNG
stills gets another 1/2 yard of push when murray closes in. at this point, murray could power his way in but he keeps pressing hte inside before the cut at the 5.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay9.PNG
he swings outside and the defender is at the 2 yard line. there is zilch point nothing chance of stopping him.
this is the new formation that we installed this week. it has similar principles to the wishbone in that you are trying to collapse a lot of players into the middle and either power over them or race them to the edge. it also has the same weaknesses as the wishbone -> ie the defense by alignment can dictate what running back gets the ball (in this case i'd think the fullback).
the first thing we notice is that baylor's defense is misaligned. in order to bracket broyles they have the safety and the corner stacked on the weak side of the formation. this isn't that big of a deal except that the whole line is shifted towards the wide side of the field, thus they are basically lining up 3 guys on that side leaving the short side 2 defenders short. this puts us in a 7 blocker vs 7 defender situation.
the thing to take from this is that the key to this formation is your best wide receiver. if you don't have one, they'll just single coverage on the top and then outnumber your run game.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay2.PNG
now you see baylor further mess up their defensive alignment. not only do they have 3 guys responsible for broyles, the free safety also begins to cheat that way - effectively leaving 6 defenders vs 7 blockers (and the ball carrier).
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay3.PNG
blocking scheme, we actually have one free lineman who can take his pick of who to block.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay4.PNG
one block executed by millard. 3 to go. our lineman who could get the free safety decides to camp on the linebacker in case the block is blown. notice the 3 baylor guys that got eliminated by positioning and are just at this point trailing the play.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay5.PNG
the block was blown but our other lineman is there to lock out the linebacker. notice murray at this point, this is what makes him so good. he sets up the defender by slowing down so that the defender can't shoot past finch to make a shoestring tackle. by freezing him, he allows finch to get into his legs and then he scoots right back inside of the block. finch will be like this as a junior/senior but he just doesn't run with subtelty yet.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay6.PNG
finch gets his block and murray shoots up inside of it. there is only one non-engaged bear that can tackle him and that is the free safety. if murray took off outside then he would have been pushed out at the 5, but what he does is presses the inside so that the corner being blocked by stills has to try to fight over stills and the safety has to flatten out his angle.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay7.PNG
the safety has flattened out and is no longer a threat. so murray at this point is just setting up the corner. he wants to go outside but he has to give stills enough leverage to not allow the corner a clean shot at him. so he now presses slightly to the outside causing the corner to lose a little leverage in his chickenfight.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay8.PNG
stills gets another 1/2 yard of push when murray closes in. at this point, murray could power his way in but he keeps pressing hte inside before the cut at the 5.
http://www.ouportal.com/Portals/0/BU2RunningPlay9.PNG
he swings outside and the defender is at the 2 yard line. there is zilch point nothing chance of stopping him.