LA TECH Offense vs T A&M Defense



I'll leave it up to the part-time offensive coordinators among us to analyze it. I just thought it might be useful for some of us to see it (many for the first time).


Few Observations:
I see like 8 screen variations
Run formation is very interesting
WOW they go for it on fourth < 3/4 on their own side
Patton is a hell of a receiver
I'm excited - football is going to be fun again

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Kline's laser will be fun to watch in this offense.

Sorry doesn't look that exciting to me - not enough variations. Let's hope it'll be different with our players.

KillaCali;842033439 said:

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LA TECH Offense vs T A&M Defense



I'll leave it up to the part-time offensive coordinators among us to analyze it. I just thought it might be useful for some of us to see it (many for the first time).


Few Observations:
I see like 8 screen variations
Run formation is very interesting
WOW they go for it on fourth < 3/4 on their own side
Patton is a hell of a receiver
I'm excited - football is going to be fun again

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When's the last time you saw a Cal team that could be down 27-0 in the 2nd quarter and manage to put it 57 points by game's end and keep it within 2?

I like that it means that Dykes can make adjustments to stay in the game and that he can coach up his team to keep up the fight and never quit the game. That would be a huge and needed improvement to recent Cal teams.

HungryCalBear;842033460 said:

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Sorry doesn't look that exciting to me - not enough variations. Let's hope it'll be different with our players.

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It looked boring as hell to me too, run the same play over and over again.

StillNoStanfurdium;842033480 said:

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When's the last time you saw a Cal team that could be down 27-0 in the 2nd quarter and manage to put it 57 points by game's end and keep it within 2?

I like that it means that Dykes can make adjustments to stay in the game and that he can coach up his team to keep up the fight and never quit the game. That would be a huge and needed improvement to recent Cal teams.

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OK so he won the 2nd half. Sounds familiar LOL?

HungryCalBear;842033496 said:

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OK so he won the 2nd half. Sounds familiar LOL?

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I hope you're being facetious with that. If you can't see the difference between having the game be considered a blowout at the end of the 1st half to coming within a missed 2 point conversion for a tie then there's no helping you.

This is far different from being down 28 and then having the 2nd half numbers be 0-3 to end up losing by 25.

The short passes, crisp routes, and WR screens that are designed to give the receiver a chance to make a DB miss seem to be a good fit for Treggs' skill set.

Not seeing much good news for Rodgers or Bigelow.

The Duke!;842033503 said:

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The short passes, crisp routes, and WR screens that are designed to give the receiver a chance to make a DB miss seem to be a good fit for Treggs' skill set.

Not seeing much good news for Rodgers or Bigelow.

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In that game their lead RB got 111 yards, 5.8 ypc, and 2 TDs. Even with an offense this game that was short pass oriented that's not too shabby for Bigelow. Especially if he gets split wide and gets to catch some of those screens.

The Duke!;842033503 said:

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The short passes, crisp routes, and WR screens that are designed to give the receiver a chance to make a DB miss seem to be a good fit for Treggs' skill set.

Not seeing much good news for Rodgers or Bigelow.

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They ran for 2700 yards this year, with one back getting 1100 and another getting 700. As for the tight ends, they may not have any good ones (I don't know), but Dykes sure did utilize Gronkowski at Arizona.

StillNoStanfurdium;842033504 said:

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In that game their lead RB got 111 yards, 5.8 ypc, and 2 TDs. Even with an offense this game that was short pass oriented that's not too shabby for Bigelow. Especially if he gets split wide and gets to catch some of those screens.

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That's a good point. But the "big bone" seems to rely (from what I can gather from very limited exposure) on two fullbacks being on the field at the same time. The fullbacks seem to function like pulling guards.

It is more of a power game, at least from what I can see. Bigelow's success seemed to come when he could get to the outside or cut back in zone blocking schemes. But maybe I am remembering wrong.

Either way, it looks like we will need less tight ends and more blocking fullbacks.

HungryCalBear;842033496 said:

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OK so he won the 2nd half. Sounds familiar LOL?

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All the 4th down tries should have been enough to have kept your lip buttoned.

The Duke!;842033503 said:

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The short passes, crisp routes, and WR screens that are designed to give the receiver a chance to make a DB miss seem to be a good fit for Treggs' skill set.

Not seeing much good news for Rodgers or Bigelow.

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What???????????

Gronk set every record there was at Zona as a "TE" in this offense. Last year Dixon scored like 28 TD's and they ran for more yards/game than ANY Tedford Cal team except the 2004- 2005 squads. Can you study some and then re-state your comment one more time?

lots and lots of wide receiver screens, maybe that was just the gameplan for that particular matchup.

txwharfrat;842033560 said:

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What???????????

Gronk set every record there was at Zona as a "TE" in this offense. Last year Dixon scored like 28 TD's and they ran for more yards/game than ANY Tedford Cal team except the 2004- 2005 squads. Can you study some and then re-state your comment one more time?

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No I can't. Unfortunately, I'm just too busy right now. I was basing my comments entirely on what I saw in the youtube video that was posted. I have not done any research whatsoever outside of that.

But I do note that his offense will not look the same as it did when he was at Arizona. He has an offensive coordinator who is very involved. For instance, look at their two FB big wing formation. They ran out of that formation quite often in the youtube video. We never saw that when he was at Arizona. His offense has clearly evolved.

Ok. No worries. Thanks for being honest.

StillNoStanfurdium;842033480 said:

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When's the last time you saw a Cal team that could be down 27-0 in the 2nd quarter and manage to put it 57 points by game's end and keep it within 2?

I like that it means that Dykes can make adjustments to stay in the game and that he can coach up his team to keep up the fight and never quit the game. That would be a huge and needed improvement to recent Cal teams.

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It could also have meant the D stopped going at 100% when they went up by four scores and the O had no problems finding the end zone.

KillaCali;842033439 said:

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LA TECH Offense vs T A&M Defense



I'll leave it up to the part-time offensive coordinators among us to analyze it. I just thought it might be useful for some of us to see it (many for the first time).


Few Observations:
I see like 8 screen variations
Run formation is very interesting
WOW they go for it on fourth < 3/4 on their own side
Patton is a hell of a receiver
I'm excited - football is going to be fun again

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I certainly do not see anything to justify the imagined concerns of the skeptical posters.
Looks like the OL will have an easier life not having to hold blocks for extra seconds, as they had to do (tried to do) because ZM had no clue what to do.
A fast offense which will match the WR skills as well as giving our RBs many opportunities to use their skills.

ALSO; consider the majors of the C and QB
"Cameron, a senior finance major, happily defers to Warner's brain and vocal power. "He's civil engineering," Cameron said of his center's major."

Seems, on paper, to be a very nice hire by Barbour.

The Duke!;842033506 said:

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That's a good point. But the "big bone" seems to rely (from what I can gather from very limited exposure) on two fullbacks being on the field at the same time. The fullbacks seem to function like pulling guards.

It is more of a power game, at least from what I can see. Bigelow's success seemed to come when he could get to the outside or cut back in zone blocking schemes. But maybe I am remembering wrong.

Either way, it looks like we will need less tight ends and more blocking fullbacks.

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Those aren't fullbacks. Those are "inside receivers" or TE's. Think Wark and Rodgers or Hagan and Rodgers or Espitia and Rodgers

That drive right before the half was impressive. 45 seconds w/ 1 TO, down 39-16. Of cource JT would have taken a knee but Dykes went full throttle and his team marched right down the field and almost put up some points.

:gobears:

I was positively grinning watching all of those 4th down attempts.

dembears;842033612 said:

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It could also have meant the D stopped going at 100% when they went up by four scores and the O had no problems finding the end zone.

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Yes because teams routinely take their foot off the pedal and allow the opposing team to come within 2 just because they once held a huge lead in the 1st...

Obviously we can't credit Dykes and it's solely because Texas A&M decided to let them into the game.

KillaCali;842033439 said:

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LA TECH Offense vs T A&M Defense

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unfortunately, the offense on display looks inept.

CaliforniaGoldenBear;842033938 said:

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unfortunately, the offense on display looks inept.

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Scoreboard.

Only @ BI where you considering the #1 scoring offense inept.

must be a fan of...

run run pass punt

or

pass sack draw punt

staygolden2001;842033751 said:

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That drive right before the half was impressive. 45 seconds w/ 1 TO, down 39-16. Of cource JT would have taken a knee but Dykes went full throttle and his team marched right down the field and almost put up some points.

:gobears:

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This series alone makes me schedule a trip to the bay area to see a game (probably Northwestern). So sick of the let's regroup and see what happens in the 2nd half mentality (which was more conservative, weak play anyway).

I'm a big fan of run, sack, draw, punt. Thanks.

The Duke!;842033503 said:

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The short passes, crisp routes, and WR screens that are designed to give the receiver a chance to make a DB miss seem to be a good fit for Treggs' skill set.

Not seeing much good news for Rodgers or Bigelow.

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Treggs and Harper, for sure.

I think Bigelow will be better than people expect - he does have some pass catching ability, and if you look at the last play of the clip near 19:40, Dykes does know how to put backs in obvious mismatches. No LB should be able to contain Bigs in the open field...so even if it's just little flairs and dumpoffs, he should be good on that front.