That was a nice surprise. I was a little shocked to see the number 34 on the Tiger emerging from that carnage.
After watching the tape (well, actually the dvr) the Defense was refreshing. If Mett would have made just a couple of the plays he did not, we would not have the "balanced attack" argument going. Just hope it was not a one time spike!
Hilliard has been running with confidence and purpose for the last two weeks. Hill is far and away the number one guy, but its nice to think someone else can get us some yardage when he needs a break. No one has done that since Magee in the opener.
I'd love to see a crossbuck action out of that personnel group with the backs split. Something like this: In fact, that's the one thing I think has been missing just a bit from the running game so far this year -- misdirection.
Yep, but that diagram shows base blocking against an 8-man front. Here, at 2:29, is how it should be run, with the left tackle pulling and kicking out the OLB. The ballcarrier has to make the man crashing down off the end miss, which KH does in this example and goes for about 25.
I watched the game again, and not only did he have 2 sacks, he should have had 3 but the FL kid threw some crazy pass away that we all thought might be a grounding penalty. Then he was a 1/4 second late on another (again untouched to the QB) but he forced Florida to throw underneath on 3rd and long and they ended up punting.
If he stays home and it's blocked like it shows, yes. But part of the reason for using the play is the misdirection and counting on G to flow to his right, away from the play. Other options are to pull the left tackle. Have the center take on the nose, the right guard take on the tackle and the right tackle lead on G. It certainly wasn't meant as a blocking example, just as an example of how to use those two backs with simple misdirection. Another one of the keys is that this a counter. To set it up, run the regular crossbuck, giving the ball to the tailback a few times. Then come back with the counter. Or, after running the counter, send the receiver (who's in a tight slot, but I'd always set him wide in this) on a go. He should be wide open.
