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  • Gunslinger317 said...

    Overall I feel the big down falls against USC or Houston among others was our desire to not change out of our base packages

    Right, we kept doing the same thing until the game was out of hand. We were predictable. And I don't know how much of the second half success was due to halftime adjustments as it was to those teams knowing the game was in hand and taking their foot of the gas. I think Alabama 2010 would have been a lot worse if they felt there was any chance we could score 17 points. Their offense completely let up after it was 17-0.

    An Actual Lion

  • Gunslinger317 said...

    IMO Wisconsin killed us because Wilson was so good on third downs and buying extra time with his legs. Overall I feel the big down falls against USC or Houston among others was our desire to not change out of our base packages. USC especially put the safeties and LBs in one on ones with their wrs and chewed us up. Joe and Tom usually did a decent job of making halftime adjustments but often were unwilling to make changes before then. Overall the blitz talk is over rated. There is no perfect formula or everybody would have it by now. You can be a very suffocating D by being blitz heavy. That being said front four pressure is key to pick your spots with the blitz. Bradley was excellent at coaching his or Joe's scheme. For the most part it was easier to coach and recruit for. But Bradley, Vandy and LJ deserve alot of credit for its success. Roof will have a harder time coaching up his style because the timing and teamwork is more precise. If he does it sucessfully the D could be as nasty or nastier than before. There is also a huge risk with roof's system as has been noted with Auburn last year. Bottom line we have no idea how Penn St's D will look nor its O. I personally expect the D still to be the strength this year. Just because we have the more proven commodities on that side of that ball.


    Wilson was good in that game, but a bigger reason why Wisconsin killed us last year was because they ran the ball down our throats. Our defense couldn't stop the run. Their O-Line completely dominated that game. I think people completely overlook the way Wisconsin ran the ball on us last year when mentioning why they destroyed us.

    PSURooster

  • PSURooster said...

    Wilson was good in that game, but a bigger reason why Wisconsin killed us last year was because they ran the ball down our throats. Our defense couldn't stop the run. Their O-Line completely dominated that game. I think people completely overlook the way Wisconsin ran the ball on us last year when mentioning why they destroyed us.

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    MTayl72 ●

  • Sorry, but with respect to USC, our defensive scheme had little to do with our loss. We could have double covered each and every reciever, right off the LOS, and they still would have put up 30+. You have no idea how accurate Mark Sanchez was on that day, unless you watched him in person. It was simply absurd, and never something I'd seen before. A lot of times, he was throwing it 15 yards down field, on the dime, to a covered reciever, while on the trot. Give credit to the USC WRs who completely outmanned our secondary, and to Mark Sanchez - whom we actually got decent pressure on - for simply being a monster back there.

    Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.

    appoo ●

  • appoo said...

    Sorry, but with respect to USC, our defensive scheme had little to do with our loss. We could have double covered each and every reciever, right off the LOS, and they still would have put up 30+. You have no idea how accurate Mark Sanchez was on that day, unless you watched him in person. It was simply absurd, and never something I'd seen before. A lot of times, he was throwing it 15 yards down field, on the dime, to a covered reciever, while on the trot. Give credit to the USC WRs who completely outmanned our secondary, and to Mark Sanchez - whom we actually got decent pressure on - for simply being a monster back there.

    Yes, we were completely overmatched talentwise (the game I remember watching, Sanchez was never on the trot, he was standing in the pocket for as long as he wanted without the slightest hint of a pass rush). But again, I don't think our defense was as good as everyone thought it was so I'm not as fearful of a major step back under Roof.

    An Actual Lion

  • appoo said...

    Sorry, but with respect to USC, our defensive scheme had little to do with our loss. We could have double covered each and every reciever, right off the LOS, and they still would have put up 30+. You have no idea how accurate Mark Sanchez was on that day, unless you watched him in person. It was simply absurd, and never something I'd seen before. A lot of times, he was throwing it 15 yards down field, on the dime, to a covered reciever, while on the trot. Give credit to the USC WRs who completely outmanned our secondary, and to Mark Sanchez - whom we actually got decent pressure on - for simply being a monster back there.

    Whoa, completely disagree about Sanchez's accuracy. Feel free to show me on the attached highlights where he was throwing to a covered receiver. I lost count of the number of times Musberger said "wide open receiver." Our zone left holes that good preparation with either a good QB or good WR's can very much take advantage of. And those highlights didn't even show ANY of the easy out routes that I saw Sanchez constantly complete over and over again. It wasn't his accuracy - they knew our defense and they had the ability (mainly in the WR's - look at how well Sanchez is doing in the pros with a team built to win). Scheme played a pretty big part of it.

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  • I personally know 2 high school coaches that sat in on the QB meetings prior to the Rose Bowl. Both are PSU fans. They said that in the meeting, Sanchez was eating a sandwich and sitting with the coaches while they were watching film. Sanchez said repeatedly while watching the film, "We're gonna tear that sh!t up." Giggling like a school girl the whole time. They knew where the holes were, and how to hit them. He didn't need to be accurate that day, the windows were huge.

    PSURooster

  • And now I want a sandwich... thanks Rooster.

    But seriously, that basic Cover 3 against their offense was never going to work. A Cover 2 would have worked better, especially with some man.

    MTayl72 ●

  • psubills62 said...

    Whoa, completely disagree about Sanchez's accuracy. Feel free to show me on the attached highlights where he was throwing to a covered receiver. I lost count of the number of times Musberger said "wide open receiver." Our zone left holes that good preparation with either a good QB or good WR's can very much take advantage of. And those highlights didn't even show ANY of the easy out routes that I saw Sanchez constantly complete over and over again. It wasn't his accuracy - they knew our defense and they had the ability (mainly in the WR's - look at how well Sanchez is doing in the pros with a team built to win). Scheme played a pretty big part of it.

    I haven't watched that game on TV yet, too painful. All my impressions came from while I was in the stands, so they might not necessarily go with what you saw on TV. But from what I saw, the USC line didn't do a GREAT job of keeping our DL from penetraring. Sanchez was VERY good at making small adjustments to side step pressure, and make throws while moving a bit. One specific play I remember was a back breaking 3rd and long in that 2nd quarter, where he threw to a reciever (from my POV in the end zone) that had a white jersey infront of him, and behind him - you couldn't actually see the WR...and then you just saw his hands come out and snag this ridiculously thrown ball. The only time I really remember our scheme being an issue was the RoJo TD, on a blown coverage. But mostly, it just looked like Mark Sanchez and his WRs simply over whelming our DBs and LBs. Blitzing and playing man would have probably made it worse.

    Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.

    appoo ●

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