12-04-2012, 12:58 AM
I posted this is another thread, but I think it deserves it's own thread.
If you're an FSU fan and really want to understand what NIU is doing offense, read this and watch the videos and try to understand what I'm saying.
This is pure power football. 5 OL, 2 TEs, 2 TEs/FBs, 1 RB (who motions out to WR). Then it's Lynch running. It's pure hat on a hat, here's the run come try to stop it.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8696299
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8696304
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8696653
That's literally the same play 3 times from Friday night. Do you not think Kent knew what was coming? It's about numbers and execution and Lynch being such a good runner.
Then there's the spread. 5 OL, 5 WRs, completely empty backfield other than Lynch. Look how it forces Iowa to line up. 5 DBs outside the hash marks, 4 down lineman, 1 LB, 1 deep safety. Watch the inside corner at the top of the screen. He turns his head because he has to respect the bubble screen up top. NIU will throw the bubble out of this, it's not just window dressing. The guard pulls and kicks out the end, the RT gets to the 2nd level and blocks the LB, Lynch makes the safety miss, 70 yards TD. It's an extremely difficult play to stop because of how spread out it forces you to be.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8326924
Same thing here. 5 linemen, 4 WR, 1 RB (Daniels). Ball State is in a 4-2-5. Watch the OLB at the top of the screen. The OLB has to respect the bubble screen action with Lewis, keeping him outside. He literally only takes 2-3 shuffles and it eliminates him from the play. Lynch is designed to run behind Daniels, which the LB reads and fills. Lynch seeing that right away, runs up the middle through the other hole. The safety takes a bad angle, Lynch breaks his tackle, and runs 70 yards for a TD.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8471113
And after you're looking at that all game, this happens. Same personnel group as the Iowa play. 5 WRs, with 3 to the bottom of the screen. Kansas' defense is completely spread out. Watch the inside DB and the safety at the top of the screen. They read run and come up to run fill. Lynch starts to run, sees the DBs filling run, and dumps it off to a wide open Moore who runs for a TD. The DBs correctly read run on this play. The offensive line is run blocking, the right guard is pulling. Look at the bottom of the screen. Lewis is running a bubble. Lynch has the option to run, throw the bubble to the bottom of the screen, or do what he does and dump it to Moore.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8412105
NIU runs the modern form of the triple option from time to time. In the first half of the Toledo game, Toledo did a really good job stopping Lynch running up the middle because they were having their ends force it inside where they had their linebackers waiting. So in the third quarter, NIU came out and ran triple option. It's not the triple option you're thinking of though. It's out of the spread. It's one back out of the pistol or shotgun with 3-5 WRs and maybe a TE. Lynch can hand it to the RB, keep it and run it himself, or he can throw the bubble screen. NIU ran that play probably 10 times in the 2nd half Toledo and they gained 400 yards in the third quarter because of it.
That's exactly what makes NIU's offense so difficult to stop.
Also, there's no doubt Florida State has more depth than NIU. FSU's backups are more talented than NIU's backups, etc. Maybe FSU's backups are more talented than NIU's starters, but NIU has depth and is going to play a lot of guys. We're constantly rotating WRs, RBs (although less so lately), and even OL. On defense, we go 7-8 deep on the d-line and play 4 LBs. We also rotate in the secondary. It's not like it's going to get late and FSU will have been rotating guys in and NIU hasn't been. We're constantly subbing players, which you will see.
Lastly, Avis Commack was one of your talented backups, and well, um
If you're an FSU fan and really want to understand what NIU is doing offense, read this and watch the videos and try to understand what I'm saying.
This is pure power football. 5 OL, 2 TEs, 2 TEs/FBs, 1 RB (who motions out to WR). Then it's Lynch running. It's pure hat on a hat, here's the run come try to stop it.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8696299
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8696304
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8696653
That's literally the same play 3 times from Friday night. Do you not think Kent knew what was coming? It's about numbers and execution and Lynch being such a good runner.
Then there's the spread. 5 OL, 5 WRs, completely empty backfield other than Lynch. Look how it forces Iowa to line up. 5 DBs outside the hash marks, 4 down lineman, 1 LB, 1 deep safety. Watch the inside corner at the top of the screen. He turns his head because he has to respect the bubble screen up top. NIU will throw the bubble out of this, it's not just window dressing. The guard pulls and kicks out the end, the RT gets to the 2nd level and blocks the LB, Lynch makes the safety miss, 70 yards TD. It's an extremely difficult play to stop because of how spread out it forces you to be.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8326924
Same thing here. 5 linemen, 4 WR, 1 RB (Daniels). Ball State is in a 4-2-5. Watch the OLB at the top of the screen. The OLB has to respect the bubble screen action with Lewis, keeping him outside. He literally only takes 2-3 shuffles and it eliminates him from the play. Lynch is designed to run behind Daniels, which the LB reads and fills. Lynch seeing that right away, runs up the middle through the other hole. The safety takes a bad angle, Lynch breaks his tackle, and runs 70 yards for a TD.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8471113
And after you're looking at that all game, this happens. Same personnel group as the Iowa play. 5 WRs, with 3 to the bottom of the screen. Kansas' defense is completely spread out. Watch the inside DB and the safety at the top of the screen. They read run and come up to run fill. Lynch starts to run, sees the DBs filling run, and dumps it off to a wide open Moore who runs for a TD. The DBs correctly read run on this play. The offensive line is run blocking, the right guard is pulling. Look at the bottom of the screen. Lewis is running a bubble. Lynch has the option to run, throw the bubble to the bottom of the screen, or do what he does and dump it to Moore.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8412105
NIU runs the modern form of the triple option from time to time. In the first half of the Toledo game, Toledo did a really good job stopping Lynch running up the middle because they were having their ends force it inside where they had their linebackers waiting. So in the third quarter, NIU came out and ran triple option. It's not the triple option you're thinking of though. It's out of the spread. It's one back out of the pistol or shotgun with 3-5 WRs and maybe a TE. Lynch can hand it to the RB, keep it and run it himself, or he can throw the bubble screen. NIU ran that play probably 10 times in the 2nd half Toledo and they gained 400 yards in the third quarter because of it.
That's exactly what makes NIU's offense so difficult to stop.
Also, there's no doubt Florida State has more depth than NIU. FSU's backups are more talented than NIU's backups, etc. Maybe FSU's backups are more talented than NIU's starters, but NIU has depth and is going to play a lot of guys. We're constantly rotating WRs, RBs (although less so lately), and even OL. On defense, we go 7-8 deep on the d-line and play 4 LBs. We also rotate in the secondary. It's not like it's going to get late and FSU will have been rotating guys in and NIU hasn't been. We're constantly subbing players, which you will see.
Lastly, Avis Commack was one of your talented backups, and well, um
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