(10-09-2013 09:44 AM)djnva Wrote: (10-08-2013 08:48 PM)ODUalum78 Wrote: We did that in the UMD game...and got a safety.
I know this isn't what you mean, but it seems like you think there's this offense out there that will convert 100% of the time. It's just not going to happen.
There's been 3 games in 2 years where the offense was sketchy. That's not bad, especially since we won 1 of them and another was against Maryland.
I was attempting humor with that remark.
However, what I do know, even from my paltry high school career, is that even dumb ol' jock coaches eventually pick up on things.
Just like the baseball pitcher that comes out and dominates initially, but eventually hitters pick up on the movement of his ball and that same unbeatable pitcher becomes ordinary.
Forget Villanova.
What I saw in the UMD game was a planned defense designed to exploit our simplicity of scheme.
Terp coach Randy Edsall (and he is anything but a dumb ol' jock) couldn't have been more specific in describing his approach to our offense after the fact.
Liberty did essentially the same thing with a different prevent set (dime vs quarters).
I asked on another thread if any team had ever done this to us (full prevent even in short yardage and in the red zone), because I don't know, but I cannot remember it.
So from my perspective, Liberty, who also has FBS caliber DBs, copied UMD's approach to defending against our offense, with almost identical results. I posted the red zone drives on the other thread. As with UMD, it wasn't so much Heinicke having a bad day, but indeed having few if any open options available, because of the opposition scheme and quality of DBs.
Further, both games allowed for interceptions because deep DBs in coverage were allowed to hang back and come in at the last minute to intercept or break up the play. Very difficult to read for the QB.
I see this as a one dimensional red zone scheme there for the exploitation.
Look at all of our drives inside the 20 this year against all teams.
We do the same thing every time.
Look at the drives inside the 20 vs UMD and the LU
Quote:1st and 10 at LIB 12
Colby Goodwyn rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Liber 13, tackled by Scott Hyland and Erwin Dessources.
2nd and 11 at LIB 13
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Jakwail Bailey for 6 yards to the Liber 7, tackled by Walt Aikens.
3rd and 5 at LIB 7
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Jakwail Bailey for 4 yards to the Liber 3, tackled by Walt Aikens.
4th and 1 at LIB 3
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Marquel Thomas for a loss of 1 yard to the Liber 4, tackled by Scott Hyland.
DRIVE TOTALS: ODU drive: 14 plays 65 yards, 00:00 ODU DOWNS
1st and 10 at LIB 12
Colby Goodwyn rush for no gain to the Liber 12, tackled by Wesley Scott.
2nd and 10 at LIB 12
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Blair Roberts for 12 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Jarod Brown extra point GOOD.
DRIVE TOTALS: ODU drive: 7 plays 65 yards, 02:06 ODU TD
1st and 10 at LIB 22
Cam Boyd rush for 2 yards to the Liber 20, tackled by Wesley Scott.
2nd and 8 at LIB 20
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Blair Roberts for 7 yards to the Liber 13, tackled by Bobby Partilla.
3rd and 1 at LIB 13
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Larry Pinkard for no gain to the Liber 13, tackled by Bobby Partilla and Toby Onyechi.
4th and 1 at LIB 13
Timeout Liberty, clock 05:01.
4th and 1 at LIB 13
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Cam Boyd for a loss of 2 yards, fumbled, recovered by Liber at the Liber 15.
DRIVE TOTALS: ODU drive: 8 plays 43 yards, 02:30 ODU FUMB
We lose on downs even w/o the fumble
1st and 10 at LIB 18
Taylor Heinicke rush for 8 yards to the Liber 10, tackled by Wesley Scott and Nick Sigmon.
2nd and 2 at LIB 10
Colby Goodwyn rush for 6 yards to the Liber 4, tackled by Jibrille Fewell for a 1ST down.
1st and Goal at LIB 4
Colby Goodwyn rush for no gain to the Liber 4, tackled by Kevin Fogg and Toby Onyechi.
2nd and Goal at LIB 4
Taylor Heinicke pass incomplete to Blair Roberts, broken up by Kenny Scott.
3rd and Goal at LIB 4
Taylor Heinicke pass intercepted by Kenny Scott at the Liber 0, returned for no gain for a touchback.
DRIVE TOTALS: ODU drive: 8 plays 72 yards, 00:00 ODU INT
1st and 10 at LIB 30
Cam Boyd rush for 6 yards to the Liber 24, tackled by Gerald Holt and Dylan Lewellyn.
2nd and 4 at LIB 24
Taylor Heinicke pass complete to Zach Pascal for 3 yards to the Liber 21, tackled by Kenny Scott.
3rd and 1 at LIB 21
Cam Boyd rush for 4 yards to the Liber 17, tackled by Scott Hyland and Gerald Holt for a 1ST down.
1st and 10 at LIB 17
Cam Boyd rush for a loss of 3 yards to the Liber 20, tackled by Cory Freeman.
2nd and 13 at LIB 20
Taylor Heinicke pass intercepted by Kenny Scott at the Liber 0, returned for 16 yards to the Liber 16, tackled by Ely Anderson.
DRIVE TOTALS: ODU drive: 8 plays 40 yards, 02:33 ODU INT
Our only TH drive inside the UMD 20
UMD
2nd and 9 at MD 13
Taylor Heinicke rush for 5 yards to the Mary 8.
3rd and 4 at MD 8
Colby Goodwyn rush for 4 yards to the Mary 4 for a 1ST down.
1st and Goal at MD 4
Colby Goodwyn rush for 2 yards to the Mary 2.
2nd and Goal at MD 2
Taylor Heinicke pass incomplete to Blair Roberts.
3rd and Goal at MD 2
Taylor Heinicke pass intercepted by Yannick Ngakoue at the Mary 5, returned for 3 yards to the Mary 8.
DRIVE TOTALS: OLDDOMNION drive: 13 plays 73 yards, 04:28 OLDDOMNION INT
The above drive summaries are a microcosm of virtually all of our drives.
From my perspective, Randy Edsall presented a template to solve our offense, especially in the red zone, that requires only the proper scheme and athletes of a certain ability. Liberty employed that same philosophy.
Designing a gameplan in football is about analyzing patterns. If the opposition is good enough, you cannot stop them even if you know what they are going to do.
As can be see above; and almost every red zone drive in almost every game in the Heinicke era (removing the designed QB runs this year), our pattern is simple and predictable. We have been good enough to overwhelm most defenses anyway.
As we move forward into FBS we will face better athletes, but we will also have better ones ourselves. However, as with Randy Edsall we will also face better coaches, and as such we may have to devise fallback schemes in order to compensate.