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The run up the middle is frustrating.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:43 am
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:43 am
To be able to pull it off you need a qb fast enough to get around the edge after a fake handoff. Teams don’t respect Nix’s speed so they’ll stack the middle and continue to stuff our run. Gus’s offense was meant for a qb that can get the edge, Newton and Marshall were both 1000 yard rushers with 1000 yard rushing rbs on their teams. Coincidentally, not really, both of those teams played in the national championship game.
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Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:46 am to AU4real35
I agree with what you're saying and have advocated hard for true DT QBs for years. However, plenty of teams with slow QBs can run up the middle with success. They just have good OLs and RBs.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:46 am to AU4real35
I think Nix has shown he’s plenty quick/fast enough to be a legitimate running threat. Not sure why why we aren’t running him more to keep defenses honest and open things up for our other playmakers.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 10:48 am to AU4real35
I'm with you it's maddening to me why it seems to be our primary run play.
I just posted this link in another thread to a good read by Justin Ferguson
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A successful inside zone play requires offensive linemen to be able to quickly secure blocks, often in one-on-one situations, in order to let others get to the second level and create explosive gains. Auburn’s offensive linemen rarely reached the linebackers against Tulane and sometimes had problems holding off Tulane’s down linemen, especially nose tackle Jeffery Johnson. Auburn clearly tried to get the inside zone rolling after mixed results against Oregon in Week 1. But the interior of Auburn’s offensive line didn’t get enough push up front against Tulane for it to be an effective play. Of the 16 inside zones Auburn ran against Tulane, 10 of them went for three yards or fewer.
Auburn’s running game up the middle vs. Tulane: 3.2 yards per carry
Left: 5.7
Right: 6.9
I just posted this link in another thread to a good read by Justin Ferguson
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A successful inside zone play requires offensive linemen to be able to quickly secure blocks, often in one-on-one situations, in order to let others get to the second level and create explosive gains. Auburn’s offensive linemen rarely reached the linebackers against Tulane and sometimes had problems holding off Tulane’s down linemen, especially nose tackle Jeffery Johnson. Auburn clearly tried to get the inside zone rolling after mixed results against Oregon in Week 1. But the interior of Auburn’s offensive line didn’t get enough push up front against Tulane for it to be an effective play. Of the 16 inside zones Auburn ran against Tulane, 10 of them went for three yards or fewer.
Auburn’s running game up the middle vs. Tulane: 3.2 yards per carry
Left: 5.7
Right: 6.9
This post was edited on 9/10/19 at 11:39 am
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:35 am to ShredSquatch
Brings back memories,
My section would groan and someone would always yell,"AGEE UP THE MIDDLE!!!!!:
My section would groan and someone would always yell,"AGEE UP THE MIDDLE!!!!!:
Posted on 9/10/19 at 12:14 pm to ShredSquatch
And if the middle is bottled up, why do our backs continue to run into it and seem unable to shift to outside. That is also frustrating
Posted on 9/10/19 at 12:44 pm to AU4real35
It seems teams are selling out because they know it is coming. If we ran about anything else coming off a 1st down play in hurry up, it would probably go for a TD. Is this the long con by Gus like with the picket fence point after? Will he finally after 7 years do something different?
Posted on 9/10/19 at 2:04 pm to AU4real35
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To be able to pull it off you need a qb fast enough to get around the edge after a fake handoff. Teams don’t respect Nix’s speed so they’ll stack the middle and continue to stuff our run. Gus’s offense was meant for a qb that can get the edge, Newton and Marshall were both 1000 yard rushers with 1000 yard rushing rbs on their teams. Coincidentally, not really, both of those teams played in the national championship game.
I think Nix is and has shown he is plenty fast enough to execute this. I don't believe it is Bo's speed that other teams do not respect as much as predictable play calling. So far especially against Tulane, it looks like all the ZR plays are predetermined to either give or keep (mostly give). If Gus would let Bo actually read it I think he could be gashing teams. At least enough to make them respect it.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 4:15 pm to Tigerpro2a
I think Gus is protecting Bo. Oregon being his 1st game. Tulane and Kent St don't want him getting hurt. We will know against A & M.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 4:39 pm to wareaglepete
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Will he finally after 7 years do something different?
Posted on 9/11/19 at 10:50 am to AUarch79
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And if the middle is bottled up, why do our backs continue to run into it and seem unable to shift to outside. That is also frustrating
I think this has to in part be due to the "Patience" element that we always instill and that our Offense seems to require. Sometimes that patient KJ style works well on this play but sometimes it appears that while the RB is patiently waiting on a hole to open they are bottled up before trying to bounce outside. I think its combo of this, lack of vision from RB, and lack of Physicality on the interior of the OL and OL as a whole.
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