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re: UCLA @ Texas A&M
Posted by Judubya95 on 8/30/16 at 11:04 am
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Heard they were really struggling just to get the calls in earlier this Spring and they had a bunch of delay penalties. The terminology for the offense must be difficult for the QBs.
They had one off-season in today's limited practice environment to install a WCO, coming from Mazzone's handful of simple Air Raid-type plays. Anyone remember Sherman's first game after trying to install a whole legit WCO playbook? Whoa boy...[/quote]
People are assuming UCLA will run a WCO because they are incorporating pro style concepts into their offense. UCLA's offense will be more complex, but likely far less than a WCO. From what I have read and seen, it is a hybrid offense using many different styles Polamalu has picked up along the way. And that includes Mazzone's offense, which Rosen ran in High School as well as his first year in college. Already knowing a portion of the offense given you ran it last year should help any offense transitioning to a new one.
Something to think about regarding offenses in college. The QB in shotgun with four wide and running the zone read is practically the norm now and defenses are much more used to playing against this type of offense than one with a TE and a FB. Teams in general will have much more to prepare for when playing UCLA than the last 4 years under Mazzone. Go Bruins!
Heard they were really struggling just to get the calls in earlier this Spring and they had a bunch of delay penalties. The terminology for the offense must be difficult for the QBs.
They had one off-season in today's limited practice environment to install a WCO, coming from Mazzone's handful of simple Air Raid-type plays. Anyone remember Sherman's first game after trying to install a whole legit WCO playbook? Whoa boy...[/quote]
People are assuming UCLA will run a WCO because they are incorporating pro style concepts into their offense. UCLA's offense will be more complex, but likely far less than a WCO. From what I have read and seen, it is a hybrid offense using many different styles Polamalu has picked up along the way. And that includes Mazzone's offense, which Rosen ran in High School as well as his first year in college. Already knowing a portion of the offense given you ran it last year should help any offense transitioning to a new one.
Something to think about regarding offenses in college. The QB in shotgun with four wide and running the zone read is practically the norm now and defenses are much more used to playing against this type of offense than one with a TE and a FB. Teams in general will have much more to prepare for when playing UCLA than the last 4 years under Mazzone. Go Bruins!
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re: UCLA @ Texas A&M
Posted by Judubya95 on 8/29/16 at 10:17 pm
In response to Roger Klarvin's post, you are misinformed about UCLA in many ways. Our OL is a mess? As an informed alum and UCLA fan, that is far from the truth. ESPN ranked our LT, McDermott, first team AA. Lindy's and Athlon Sports both have McDermott as their 2nd team AA OT. Miller, the RT opposite him is one of their best players with similar size, 6-9 300ish, and one of the strongest on the team squatting 600 lbs this summer. ASU's OT's were new to the starting line up and were far less talented than UCLA's. UCLA will also benefit by having a TE and FB to help the OT's out regarding the pass rush as opposed to ASU, who never use a TE or FB. And our defense is not small except for 2-3 positions. Our starting NG is a 5th year Sr who is 6-3, 320 and has been a workout warrior for years. He lines up next to Eddie Vanderdoes, a former 5 star who is 6-3 305 and one of our best players. Sounds like they will be matched up against a young OG and center from what I have read. To improve against the run, UCLA switched to a 4-3 swapping Hollins, a 220 OLB/pass rusher, for Matt Dickerson, a 290 lb SDE. Jason Brown, the WLB, and Wadood, the FS are both undersized but both are ballers despite their size. Should be a great match up. Go Bruins!
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