change is coming

[gioff23]

Silver has some good stuff up. TJW looking to add to staff and if one reads thru the lines, much more emphasis on run game - power run game.

 

[freescooter]

Silver has some good stuff up. TJW looking to add to staff and if one reads thru the lines, much more emphasis on run game - power run game.

and if we win by running the ball, we'll all see posts complaining that "modern" teams don't run the football...though I'll take anything I can get by way of winning right now.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Run to open up the play action & drop back passing game.

Although i really don't care how they do it this season. Just move us in the right direction for next year and beyond.

 

[sportsart]

Always helps to post the link.

http://snyuconn.com/uconn/football/change-coming-to-uconn/#more-8620

 

[freescooter]

Something needs to happen to get the ball rolling down hill for this offense.

 

[SubbaBub]

Assuming we can do it, it's a sound strategy for a program with our history and a Frosh QB.

If CW was starting, I run more west coast short passing/swing passes mixed with draws and Power/Jet sweeps.

But, I was always a fan of the Edsall smash mouth style. Just needed a competent passing game.

I think we have that passing game available, but the running has been less than zero.

 

[RioDog]

and if we win by running the ball, we'll all see posts complaining that "modern" teams don't run the football...though I'll take anything I can get by way of winning right now.

I humbly submit that anyone who doesn't take joy in watching an oline and big power back demoralize and destroy a defense isn't really an American Football fan. I don't care if your 12 or 112. If you don't, go watch soccer and leave American Football to real football fans.

My favorites of all time:

3. John Riggins with the Redskins, back when I used to pay attention to the NFL.
2. Jerome Bettes at ND. The guy was FAST too.
1. The unstoppable UConn tandem of Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon.

Now THATS football.

OK. Blaze away.

Ok. Blaze away.

 

[ktuck911]

Nice to hear about Claxx again.. Heard so much about him in practice but he got a little gimpy and u didn't hear anything else about him til now... Time to find out who coan help us.. no matter how long you've been here.

 

[freescooter]

I humbly submit that anyone who doesn't take joy in watching an oline and big power back demoralize and destroy a defense isn't really an American Football fan. I don't care if your 12 or 112. If you don't, go watch soccer and leave American Football to real football fans.

My favorites of all time:

3. John Riggins with the Redskins, back when I used to pay attention to the NFL.
2. Jerome Bettes at ND. The guy was FAST too.
1. The unstoppable UConn tandem of Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon.

Now THATS football.

OK. Blaze away.

Ok. Blaze away.

I agree with you. I think a pounding running attack can completely demoralize an opponent in a way no other offense can. See the final few minutes of UConn-Notre Dame, 2009.

 

[huskeynut]

I humbly submit that anyone who doesn't take joy in watching an oline and big power back demoralize and destroy a defense isn't really an American Football fan. I don't care if your 12 or 112. If you don't, go watch soccer and leave American Football to real football fans.

My favorites of all time:

3. John Riggins with the Redskins, back when I used to pay attention to the NFL.
2. Jerome Bettes at ND. The guy was FAST too.
1. The unstoppable UConn tandem of Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon.

Now THATS football.

OK. Blaze away.

Ok. Blaze away.

Give me "smash mouth" football to open up the passing game any day!!!!!

 

[Husky25]

I humbly submit that anyone who doesn't take joy in watching an oline and big power back demoralize and destroy a defense isn't really an American Football fan. I don't care if your 12 or 112. If you don't, go watch soccer and leave American Football to real football fans.

My favorites of all time:

3. John Riggins with the Redskins, back when I used to pay attention to the NFL.
2. Jerome Bettes at ND. The guy was FAST too.
1. The unstoppable UConn tandem of Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon.

Now THATS football.

OK. Blaze away.

Ok. Blaze away.

Don't fool yourself. The '83 'Skins held the season scoring record for a long time, (Broke by the Vikings in 1998). Riggo-Ball was a 4th quarter clock melter. They actually used to practice giving the ball to John Riggins 10-15 times in a row on the Counter-Trey to end the game. Joe Gibbs was off the Don "Air" Coryell coaching tree and took pride in his passing game.

 

[RioDog]

I agree with you. I think a pounding running attack can completely demoralize an opponent in a way no other offense can. See the final few minutes of UConn-Notre Dame, 2009.

Agreed. A textbook case. On Dixon's last few runs the ND defensive backfield acted like they wanted nothing to do with him.

I was just watching video of another of my favorite backs- Lawrence McCutcheon Colorado State/ LA Rams. 6'1" 205, hard to tackle and evasive. Loved to watch that guy run behind that great Rams O line of the 1970's.

 

[RioDog]

Don't fool yourself. The '83 'Skins held the season scoring record for a long time, (Broke by the Vikings in 1998). Riggo-Ball was a 4th quarter clock melter. They actually used to practice giving the ball to John Riggins 10-15 times in a row on the Counter-Trey to end the game. Joe Gibbs was off the Don "Air" Coryell coaching tree and took pride in his passing game.

Super XVII
Skins 276 yards rushing (Riggins 166)
Theismann 15/23 143 yards

Not saying they couldn't throw the ball. But Riggins and the Hogs destroyed Miami when everybody was picking the Dolphins. I was just a kid but picked Riggins and the Skins because of their punishing ground game.

 

[Waquoit]

Silver has some good stuff up. TJW looking to add to staff and if one reads thru the lines, much more emphasis on run game - power run game.

I think the message between the lines is "Let's keep Boyle from getting pounded."

 

[uconndogs]

If we run for 150 yards or more against USF with Max and Clax getting a lot of the carries I will be convinced the P and GDL were drunk during their entire tenure here.

 

[Husky25]

Super XVII
Skins 276 yards rushing (Riggins 166)
Theismann 15/23 143 yards

Not saying they couldn't throw the ball. But Riggins and the Hogs destroyed Miami when everybody was picking the Dolphins. I was just a kid but picked Riggins and the Skins because of their punishing ground game.

Thank you for making my point. SBXVII is only one game and it followed the '82 season. Incidently it is the reason this then 5 year old is a Redskins fan (I liked the colors better tha teal and orange). Once Washington called that fateful 4th an 1 play (goalline, 70-chip, on one...), which broke Riggo free for 64 yards, the game was over. Riggo-ball was the name of the game for the rest thereof.

The following year, when they lost to the Raiders in SBXVIII, the Redskins scored over 540 points and set the scoring record that stood until 1998.

Be that as it may, I also enjoy the power run game, so long it is effective.

 

[Srqhusky]

Super XVII
Skins 276 yards rushing (Riggins 166)
Theismann 15/23 143 yards

Not saying they couldn't throw the ball. But Riggins and the Hogs destroyed Miami when everybody was picking the Dolphins. I was just a kid but picked Riggins and the Skins because of their punishing ground game.

Not a redskins fan but have wondered if we could run the counter trey with mccombs. Anyone know if we ever tried it?

 

[2Infinity]

I humbly submit that anyone who doesn't take joy in watching an oline and big power back demoralize and destroy a defense isn't really an American Football fan. I don't care if your 12 or 112. If you don't, go watch soccer and leave American Football to real football fans.

My favorites of all time:

3. John Riggins with the Redskins, back when I used to pay attention to the NFL.
2. Jerome Bettes at ND. The guy was FAST too.
1. The unstoppable UConn tandem of Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon.

Now THATS football.

OK. Blaze away.

Ok. Blaze away.

It may have been before your time, but there was a running back who regularly ran right over, and through, potential tacklers. Take a look at this video of Earl Campbell. He literally knocks a tackler on his and isn't done until his entire jersey is ripped off his back. The second angle shown really makes you appreciate his pure power.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Not a redskins fan but have wondered if we could run the counter trey with mccombs. Anyone know if we ever tried it?

That play requires both guards pull to the same side of the field. The zone scheme that GDL professed does not allow for pulling (all linemen need to remain, relative to the other linemen, where they were at the snap). The line is supposed to slide out in one direction (normally to the far hash mark) in unison while the back (using a one-cut technique, something that never looked like we attempted with McCombs) waits for a lane to open up (by a defensive lineman over pursuing, losing his gap responsibility) and cuts back into that lane.

Regardless of what blocking scheme a football team utilizes, there needs to be full coordination in operating that call among the linemen and the running game also needs to be coordinated with what the linemen are doing. It never appeared that we had the coordination part down the past few years.

 

[RioDog]

It may have been before your time, but there was a running back who regularly ran right over, and through, potential tacklers. Take a look at this video of Earl Campbell. He literally knocks a tackler on his and isn't done until his entire jersey is ripped off his back. The second angle shown really makes you appreciate his pure power.

Of course I remember Campbell. The guy was a beast.