hawkfaninTX
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.... to put in their hat.
After watching the video, I noticed another feature about Stanzi & KOK that I guarantee no one saw on Saturday.
Preamble: (14:50 2nd Quarter)
We had just had a huge momentum swing with Sash intercepting the ball.
1st & 10 at UM 49:
For that first down play we chose to not play-action but roll the pocket to the wide side of field, only sending McNutt and DJK out for a route. Amazingly, even though we kept both Reisner & A-Rob in for extra protection I think that Stanzi out ran the protection and was forced to throw it away.
2nd & 10 at UM 49:
Awesome Screen play for 15 yards, GREAT Call. (they show the replay and have good commentary on our schematics there.)
1st & 10 at UM 34:
We break the Huddle at the :16 second mark of the play clock. The Defense shows it's true colors around the :09 mark, Stanzi tries to audible, but WISELY takes a T.O. (hint: Notice the alignment of our receivers at the top of the screen, the slot is on the line of scrimmage)
What was the play called there? PASS or RUN?
-I'm going to go with a pass for a couple reasons. First, we were blitzkreiging them in the passing department, especially on first down. Plus Stanzi was starting to settle down & heat up at the same time.
Why does the play call matter in that particular situation?
-You might remember at this point that this is the drive that DJK scores on a flag route, My point is that the play he scores on later was called on this play just before Stanzi called T.O. and here's why Stanzi called T.O.
When the defense showed it's alignment they appear to be in Man under with a Free Safety over the top- there was little time to audible in that formation to a run to the wide side of the field in that environment, and instead of wasting a play that both the coaching staff and stanzi agreed to be a great play call against ZONE Coverage, or worse he takes a penalty-- he correctly burns a T.O.
1st & 10 at UM 34 post T.O:
The alignment of our receivers are now switched, the Slot is now off the LOS, but same general formation with just a little tweak, THIS is the play stanzi was trying to audible too. Still in man coverage, but now a counter trey over left tackle for 3 yards, not very successful, but it's the play that follows is where this pay's dividends. (note: with the free safety in the middle of the field this running play had tremendous upside too.)
2nd & 7 at UM 31
When I re-watch game film I try to "scout" or understand what Iowa is trying to do against the opposing Defense, and not just on the next play. This is a Key Situation in the Game to capitalize and put points on the board for reasons previously mentioned, so it is "4-Down Territory" because of our kicking woes, and Meyer just hasn't proven that he has the leg to hit from 40+. If I'm Michigan and I know that, then 2nd & 7 is now a short passing situation. If I'm Robinson (UM DC) then I either blitz aggressively or try to defend a short pass play with a ZONE scheme- but more than likely a blitz won't get there in time. Problem for Michigan is that Iowa has had 2 weeks to prepare and is 3 moves ahead of Robinson going back to before the T.O. So they come out in the same formation they had before the timeout (slot back on the LOS), now because of the quick pass situation, Iowa now has the play they wanted to run, only it fits favorably against the Michigan pre-snap alignment (obvious zone). All we need now is about 3-4 seconds of protection against a 4 man rush(we know they will not blitz as previously mentioned), a double move and the rest is history.
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Final Comment:
Chalk up the genius that is KOK and Stanzi for both recognizing this at the same time. Give credit to the pregame "scripting" of plays by the OC. I can almost guarantee this was something implemented earlier in the week because of UM tendencies defensively. Can you imagine what KOK can do with a Seasoned QB if somehow it was possible to have EACH year?
After watching the video, I noticed another feature about Stanzi & KOK that I guarantee no one saw on Saturday.
Preamble: (14:50 2nd Quarter)
We had just had a huge momentum swing with Sash intercepting the ball.
1st & 10 at UM 49:
For that first down play we chose to not play-action but roll the pocket to the wide side of field, only sending McNutt and DJK out for a route. Amazingly, even though we kept both Reisner & A-Rob in for extra protection I think that Stanzi out ran the protection and was forced to throw it away.
2nd & 10 at UM 49:
Awesome Screen play for 15 yards, GREAT Call. (they show the replay and have good commentary on our schematics there.)
1st & 10 at UM 34:
We break the Huddle at the :16 second mark of the play clock. The Defense shows it's true colors around the :09 mark, Stanzi tries to audible, but WISELY takes a T.O. (hint: Notice the alignment of our receivers at the top of the screen, the slot is on the line of scrimmage)
What was the play called there? PASS or RUN?
-I'm going to go with a pass for a couple reasons. First, we were blitzkreiging them in the passing department, especially on first down. Plus Stanzi was starting to settle down & heat up at the same time.
Why does the play call matter in that particular situation?
-You might remember at this point that this is the drive that DJK scores on a flag route, My point is that the play he scores on later was called on this play just before Stanzi called T.O. and here's why Stanzi called T.O.
When the defense showed it's alignment they appear to be in Man under with a Free Safety over the top- there was little time to audible in that formation to a run to the wide side of the field in that environment, and instead of wasting a play that both the coaching staff and stanzi agreed to be a great play call against ZONE Coverage, or worse he takes a penalty-- he correctly burns a T.O.
1st & 10 at UM 34 post T.O:
The alignment of our receivers are now switched, the Slot is now off the LOS, but same general formation with just a little tweak, THIS is the play stanzi was trying to audible too. Still in man coverage, but now a counter trey over left tackle for 3 yards, not very successful, but it's the play that follows is where this pay's dividends. (note: with the free safety in the middle of the field this running play had tremendous upside too.)
2nd & 7 at UM 31
When I re-watch game film I try to "scout" or understand what Iowa is trying to do against the opposing Defense, and not just on the next play. This is a Key Situation in the Game to capitalize and put points on the board for reasons previously mentioned, so it is "4-Down Territory" because of our kicking woes, and Meyer just hasn't proven that he has the leg to hit from 40+. If I'm Michigan and I know that, then 2nd & 7 is now a short passing situation. If I'm Robinson (UM DC) then I either blitz aggressively or try to defend a short pass play with a ZONE scheme- but more than likely a blitz won't get there in time. Problem for Michigan is that Iowa has had 2 weeks to prepare and is 3 moves ahead of Robinson going back to before the T.O. So they come out in the same formation they had before the timeout (slot back on the LOS), now because of the quick pass situation, Iowa now has the play they wanted to run, only it fits favorably against the Michigan pre-snap alignment (obvious zone). All we need now is about 3-4 seconds of protection against a 4 man rush(we know they will not blitz as previously mentioned), a double move and the rest is history.
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Final Comment:
Chalk up the genius that is KOK and Stanzi for both recognizing this at the same time. Give credit to the pregame "scripting" of plays by the OC. I can almost guarantee this was something implemented earlier in the week because of UM tendencies defensively. Can you imagine what KOK can do with a Seasoned QB if somehow it was possible to have EACH year?
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