Running game blocking scheme

[uihawk82]

Sitting at the last two games in beautiful Kinnick stadium it seems that both opponents are sending extra defenders to the edge on the stretch play or sweep/outside runs. Teams know to attack that edge and our running backs are not going to cut back and we hardly ever try to run reverses (especially after today).

Canzeri had some nice runs that were more straight ahead blast plays off the left side where he hit the hole fast.

Maybe this isnt a great zone blocking team and it will be interesting to see if the coaches go for more of a straight ahead power blocking scheme. The hawks do run some power blocking where they pull a guard into the hole and the running back seems to have an assigned hole to aim at.

 

[biasedHAWKEYE]

Sitting at the last two games in beautiful Kinnick stadium it seems that both opponents are sending extra defenders to the edge on the stretch play or sweep/outside runs. Teams know to attack that edge and our running backs are not going to cut back and we hardly ever try to run reverses (especially after today).

Canzeri had some nice runs that were more straight ahead blast plays off the left side where he hit the hole fast.

Maybe this isnt a great zone blocking team and it will be interesting to see if the coaches go for more of a straight ahead power blocking scheme. The hawks do run some power blocking where they pull a guard into the hole and the running back seems to have an assigned hole to aim at.

I think counters are there. Both ball state and UNI over pursued and Iowa only punished them on a jet sweep or two. Have to keep the D honest. The ground game is a dumpster fire right now.

 

[NCHawker]

I'd like to be a fly on the wall when Kirk sits down with Brian up close and personal and breaks down the film of the O-Line.

 

[Saginawbay]

O-line is a mystery so far for sure? Pass blocking has been good, but are run blocking has not arrived yet, and this was suppose too be the strength of this team, needs to improve moving forward.

 

[uihawk82]

I think counters are there. Both ball state and UNI over pursued and Iowa only punished them on a jet sweep or two. Have to keep the D honest. The ground game is a dumpster fire right now.

We hardly ever run counters in the last 4-6 years. We used to use the cutback as a counter.

We dont run the deep stretch play handoff like with Freddy Russell where the RB has time to read and room to cutback.

The waggle reverse run be the QB or pass to the TE/FB is our main counter play.

If you look at old OPs I have asked for counter plays for years. But no, they hardly ever do it.

 

[biasedHAWKEYE]

We hardly ever run counters in the last 4-6 years. We used to use the cutback as a counter.

We dont run the deep stretch play handoff like with Freddy Russell where the RB has time to read and room to cutback.

The waggle reverse run be the QB or pass to the TE/FB is our main counter play.

If you look at old OPs I have asked for counter plays for years. But no, they hardly ever do it.

Agreed.

I feel like Canzeri would thrive in our early 2000's offense. Even LeShaun Daniels would work really well in a power-O looks, counters, etc. I don't know why we have gone away from those staples...they were the plays that kept the D honest.

...I can't believe how much I miss KoK.

 

[NCHawker]

I still wonder....I got it in the back of my mind.....that somehow...they're not showing the run game so much because they are just hell bent on developing the passing game and becoming more explosive. After all that was why they lost 4 games last year...just an absence of a good dynamic explosive offense.

KF and GD have been around for a long time, only old timers would have the patience to pull off something like this in OOC play.

OK, so maybe the run game isn't quite what they hoped, but as we all know, you gotta stay with it and a good run game usually manifests it self in the 2nd half. So Iowa did not do the usual cultivation of the running attack as they normally do.

(strokes beard looks off into the distance, sips coffee)

 

[biasedHAWKEYE]

I still wonder....I got it in the back of my mind.....that somehow...they're not showing the run game so much because they are just hell bent on developing the passing game and becoming more explosive. After all that was why they lost 4 games last year...just an absence of a good dynamic explosive offense.

KF and GD have been around for a long time, only old timers would have the patience to pull off something like this in OOC play.

OK, so maybe the run game isn't quite what they hoped, but as we all know, you gotta stay with it and a good run game usually manifests it self in the 2nd half. So Iowa did not do the usual cultivation of the running attack as they normally do.

(strokes beard looks off into the distance, sips coffee)

I used to buy into that stuff every year...the "we're holding back" "we're trying to work on things right now" "We're going vanilla early in the year." More often than not, it just turned out that that was the way the offense was going to look.

 

[trj]

I know the middle of Iowa State's defense is softer than wet toliet paper. There will be a ton of yardage to be had. Maybe more hat on hat power blocking would work for this game use the smaller guys early and pound Weisman later on in the game. We all know one thing for sure ISU will come off the bus selling out against the run and if I see Weisman's head up Scherf's keester on some 2 yd. stretch play. I will lose my freaking mind. Those cutback lanes will be there because ISU will be overpursuing. Burnham is going to let them boys run wild, especially the linebackers.