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The Running Game - or lack thereof
- Thread starter Darth Snow
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Not to speak for Ken but 34/40 for 388 yards and 3 TDs does not say “effective” to you?
Passing game on last drive and on third down was anything but safe and effective.
Short throws were too short and they didn't move team down the field, one false start by Houston made matters worse, and 0-2 on throws that were too long, one about 20 yards down field and the last even further hugging the sideline.. with little chance of success of being effective on final drive, not to mention 4-11 on third down conversions and six sacks and 70 something lost yards on those sacks and the interception.
So do you and Ken believe in effective losses? And, are you happy with the L? Content losers stay losers. CU lost and should have won. Also where was the film work? Not much evidence it was undertaken and properly applied. CU is in general good at zone pass defense, and very good in man when it is the appropriate defense, but they need to mix things up and it is not a good idea to have almost "no" eyes on QB and "no" communication like on the 4th and 3 from the seven yard line that resulted in KSU's first touchdown, where CU played man and even Bentley didn't have eyes on QB and #8 should have seen the run and somehow didn't. A quiet defense is a dumb defense.
Short throws were too short and they didn't move team down the field, one false start by Houston made matters worse, and 0-2 on throws that were too long, one about 20 yards down field and the last even further hugging the sideline.. with little chance of success of being effective on final drive, not to mention 4-11 on third down conversions and six sacks and 70 something lost yards on those sacks and the interception.
So do you and Ken believe in effective losses? And, are you happy with the L? Content losers stay losers. CU lost and should have won. Also where was the film work? Not much evidence it was undertaken and properly applied. CU is in general good at zone pass defense, and very good in man when it is the appropriate defense, but they need to mix things up and it is not a good idea to have almost "no" eyes on QB and "no" communication like on the 4th and 3 from the seven yard line that resulted in KSU's first touchdown, where CU played man and even Bentley didn't have eyes on QB and #8 should have seen the run and somehow didn't. A quiet defense is a dumb defense.
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MarkW
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Time to watch some sexy offensive line play, especially Jordan Seaton -
So fast.
As an OL guy, you’d always get excited when they called your number on a pull like that. Especially if the team had an undersized DE.
MarkW
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I realize this thread is about the running game, but I think it also lends itself to a discussion about next season's quarterback (which has hijacked another thread).
Regardless of who is the starter and how good or not he is, continuing to grow the running game would make a huge difference (and that includes the rest of this season). Average 4+ yards or so on first down running and get the running backs up to a combined 140 or so a game and it will make a difference when thee QB drops back to pass.
Regardless of who is the starter and how good or not he is, continuing to grow the running game would make a huge difference (and that includes the rest of this season). Average 4+ yards or so on first down running and get the running backs up to a combined 140 or so a game and it will make a difference when thee QB drops back to pass.
I heard a stat this morning that teams that have won both the rushing yards and turnovers in a game are like 290-25 this season. I'd say that's a winning formula.
GRM
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That is a winning formula. Short fields, opportunistic turnovers/defense and ball control when you need it wins. It makes for a good road team, and supplants games where your QB has his "C" game. Also, I add physicality, as the Buffs are just so much more physical at all positions this year. This trend needs to continue. Even in the loses to kNU and KSU, they were slobber-knocker hard hitting games. CU's D did not have a great outing v. KSU, but I thought they met KSU physically. All season, the D has played hard even through the growing pains of installing a new defense.
Ideals for CU/Prime continuing an upward trajectory after this season:
(1) continue building a culture of competition, working hard (be the best you can be), keep a close locker-room, and get wins;
(2) stay the national TV darling;
(3) demonstrate an NFL pipeline--CU pro day has to be special (it will be this coming year) and I think this is Prime's and CO's selling point;
(4) If possible, hold onto Brian Livingston for 2-3 more seasons, and if he leaves, hopefully back-fill with his assistant, so we can run a same/similar system. The guys like playing in it;
(5) recruit/TP elite DL and edges with depth at that position--Sapp working out as coach would be huge (I just love his energy);
(6) keep Loadholt, with him here I see CU being in on great OLine transfers/recruits--obtain some road-graters while maintaining depth. Having Seaton work out with guys improving next to him bodes well for CU; and
(7) much like BL did with the defense, Shumer/the OC will need to play to their players strengths.
Personally, I would love to see CU build and maintain a monster defense / defensive pipeline. So long as Prime is here, I think they will obtain elite DBs, so I sort of take that for granted. Also, I think they will get some good LBs, that can play behind a good/special Dline. The improvement of this group, should generate interest for LBs to consider CU.
As long as we have Prime, a Blue-Chip will come here and play--whether from HS or the portal; and it may be 2 rather than just 1. I'm sort of trending towards larger QBs, maybe using the TP, but I think CU will get one. There should be drop off when SS's leaves (he is a Top 5 QB to NFL, played under Dad for many years), however just recruiting QB(s) with serious talent/buzz will keep the WRs/RBs coming here in droves. They will want to catch passes or play with "X" QB. Under Prime, I believe we will probably always feature an elite passing game. They need an adequate running game to go along with it. Since Prime has been here (exclusing his kids), except for a HR RB, Prime's staffs have really recruited excellent play-makers (and DBs), and I don't see that formula changing. TE is another matter. Whether a certain QB no matter how highly touted turns out/develops is another question all together. The weird thing with Slick Rick is for whatever reason, he was unable to recruit or really hit on a QB, at CU or any of his other stops. Coy getting hurt was a bummer.
Go Buffs.
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MarkW
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In the Cincinnati game during the Buffs third series CU ran some 20 personnel (2 backs, no TE) with Drelon Miller in the backfield. For a few plays they were creative in the way they got thee ball to Miller at least one of which was technically a pass play. I hope that this will continue.
I loved that shovel pass play. Beautiful.
Would have been better behind the back.
It always has been no matter what kind of rinky dink ass offenses some teams run.