Mavric

NU - 31 NU - 10 Passing - 310 Rushing - 170

I really only *need* to see a win. But it would sure be nice if we came out and played well right from the start instead of waiting for the second half.

OWH

DPE definitely qualifies as a playmaker and that punt return was a great effort by him. It would be nice if we gave him anything resembling a chance going forward:

Still considering taking OVs to Oklahoma, Texas A&M, UCLA & USC

Decommitted from North Carolina. Said a couple weeks ago he was planning OVs to Nebraska, Florida, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Georgia.

Not as creepy as your avi. #BoomRoasted

Strom going to play basketball at UC Davis

Just in case you have 20 minutes with absolutely nothing else to do.

Plus if you watch KWill, he's looking at the slot the entire way. He doesn't even see that it's a running play until the back is almost by him. However AWill is lined up inside and keying the back the entire time. He just made a bad guess as to where the play is going.

On Oregon's first TD, NU had 2 LB's stacked on the left side of the defense and Oregon ran to NU's right. Obviously, one of the LB's was out of position. Oregon does that to teams with their tempo. On Oregon's 3rd TD (50 yard run after NU turnover) Banderas was lined up as MLB, but he appeared to be lined up over the right guard. Where he lined up, he was giving the offense way too much room on the wide side of the field. Sure enough, Oregon ran an outside zone to the wide side of the field and Banderas got caught inside and was easily blocked by the Oregon lineman. The Oregon RB was off to the races after that. Unless you are speaking on a different play I remember Bando in good position, but completely missed the tackle. I thought Freedom set the edge well on these plays but some people didn't fill correctly. I am speaking of a different play. Bando's complete whiff of a tackle was on the 4th and 1 play from NU's 42. That was Oregon's 4th TD. Bando should have made the tackle for a 3 yard gain, but the RB went right through him. The play I am referencing was Oregon's 3rd TD to make the score 20-7. I could be way off but I didn't understand why Bando was lining up on the boundary side of the center, giving up the wide field. To me, if he was lined up on the wide side of the center, he would have been in position to make the play. Just watched the play you are speaking of. I am not sure why we were over playing the short side of the field. Bando got a little sucked up, but Kieron also made a bad read on the play. Yeah, I am not sure what Kieron is reading on that play. It appears he has outside responsibility. Bando can't let the center (who is pulling on the play) get him stuck on the inside. Maybe I am way off on the alignment issue, because the back is lined up on the boundary side of the field. Banker did say after the game that the D came into the game doing heavy preparation on the inside zone, so maybe Bando is guessing this play is going to be an inside zone read to the boundary. This play is an outside zone play to the wide side, and the D is a complete bust, as NU doesn't have enough defenders on the wide side. The only way Kieron's read on that play makes sense is if he's got outside contain. His angle makes absolutely no sense. He should be filling that hole immediately upon reading run. Instead, he's running right towards the slot receiver that is already engaged by AWill. There isn't even anyone in motion towards the outside that he would be responsible for. In terms of alignment, we're in a Nickel against 4 wides. Bando is lined up A gap on the boundary side, with Young in C gap on the slot receiver. We have comparable numbers on the boundary side; it's just a misplay by Bando. He takes an angle to the center's inside shoulder instead of taking outside lever; it's almost like he's expecting help from the secondary towards the outside. I think we outsmarted ourselves trying to disguise the coverage. We lined up to make it look like it was a Cover 2/Quarters look. But you can see the two Williams discussing something before the play. We are actually running a Cover 3. A Williams has the back and K Williams has the slot. A Williams reads the back and thinks he's going outside so he fired up trying to fight across the block of the slot. But that opens up a huge hole for the back to cut upfield. K Williams runs up because he's in man coverage on the slot. On the other side of the field, it looks like the same thing that got Bando in trouble. Young is in man coverage on the slot so Bando is the only run support on that side of the field. That's why he's shaded to the boundary because A Williams is supposed to have run support to the field. Is it Cover 3 or Cover 1? Either way, Kieron made a poor read. Well, I'm pretty sure it's a Cover 3 but if the outside guys go deep it amounts to a Cover 1. I don't think it was Kieron that messed up. Aaron Williams should have gotten inside and filled that lane. Kieron could also have made a play on it but his primary was covering the slot. Aaron's primary was the back but he didn't get anywhere near him. I don't know; the way Aaron flies to the outside indicates to me he's got outside contain. If he had RB out of the backfield, you'd think he'd flow immediately towards that, right? Yeah, that's why I think he screwed up. He read the wide release and thought he had to get wide. That left the big hole to the inside. If AWill had outside contain and KWill had the inside lane, that wouldn't leave anyone covering the slot.