Keys to the Mizzou game.

The key to containing Smith is not a spy. We didnt spy on him last year. It is interior pressure. We need to have a great game from our tackles, or blitz effectively to cover for them. Smith is dangerous when he steps up in the pocket and has a chance to run through the line, not around it. Its all about LeKevin and Titus. Both has a great game against Missou last year, even if it didnt show in the stat column, and the collapsing pocket was proof of it.
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We did too put a spy on Smith last year. In fact, Callahan said at the post game news conference that the spy was a big reason that we contained Smith for the most part during the game. It was two years ago when Pelini said that he never heard of using a spy and that it doesn't exist when we did not use a spy.

 
Who should we use as a spy though? A linebacker? Maybe Bullocks? It may also be a good idea to run more of a 4-2-5 and use a faster player like Shanle as a spy.

 
The key to containing Smith is not a spy. We didnt spy on him last year. It is interior pressure. We need to have a great game from our tackles, or blitz effectively to cover for them. Smith is dangerous when he steps up in the pocket and has a chance to run through the line, not around it. Its all about LeKevin and Titus. Both has a great game against Missou last year, even if it didnt show in the stat column, and the collapsing pocket was proof of it.
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We did too put a spy on Smith last year. In fact, Callahan said at the post game news conference that the spy was a big reason that we contained Smith for the most part during the game. It was two years ago when Pelini said that he never heard of using a spy and that it doesn't exist when we did not use a spy.
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gamecocks answered the question. We did spy Smith last year. Adam Carriker was the spy. Anyone who is interested in watching highlights from last years Missouri game can watch it here on Big Red Wrapup

Let me see.....Kauffmann looked at Mizzou and said"this looks like a winner"C'mon....you guys are drooling over a kid who has done what?.......what big games has he had?....LOL LOL
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Chase Coffman has 24 catches for 266 yards (avg 11 yards per catch) and 2 touchdowns.

J.B Phillips: 6 catches for 30 yard (avg 5 yards a catch)

Clayton Sievers: 5 catches for 28 yards (avg 5.6 a catch)

Sorry but with all due respect, you are wrong on this one. If you think he's overrated, then why would the NU coaches offer someone who is overrated?

 
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Are you sure it was Carriker? I could of swore we had Josh Bullocks following Brad Smith that whole game. If I remember corredtly Bullocks was playing right around where the LBs would play.

 
I may or may not be right about the spy, but I know that nameless is wrong. If you want to say that the defensive ends were told to stay in their lanes when they rushed than that would make sense, but Carriker was not dropping from the rush and spying the quarterback. He was in on numerous tackles in the backfield, which is IMPOSSIBLE for a spy to do when their first move is to stand straight up. Bullocks blitzed alot, but im not sure if he was spying. As I said before, I went to the game and there was no one hanging out at the line of scrimmage spying Smith. They did however have the backside defensive end concentrate primarily on keeping contain.

 
Are you sure it was Carriker?  I could of swore we had Josh Bullocks following Brad Smith that whole game. If I remember corredtly Bullocks was playing right around where the LBs would play.
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Yeah i am pretty sure. Popped in the dvd from last year against Missouri and Carriker was on him like a fly. The Bulocks you are thinking about is actually Josh who became more or less a DE in dime packages. Ruud rotated on and off on certain blitz packages with Carriker when we needed to drop back if a pass was coming on the play. No offense to anyone, but i want to make sure people know what a spy actually does. Stuckinchicago is right though. 9 times out of 10, when you use a spy, it's a LB that usually holds that duty so that the DE's can drop back or blitz depending on the down and thus clogging up the backfield when you have a mobile QB. That's why it worked so great when we stuck Carriker on him because Missouri didn't see it coming and could do nothing against it

 
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Are you sure it was Carriker?  I could of swore we had Josh Bullocks following Brad Smith that whole game. If I remember corredtly Bullocks was playing right around where the LBs would play.
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The Bulocks you are thinking about is actually Josh who became more or less a DE in dime packages.
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That's who I said. Josh Bullocks.

 
Wouldn't it seem logical to randomly change our spy throughout the game? If Smith knows who is spying on him i'm sure he can figure a way to get by him. If we can confuse him by not letting him know who is spying on any particular play I think that may have some effect.

 
Wouldn't it seem logical to randomly change our spy throughout the game? If Smith knows who is spying on him i'm sure he can figure a way to get by him. If we can confuse him by not letting him know who is spying on any particular play I think that may have some effect.
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That's usually how it's done. The spy can rotate between any of the 3 linebackers. The most obvious is the middle linebacker because he has a direct view of the QB. The second most obvious position to spy from is the free safety. When you mix it up with DE's, LB's and CB's, it makes it harder to predict. There's a reason why Missouri only got 57 yards rushing last year against us, after coming in averaging close to 190 yards a game.

 
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