>> More Ozigbo, dishing on Wisconsin, Illinois deep ball retrospective, and DPE plans (don't expect too much right away).
Haven't gone back and watched the game again because it would prolly pain me too much, but did he have the burst that Jackson did? I know he had the long run for a TD and another in the 4th I guess I was celebrating too much to really pay attention
His TD was about 19 yards long. He seemed to have a step. Then he had a good run in the 4th, I believe.
He had a nice burst, but more importantly he was decisive and didn't hesitate. Both he and Janovich do that. Newby and Cross don't. Cross takes too much time to get going and has crappy balance and vision. Newby is indecisive and dances too much. He is always looking for the big run. Big runs come from doing the stuff that is important to get the 5 yard run. Newby is a third down back.
Makes you wonder what a healthy and in shape Jordan Stevenson might have looked like
The backfield is starting to look like 2006's. The unknown (Ozigbo and Jackson) take over for the highly rated California RB. And we have a power back step up (Glenn and now Jano).
He didn't look quite like Bjax, but he didn't have the same OL plowing the way for him, either. They really tried running a power off tackle run with him-- think a stretch play-- that was mostly well-blocked. He had his TD run on this type of play. I'd love to see more of this if our OL can block it well. It'd sate the portion of the fanbase that yearns for more power run game. It's essentially one of the hallmark plays Wisconsin just hammers opponents with.
I expect to have near misses on long pass plays when it is windy. I expect this much more than success. That is why I don't like the play calls Lang
Actually about 5 of those carries for Janovich were out of single back formations. He is a good back. He is not going to break off a 50 yard run too often, but will get at least a couple yards every time.
It reminds me a little about how Green Bay used John Kuhn that one year when they were effectively out of reliable RBs to lean on. It wasn't big on style or stats, but Kuhn was a solid player who ground out the yards for them.
Exactly what I said to a group of guys talking about the game yesterday. Shows me that MR is so unsure of how to win that he figures he'll at least try to keep the fans happy by handing-off to Jano as much as possible, even when we all knew he shouldn't get the ball in some of those situations, especially the sweep play...it was a pathetic attempt at pandering to the fan-base. I don't care who gets the ball as long as we win, and that is the only thing that will keep everyone happy.
If that's what that was, it's a huge mistake. Bo tried to do that by running the Option several times. It was window-dressing and would always remain so unless they devoted many practice hours to it - something they weren't willing to do.
