The Penalty Problem

[zoogs]

The ones that get me the most are the line penalties, holds, false starts, the occasional stupid clipping. It seems like offensive penalties have been nagging us ever since the Callahan years. Whatever the line was doing in the nineties, that's what we need to get back to at practice. When you can count on two or three holding calls per game, something's wrong.

This is why Milt Tenopir was consulting with Pelini/Cotton/Watson earlier this year. My understanding is Milt was trying to re-emphasize OL techniques and how to apply them in practice reps in order to cut down on penalties.

Imagine that Barney! An offensive line that focuses on technique!

 

[bshirt]

The, let us say, unfortunate penalties at the worst possible time is probably my only real complaint about Bo (Well that and doing the same fake toss the ball over the holder's head fake field goal over and over so the opponents know its coming)

You bring up a good point, huKSer, but the thing about penalties for our defense is that they only looked bad because our offense could do literally nothing. Penalties only look bad if they cost us a big opportunity that we need. Sure, the penalty against the defense late in the Big 12 CCG hurt, but if we had had any type of offense that could score touchdowns and not commit penalties, it wouldn't have mattered so much.

That's why I think the discipline and coaching gap between the offense and defense is pretty atrocious in some areas. Sometimes, it just seems like the team is being coached by two separate entities.

That's a very good point. With our offense it leaves a razor thin allowance for penalties.

Many think Bo goes for a lot bigger influence on the offensive side of the ball this year. I sure hope they're right!