What Did We Learn - Wisconsin

We're still terrible on offense on 1st down. Terrible.

I felt confident that Riley was smart enough to know that if he didn't relatively commit to the run that people would have the pitchforks out. The people with the least amount of patience still have the pitchforks out, but I'd say he did commit to the run.

It was two relatively incompetent offenses. In other words, a pretty typical mid-tier B1G game. But we were just so bad on 1st down, we didn't give ourselves enough steam for those inevitable last two minutes of horror in the 4th.

Tommy probably needs to run more. He actually sees holes and can pick up some yards. We couldn't or wouldn't get the ball to Westerkamp. Just a terrible offensive day, again.

 
This staff's inability to maintain drives hardly at all is frustrating. Seeing 3 and out after 3 and out must drive the defense up a friggin' wall, as banged up as they are.

I was hoping they'd feature that stretch run play more. Thought they could have used that on the final drive to try to get a first down. This staff sorely needs a run play or two or four they know they can rely on in crunch time to get positive yardage and first down- go to plays.

 
That I'm getting tired of seeing this coaching staff putting the team in a position to give up the booty in the 4th quarter.

 
I just feel like forcing myself to see things with the glass half full is appropriate right now, so here's my take on that stat:

They're our biggest rival. Last year our stubborn, schizophrenic "defensive genius" coach allowed them to rush for 408 yards. We embarrassed their run game, and our D-Line was dominant. We forced them to throw the ball, and they came out ahead when time expired.

Is that assessment really that far off? I don't think it's "sunshine pumping."

 
Undone said:
I just feel like forcing myself to see things with the glass half full is appropriate right now, so here's my take on that stat:

They're our biggest rival. Last year our stubborn, schizophrenic "defensive genius" coach allowed them to rush for 408 yards. We embarrassed their run game, and our D-Line was dominant. We forced them to throw the ball, and they came out ahead when time expired.

Is that assessment really that far off? I don't think it's "sunshine pumping."
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IDK, but there's a mountain of evidence against the Banker's scheme and Stewarts coaching. We certainly have better talent in the secondary than what this historically bad pass defense is showing.

 
YAY

Sam Foltz. Think of things if that ankle sprain in Week 1 were worse.

He averaged 43.8 yards a punt on Saturday, including another pin job at the foe's 1. On the bad side, NU had only four more first downs (13) than Foltz had punts (9).
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Igetbored216 said:
Bowfin said:
- DBs still not looking back for the ball
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Maybe they are afraid to see it might be coming their way...
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As crazy as it sounds, it may help them to knock down the pass. I don't know, maybe I'm just crazy though.
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I don't remember where I read it but I believe this is actually a Banker-approved technique. Supposedly the idea is that the back is faster that way. Obviously not working out so great. Others on here maybe could expound on this poor choice of technique.

 
Here's what Riley had to say about looking for the ball. Honestly, I've never been one who makes a big deal of looking for the ball. As Riley hints at, your just as likely to lose your coverage as you are to find the ball. So stick with the coverage and try to bat the ball when the receiver reaches for it.

At least in how we're playing it. I'd rather not have so many guys running with our backs to the QB but that's apparently how Banker wants it.

"I've learned a lot coaching defensive backs early on in my career," he said. "I had two guys in Winnipeg, one of them was an older veteran, and one of them was a veteran. And the rookie was long, kind of a linear guy. He loved to press and then play into the hands of the receiver. And the older guy played off, he had a good sense of the quarterback and the receiver, great vision, been playing a long time, totally different how they played the deep ball.

"But really in general, the way you have to play it, is if you are in good shape on a receiver, we call it being in phase with him, basically being on the high shoulder. And you're in good shape, then you can look back for the ball. If he's ahead of you, and he's beating you off the line of scrimmage, there's no sense in looking back, because you look back, you're going to lose speed and he's running full speed. So you've got to gain ground. And that's where you find guys playing into them. And that's where you get in trouble. First of all, they're not in great shape, they're trying to recover to a position.

"If they look back, the ball's not being thrown to them. That's what I always tell them. It's being thrown to the other guy, so you better get to him before you look back for the ball. So you've got to be in good shape before you look back for the ball in general."
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