Offense Going Forward

[Gocats15]

I thought our offense made some strides yesterday, and showed some things that haven't been evident in previous weeks. It seemed like we went uptempo more often which was nice to see. Another big thing was that they used Miller in the slot again, and utilized his quickness in space. Also, Savon Huggins showed yesterday that he should be the main every down back. He showed power, quickness, and most importantly, vision. Another great thing was that we utilized our TE's and threw more short/intermediate routes instead of long developing pass plays. Hopefully the offense finally will get in sync for the stretch run.

[vbfan19]

Re: Offense Going Forward

I have to wonder if that perception is due to UNI's offense really getting better,
or just that it looked better b/c USD's defense wasn't the greatest?

UNI's offense looked great at Cal Poly, but then when they had to match up with a good defense, they went back to looking terrible.

[run&blade]

Re: Offense Going Forward

It is what it is. I think barring injury Bailey will take take every snap this year and next.

[06panther10]

What we saw yesterday is passable as long as the D keeps playing they way they have. We have given up 14 total points the last 2 weeks.

Scratch and claw our way to a few 1st downs to keep the TOP manageable, and get to 20ish points and I like our chances.

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Offense Going Forward

I have to wonder if that perception is due to UNI's offense really getting better,
or just that it looked better b/c USD's defense wasn't the greatest?

UNI's offense looked great at Cal Poly, but then when they had to match up with a good defense, they went back to looking terrible.

For me it wasn't about the production, it was about the change in schemes/play calling.

[Gocats15]

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For me it wasn't about the production, it was about the change in schemes/play calling.

I agree with this. We were calling different pass routes that took less time to develop, which makes things easier on the QB.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

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I totally agree, I think a lot of the progress was in the plays called. It was a more diverse playbook. They threw underneath, they used the TE's. They ran the ball effectively. They were even under center a couple times.

Not sure of the reason for that. Maybe they are just getting more of the playbook in, maybe they are getting more comfortable with what the personnel does well. It does seem like it's starting to come together a little bit.

I think AB looks improved as well but that should come with more reps. I hope we continue to see improvement from him. He may also be getting a boost in confidence knowing he's the guy to who's going to get all the snaps. Plus get 90% of the practice snaps with the ones.

I'd say barring injury AB is the guy for this year and next. Then it's most likely Dunne's job or he'd certainly be the favorite to win it.

[jegbomb52]

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I totally agree, I think a lot of the progress was in the plays called. It was a more diverse playbook. They threw underneath, they used the TE's. They ran the ball effectively. They were even under center a couple times.

Not sure of the reason for that. Maybe they are just getting more of the playbook in, maybe they are getting more comfortable with what the personnel does well. It does seem like it's starting to come together a little bit.

I think AB looks improved as well but that should come with more reps. I hope we continue to see improvement from him. He may also be getting a boost in confidence knowing he's the guy to who's going to get all the snaps. Plus get 90% of the practice snaps with the ones.

I'd say barring injury AB is the guy for this year and next. Then it's most likely Dunne's job or he'd certainly be the favorite to win it.

You know you would think it is Dunne's job after Bailey, but i'll bet you a BAJILLION!!!!! dollars there will be a qb dual between Dunne and some transfer dual threat qb ....

[claw]

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You know you would think it is Dunne's job after Bailey, but i'll bet you a BAJILLION!!!!! dollars there will be a qb dual between Dunne and some transfer dual threat qb ....

We've already got one on campus that's redshirting this year - Dwayne Collins. He's listed like they moved him to WR, but we all know the truth

[achrist70]

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I think you will see Bailey improve big time, which you are already starting to see, if he gets every rep, our QB problem is that we are splitting reps in practice, the last QB to get all the reps in practice was Pat Grace before his injury in '08

It is a pretty easy formula to figure out at UNI.

Great Defense + Good Running Game + QB given chance to be successful= Success

I can't figure out why Farley can't figure this out.

I think another problem may be Farley getting too involved with the O Line, Farley was yelling at Barkema most of the game on Saturday, most of the time contradicting himself each series, you can see things like that on the field, when a position coach isn't allowed to coach his players. Nelson had been around Farley long enough to know how to basically ignore this, but Barkema being new, almost seemed to be bullied.

[wretched]

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Think they got to take advantage of the next 3 games and really get the O cranked up, they don't play a great defense and to be honest two really bad defenses in SIU and MSU, ISUb certaintly isn't bad but not great either. I think if they can get the O cranked up are feeling good about themselves they will be an extremely tough out come playoff time assuming they win out, which if the O gets going I just don't see anyway they don't win out.