Post by nforkbeav on Sept 19, 2017 21:45:03 GMT -8
Just finished watching that game(I love one hour football) and the UCLA play calling may rival punting from the 30.
UCLA's on the road, is much bigger up front and averaged 4.9 yards per carry. The runs between tackle were actually averaging more ypc. Yet they pass the ball 56 times and run it 35 times. 2 INT's by Rosen, one a pick 6, the other inside the redzone late in the game with a chance to take the lead.
The other puzzling thing I noticed, every play action pass he faked the handoff with his back to the LOS. Yet every time they ran the ball he never turned his back and handed it off facing the LOS. You would think a smart player/coach is going to notice that and use that as a blitz trigger. Memphis did successfully blitz in the second half and force some mistakes by Rosen.
Had UCLA come out and committed to the run early in the game the Memphis D would have been worn down in the second half, UCLA would not have had two picks and the Memphis offense would have stayed off the field. Instead they took the bigger, more powerful team on the road and tried to out finesse a very good finesse team. We aren't the only ones doing less with Mora.
UCLA's on the road, is much bigger up front and averaged 4.9 yards per carry. The runs between tackle were actually averaging more ypc. Yet they pass the ball 56 times and run it 35 times. 2 INT's by Rosen, one a pick 6, the other inside the redzone late in the game with a chance to take the lead.
The other puzzling thing I noticed, every play action pass he faked the handoff with his back to the LOS. Yet every time they ran the ball he never turned his back and handed it off facing the LOS. You would think a smart player/coach is going to notice that and use that as a blitz trigger. Memphis did successfully blitz in the second half and force some mistakes by Rosen.
Had UCLA come out and committed to the run early in the game the Memphis D would have been worn down in the second half, UCLA would not have had two picks and the Memphis offense would have stayed off the field. Instead they took the bigger, more powerful team on the road and tried to out finesse a very good finesse team. We aren't the only ones doing less with Mora.
