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Post by gnawitall on Jan 9, 2018 17:24:40 GMT -8
can any defensive football minded folks out there explain to me how Georgia could give up such a wide open look for 'Bama at 2nd and 26? I try to learn more as I watch and believe Georgia had what they call a single high safety and he was responsible for middle 3rd but if that's the case they could have run a fly pattern at both ends and had someone open. Just doesn't make sense.
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Post by vhalum92 on Jan 9, 2018 17:54:30 GMT -8
I will give it a go.....
First off, Bama was throwing to the side #14, the DB for Georgia, for most of the second half. They chose to pick on him.
When I watched the replay.... Bama baby face QB definety looks the saftey to the offensive right (I believe all along knowing he was throwing back to the left trying to beat #14). If you watch as the catch is being made #14 for Georgia is throwing his hands in the air because he thought he had safety help.
If you are playing a zone with a single high safety (this is the only defense I played in High School) the Strong Safety or 4th db and the Corner have to communicate who is taking the deep zone. But the rule is always go with the guy who is deepest in your zone and widest... #14 didn't do that.
I also think he got beat on the speed factor... Bama WR, #6 got behind him and he was toast. Did the Strong Safety call the deep zone and bit on an under route? Only they will know the answer to that. I believe if they were in zone another DB should have rotated back into the deep outside zone or #14 was in man to man and thought he was getting help from a "Free Safety" the single high guy btw. My best guess.
I think what was even more of a wow factor was the Bama coaches calling a long pass play after a sack. Why did they think they would get it blocked the next time? My only guess is they didn't want to trust the kicker after his end of regulation miss.
Go Beavs!
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Post by sagebrush on Jan 9, 2018 21:59:32 GMT -8
#14 was getting beat like a red headed b+stard step child the entire second half and defensive genius Kirby Smart (?) did nothing to adjust.
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Post by TheGlove on Jan 9, 2018 22:29:45 GMT -8
The Bama QB explained the UGA D as Cover 2. I think that means 2 deep safties taking half zones. Tua looked right, pulling the left safety to the middle of the field. The corner thought he was going to have deep help, but he didn't.
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Post by mallardhunter on Jan 10, 2018 14:25:03 GMT -8
Also a lot of talk on sports radio yesterday about the coverage. Was a Cover 2. Immediately identified as such by all the coaches commenting on the feed on ESPNU and apparently picked up on pre-snap by Tua.
The safety got caught trying to play someone else's assingment (i.e. he can't worry about the guys on the right side of the field, the left side was his and he drifted inside the hash)
But just as importantly, the corner failed to jam the receiver off the line. So without being touched he basically went into a full sprint and nothing slowed him down.
Makes for too much ground for the safety to cover on the over the top help.
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Post by Judge Smails on Jan 10, 2018 16:47:58 GMT -8
I will give it a go..... First off, Bama was throwing to the side #14, the DB for Georgia, for most of the second half. They chose to pick on him. When I watched the replay.... Bama baby face QB definety looks the saftey to the offensive right (I believe all along knowing he was throwing back to the left trying to beat #14). If you watch as the catch is being made #14 for Georgia is throwing his hands in the air because he thought he had safety help. If you are playing a zone with a single high safety (this is the only defense I played in High School) the Strong Safety or 4th db and the Corner have to communicate who is taking the deep zone. But the rule is always go with the guy who is deepest in your zone and widest... #14 didn't do that. I also think he got beat on the speed factor... Bama WR, #6 got behind him and he was toast. Did the Strong Safety call the deep zone and bit on an under route? Only they will know the answer to that. I believe if they were in zone another DB should have rotated back into the deep outside zone or #14 was in man to man and thought he was getting help from a "Free Safety" the single high guy btw. My best guess. I think what was even more of a wow factor was the Bama coaches calling a long pass play after a sack. Why did they think they would get it blocked the next time? My only guess is they didn't want to trust the kicker after his end of regulation miss. Go Beavs! The long pass play should have been obvious. The sack took them out of FG range and they needed 26 yards for the 1st down. It had nothing to do with trust in their kicker. |
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Post by vhalum92 on Jan 11, 2018 17:11:27 GMT -8
I'm not sure the long pass play was obvious after a sack. I would have thought a quicker hitting pass play in space trying to get 15 yards... it was second down and I'd imagine 15-20 yards would put them back in "makable kicking range".
Remember they only needed a Field Goal to tie.
I was surprised by the long pass play on 2nd, after the sack. I'm not a D1 coach, admittedly so maybe I shouldn't have been surprised. And Georgia didn't defend it well.
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Post by mbabeav on Jan 11, 2018 20:03:15 GMT -8
It was probably something that they saw from the booth that was obvious to them. You don't make a play like that unless you are pretty sure how the defense is going to respond to your formation, and they certainly ended up with a wide open receiver.
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