@Twangers awhile back you mentioned that the LBs and safeties were the two position groups most of place/terrible at positioning. Has that still been the case these past few weeks?
@Twangers awhile back you mentioned that the LBs and safeties were the two position groups most of place/terrible at positioning. Has that still been the case these past few weeks?
Haven't seen them play at all. Highlights of their and our offensive stats from Bigten.org:So I’ve heard msu is bad on offense. Haven’t seen them play at all. What are they so bad at? What is/are their strength(s)?
Haven't seen them play at all. Highlights of their and our offensive stats from Bigten.org:
MSU:
23.9 pts per game vs. 21.0 pts per game opponents
117 yds rushing per game vs. 117 yds rushing per game opponents
240 yds passing per game vs. 197 yds passing per game opponents
357 yds total offense per game vs. 314 yds total offense per game opponents
Illini:
29.7 pts per game vs. 29.6 pts per game opponents
146 yds rushing per game vs. 195 yds rushing per game opponents
188 yds passing per game vs. 237 yds passing per game opponents
333 yds total offense per game vs. 432 yds total offense per game opponents
Since they appear to favor the passing game, it looks like a repeat of Purdue game weather would be welcomed.
Go Illini
Doesn’t really matter but the source you’re citing has got some weird voodoo math going on there. MSU has scored 174 points this year and allowed 175 which renders it SLIGHTLY improbable that they would average 23.9 on offense and 21.0 on defense.
LOL, we don’t allow 29.6 either, we allow 24.7. Those guys need a better formula.
maybe it’s just conference play? Would that make more sense for those numbers?
Totally my bad. The stats are directly from the Bigten.org website, but I looked at the stat pages and Illinois' is only updated through the Wisconsin game (10/19) and Michigan State's are updated only through their game against Wisconsin (10/12). Come on BigTen.org, get with it!Doesn’t really matter but the source you’re citing has got some weird voodoo math going on there. MSU has scored 174 points this year and allowed 175 which renders it SLIGHTLY improbable that they would average 23.9 on offense and 21.0 on defense.
LOL, we don’t allow 29.6 either, we allow 24.7. Those guys need a better formula.
Totally my bad. The stats are directly from the Bigten.org website, but I looked at the stat pages and Illinois' is only updated through the Wisconsin game (10/19) and Michigan State's are updated only through their game against Wisconsin (10/12). Come on BigTen.org, get with it!
Winnable, but will take our best effort of the year.
Ah, now that makes sense.
The kid Lewerke had a lot of problems against ASU and it sounds like those have carried over to the rest of the season. He’s got the same central issue as Brandon but with the opposite end result. They both struggle to correctly diagnose the defensive coverages pre and post snap. The difference is, when Brandon gets confused he hesitates which causes him to miss throws he shouldn’t miss and take sacks he shouldn’t take. With Lewerke, when he gets confused, he either bails on the pocket or he lets the ball go before the route develops. Left a lot of yards on the field against the Sun Devils.
Be interesting to see how we attack him. My gut says to blitz.
We show blitz quite a bit then drop back into coverage. That's about the only pre-snap wrinkle I can see.I know you’re more tuned into the schematic side of things, but don’t we basically show our hand presnap every time?
We’re man with a single high safety or we’re cover 2 and you’ll know which one it is when you break the huddle.
Sometimes we’ll spice it up and fill those gaps presnap but just play the numbers that 90% of the time those guys drop back and there’s not a whole lot to really diagnose. What say you?
We show blitz quite a bit then drop back into coverage. That's about the only pre-snap wrinkle I can see.
When we do blitz it will surprise everyone in the stadium, including Lovie.That's one thing I still can't stand. I can understand once in a while, but either blitz more out of that package or leave them back. It leaves them out of position in a lot of cases to have them show at the line that late.
We show blitz quite a bit then drop back into coverage. That's about the only pre-snap wrinkle I can see.
That's one thing I still can't stand. I can understand once in a while, but either blitz more out of that package or leave them back. It leaves them out of position in a lot of cases to have them show at the line that late.
We do blitz from those sets, quite a bit actually.
It won't leave them out of position, they'll be able to get to the spot. This is where recruiting better athletes makes all the difference, however.