(11-10-2014 01:48 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  Sam Craft has a lot to do with the offense being different IMO. The fly sweep is basically gone now.

This year has been impressive. Even more impressive considering the loss of Craft and Dorceus.

(11-10-2014 05:12 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(11-10-2014 02:08 AM)TigerJJ Wrote:  CJF's game plan lately has been to be very conservative on offense and let the defense win the field position battle. Unfortunately, by doing that our play calling is becoming very predictable.
Tulane looked to be a very improved team against Houston and better than its record shows. If the above trend continues, this will be a close ball game.

It's not that bad, there is a trend. Craft had a monster rushing game against Cincy mainly because he was the only available back and he kept moving the chains. Against Houston, they keyed on him and we turned the ball over five times. We were still in it until the end.

Against SMU and Tulsa the running game again dominated so Temple to their credit stopped it. Paxton was something like 20-27 with no picks. That isn't all that conservative. Besides, I am sure that after those previous two games Brandon Hayes was getting a little worn down. He still ground out 75 yards. A few more carries could have gotten him to 100. We weren't conservative on that final drive, we played fast and worked the clock perfectly.

My only wish is that we had a running back that could get to the corner and turn on the jets.

losing Dorceus hurt us there, robert davis could be that guy but he had to pick a fight with a 6'10" 300# dude.

(11-12-2014 10:15 AM)Bill83 Wrote:  

(11-10-2014 05:12 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(11-10-2014 02:08 AM)TigerJJ Wrote:  CJF's game plan lately has been to be very conservative on offense and let the defense win the field position battle. Unfortunately, by doing that our play calling is becoming very predictable.
Tulane looked to be a very improved team against Houston and better than its record shows. If the above trend continues, this will be a close ball game.

It's not that bad, there is a trend. Craft had a monster rushing game against Cincy mainly because he was the only available back and he kept moving the chains. Against Houston, they keyed on him and we turned the ball over five times. We were still in it until the end.

Against SMU and Tulsa the running game again dominated so Temple to their credit stopped it. Paxton was something like 20-27 with no picks. That isn't all that conservative. Besides, I am sure that after those previous two games Brandon Hayes was getting a little worn down. He still ground out 75 yards. A few more carries could have gotten him to 100. We weren't conservative on that final drive, we played fast and worked the clock perfectly.

My only wish is that we had a running back that could get to the corner and turn on the jets.

losing Dorceus hurt us there, robert davis could be that guy but he had to pick a fight with a 6'10" 300# dude.

If Davis couldn't outrun that dude, maybe he shouldn't be a running back

Ummmm, Davis didn't run, he

HE had to be pulled off, not the other way around.
He is still working his way back into the coaches favor. From what I understand, blocking is more of the problem than anything. Our RBs have a lot of blocking assignments and do a very good job that is not usually recognized.