Sammy11
Well-Known Member
BU fan here. Posted this on Baylorfans and was curious about your thoughts. Please let me know what you agree/disagree with. Hopefully its a good game and none of this is intended as smack.
For reference I saw almost all of CU-UGA and the dvr got full at halftime of Mizzou-CU. I know what happened in Berkeley but I didn't see it so I'm going off what I have seen.
Schedule- Not an easy one. They have beaten CSU, Hawaii, and UGA. Lost to Mizzou and been nuked by Jeff Tedford and Cal. CSU is a pushover but the other 2 are not. Hawaii has no D but CU was able to limit them for the most part. They had a blown coverage on an 80 yard completion but apart from that they were under 4 per play against an offense that lit up USC.
QB- Hansen is athletic in the mold of a Zac Robinson, Colt McCoy, or Jake Plummer. He's not a burner but can make solid fakes and elude people in the run game. He had 3 key runs against UGA. UGA blitzed 6 guys vs a QB draw on a long run he had to help set up their first score and he also was able to shake a defender who got good pass pressure and scramble for a TD later. They will run option and qb reads on occasion so our guys need to be disciplined.
He makes ok decisions as the only pick I saw was a pass thrown behind his TE who tipped it in the air and UGA picked it. His accuracy is streaky so he's ok but not great.
RB- The main guy is rodney stewart. He's short, lightweight, and suprisingly tough to tackle. He's like Darren Sproles with a lower top speed. He came in and beat out Darrell Scott who was a top RB recruit and has made plays all through his career. That said their run game is decent but not elite. In the UGA game they had 47 carries for 235 and over 5 per carry. However if you take out the one 65 yard option play that UGA sent 2 guys after the QB on the numbers change dramatically. Without that run (and filtering out the QB runs) the CU non-qbs averaged 3.4 per carry.
Against Mizzou the overall stats were ok with 4.35 per RB carry but if you eliminate the one run before the half where Mizzou was in prevent (22 yard draw play) their average drops dramatically to 3.25 yards per non-qb carry. They didn't do much of anything against the Tigers.
I am very relieved we don't have to play against Lockridge (backup RB) who has game breaking speed.
Overall they have had a few big plays in the run game but really haven't just steamrolled anyone besides Hawaii who gave up similar average yards per carry to its other opponents.
WR- They have a couple athletic guys outside but their leader is Scotty McKnight. He's sure handed and is really a slower version of former Longhorn Jordan Shipley. He's got everything but freakish size/speed/leaping ability. Solid dependable guy.
They hit a lot of big plays vs a very aggressive UGA scheme. Our defensive scheme will be much less agressive so we will probably give up fewer big plays but handling the small ones will be huge for us. They hit a 46 yard play action bomb, 65 yard option play, 39 yard qb draw as their biggest.
TE- Good blocker and reciever. A lot like Biere for KU and Frosch for TCU.
OL- Best guy is Nate Solder the left tackle. They will be a challenge to go against.
DEFENSE- Best players on D are the 2 corners (Smith and Brown) and they have had all of their sacks the last 2 weeks come from Hartigan (Left End for their D) speed rushing around the opponent's right tackle. He never had a sack before that this season and is coming on strong. They have probably the best set of starting corners we will see outside of Austin, TX. They are legit and may even be better. They had a rough time vs AJ Green but RG3 will need to be on his game.
They have quick guys on the D-Line and they stunted, twisted, and shot them everywhere against the 2 teams I saw. They will put all 3 almost on one side of the O-line at times so they will do some crazy stuff and aren't afraid to blitz knowing Smith and Brown are behind them.
Linebackers are ok. Nothing special but solid guys who you have to contend with.
They run aggressive schemes and really let UGA's QB hurt them with his feet. He had 5 runs for 30 yards (no sacks included) and I can see RG3 having room if we have good protection.
Their D is solid and held their own against Mizzou and Hawaii reasonably well. I have heard Mizzou had greater success with their backup after Gabbert was hurt in their game. Franklin is by all accounts a more mobile option and if he did have more success that helps our prospects.
Special Teams- Their coverage units are awful. UGA and Mizzou had success on a regular basis going against them. They have a new kicker coming in so who knows what will happen now with him but they are nearly last in net punting. If we don't have the advantage here I will be upset.
Other Thoughts
UGA probably feels like they beat themselves. They cost themselves a combined 7 points off stupid plays. They first gave CU a 1st & goal inside the 10 that would turn into a TD by running into the kicker and then fumbled randomly in field goal range with like 2 minutes to go. Nobody punched it out or anything. They missed at least 4 tackles on Hansen alone and really had to be kicking themselves leaving Boulder.
This game will likely be a dogfight unless RG3 is just money with his passes. They have a far better team than KU and I am more worried with this one than KSU right now. Hopefully we come out on top as any gambling defense can make for either a tough or easy game depending on how the gambles turn out. I do feel better about it after hanging 38 on a similar scheme with Tech.
VIDEO:
2009 vs Texas
Rpongett is a poster on the UT boards who had the most in depth analysis I have seen complete with videos and everything. Here is every play of last years game against another spread offense.
http://rpongett.phpwebhosting.com/utcol2009.html
CU-HAWAII:
Highlights:
[video=youtube;RhF3TKMTCd0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhF3TKMTCd0&feature=related[/video]
80 yard play for UH
[video=youtube;IQB0eb83cT0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQB0eb83cT0[/video]
CU-Cal:
[video=youtube;g6YsDcNGa3U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6YsDcNGa3U[/video]
CU-UGA:
AJ Green vs CU
[video=youtube;CY_gXCJ2B_A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY_gXCJ2B_A[/video]
Can't really find any other good videos right now.
CU-CSU:
[video=youtube;AZ539XEFxQM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ539XEFxQM[/video]
CU-Mizzou:
[video=youtube;vxyrme9CET4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyrme9CET4[/video]
For reference I saw almost all of CU-UGA and the dvr got full at halftime of Mizzou-CU. I know what happened in Berkeley but I didn't see it so I'm going off what I have seen.
Schedule- Not an easy one. They have beaten CSU, Hawaii, and UGA. Lost to Mizzou and been nuked by Jeff Tedford and Cal. CSU is a pushover but the other 2 are not. Hawaii has no D but CU was able to limit them for the most part. They had a blown coverage on an 80 yard completion but apart from that they were under 4 per play against an offense that lit up USC.
QB- Hansen is athletic in the mold of a Zac Robinson, Colt McCoy, or Jake Plummer. He's not a burner but can make solid fakes and elude people in the run game. He had 3 key runs against UGA. UGA blitzed 6 guys vs a QB draw on a long run he had to help set up their first score and he also was able to shake a defender who got good pass pressure and scramble for a TD later. They will run option and qb reads on occasion so our guys need to be disciplined.
He makes ok decisions as the only pick I saw was a pass thrown behind his TE who tipped it in the air and UGA picked it. His accuracy is streaky so he's ok but not great.
RB- The main guy is rodney stewart. He's short, lightweight, and suprisingly tough to tackle. He's like Darren Sproles with a lower top speed. He came in and beat out Darrell Scott who was a top RB recruit and has made plays all through his career. That said their run game is decent but not elite. In the UGA game they had 47 carries for 235 and over 5 per carry. However if you take out the one 65 yard option play that UGA sent 2 guys after the QB on the numbers change dramatically. Without that run (and filtering out the QB runs) the CU non-qbs averaged 3.4 per carry.
Against Mizzou the overall stats were ok with 4.35 per RB carry but if you eliminate the one run before the half where Mizzou was in prevent (22 yard draw play) their average drops dramatically to 3.25 yards per non-qb carry. They didn't do much of anything against the Tigers.
I am very relieved we don't have to play against Lockridge (backup RB) who has game breaking speed.
Overall they have had a few big plays in the run game but really haven't just steamrolled anyone besides Hawaii who gave up similar average yards per carry to its other opponents.
WR- They have a couple athletic guys outside but their leader is Scotty McKnight. He's sure handed and is really a slower version of former Longhorn Jordan Shipley. He's got everything but freakish size/speed/leaping ability. Solid dependable guy.
They hit a lot of big plays vs a very aggressive UGA scheme. Our defensive scheme will be much less agressive so we will probably give up fewer big plays but handling the small ones will be huge for us. They hit a 46 yard play action bomb, 65 yard option play, 39 yard qb draw as their biggest.
TE- Good blocker and reciever. A lot like Biere for KU and Frosch for TCU.
OL- Best guy is Nate Solder the left tackle. They will be a challenge to go against.
DEFENSE- Best players on D are the 2 corners (Smith and Brown) and they have had all of their sacks the last 2 weeks come from Hartigan (Left End for their D) speed rushing around the opponent's right tackle. He never had a sack before that this season and is coming on strong. They have probably the best set of starting corners we will see outside of Austin, TX. They are legit and may even be better. They had a rough time vs AJ Green but RG3 will need to be on his game.
They have quick guys on the D-Line and they stunted, twisted, and shot them everywhere against the 2 teams I saw. They will put all 3 almost on one side of the O-line at times so they will do some crazy stuff and aren't afraid to blitz knowing Smith and Brown are behind them.
Linebackers are ok. Nothing special but solid guys who you have to contend with.
They run aggressive schemes and really let UGA's QB hurt them with his feet. He had 5 runs for 30 yards (no sacks included) and I can see RG3 having room if we have good protection.
Their D is solid and held their own against Mizzou and Hawaii reasonably well. I have heard Mizzou had greater success with their backup after Gabbert was hurt in their game. Franklin is by all accounts a more mobile option and if he did have more success that helps our prospects.
Special Teams- Their coverage units are awful. UGA and Mizzou had success on a regular basis going against them. They have a new kicker coming in so who knows what will happen now with him but they are nearly last in net punting. If we don't have the advantage here I will be upset.
Other Thoughts
UGA probably feels like they beat themselves. They cost themselves a combined 7 points off stupid plays. They first gave CU a 1st & goal inside the 10 that would turn into a TD by running into the kicker and then fumbled randomly in field goal range with like 2 minutes to go. Nobody punched it out or anything. They missed at least 4 tackles on Hansen alone and really had to be kicking themselves leaving Boulder.
This game will likely be a dogfight unless RG3 is just money with his passes. They have a far better team than KU and I am more worried with this one than KSU right now. Hopefully we come out on top as any gambling defense can make for either a tough or easy game depending on how the gambles turn out. I do feel better about it after hanging 38 on a similar scheme with Tech.
VIDEO:
2009 vs Texas
Rpongett is a poster on the UT boards who had the most in depth analysis I have seen complete with videos and everything. Here is every play of last years game against another spread offense.
http://rpongett.phpwebhosting.com/utcol2009.html
CU-HAWAII:
Highlights:
[video=youtube;RhF3TKMTCd0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhF3TKMTCd0&feature=related[/video]
80 yard play for UH
[video=youtube;IQB0eb83cT0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQB0eb83cT0[/video]
CU-Cal:
[video=youtube;g6YsDcNGa3U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6YsDcNGa3U[/video]
CU-UGA:
AJ Green vs CU
[video=youtube;CY_gXCJ2B_A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY_gXCJ2B_A[/video]
Can't really find any other good videos right now.
CU-CSU:
[video=youtube;AZ539XEFxQM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ539XEFxQM[/video]
CU-Mizzou:
[video=youtube;vxyrme9CET4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyrme9CET4[/video]