I think the point still is that most of the plays, there was 7 or 8 people

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Sep 1, 2014
1:40:02am

fattycoug

I think the point still is that most of the plays, there was 7 or 8 people

In coverage. Anyone that truly believed they dropped 8 on every single play are too prone to hyperbole. No coach would actually do that.

Fact was still that 22 of 28 plays had serious pass coverage going on. It's partially why Hill didn't go down field so much and it did contribute to the time Hill had.

Now, I never thought that the only reason the OL looked good was because of the lacks of pass rushers alone but it did contribute a bit.

Looking forward to seeing the OL go up against UT. They brought a lot of pressure in their opener.

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UCONN dropped 8? Here are the numbers...

combblai

9/1/14 1:15am

Awesome post. I'd love to see the charts

Shimmy

9/1/14 1:17am

I was extremely impressed with the O-line. Hill was hardly touched

flyusaf

9/1/14 1:32am

I think the point still is that most of the plays, there was 7 or 8 people

fattycoug

9/1/14 1:40am

Confirms that they didn't bring pressure. I expect differently from Texas.

byubyu

9/1/14 1:40am

You're missing a pair of parentheses in your formula

Sale

9/1/14 2:01am

You are correct. Thanks. I should have been

combblai

9/1/14 9:34am

Agreed. Thought our line played great.

It's a Jelly

9/1/14 9:50am

Which myth was exposed? Over 1/3 of all pass plays they dropped 8.

Metallicat

9/1/14 3:55am

CBers have been acting like UCONN dropped 8 on almost every play.

flyusaf

9/1/14 4:01am

I guess I haven't been paying enough attention to the discussion then.

Metallicat

9/1/14 4:09am

7 is base. It's playing straight up.

BarraCouga

9/1/14 7:37am

I know dropping 7 is base. 5 OL should be expected to block 4 pass rushers, no?

Metallicat

9/1/14 8:10am

If it were as simple as that, there wouldn't be many sacks.

BarraCouga

9/1/14 8:25am

You are caricaturing the "discussion" based on semantics.

collie418

9/1/14 9:55am

Words have meaning.

BarraCouga

9/1/14 10:12am

And yet, on over 75% of plays they didn't bring an extra man at all.

collie418

9/1/14 8:08am

Interesting... TH scrambled on only 1/6 5+ man rushes.

flyusaf

9/1/14 4:00am

Don't forget this was against UCONN before making conclusions about our OL. IMO

byutx

9/1/14 7:13am

I think that, for most, "drop 8" is a euphemism for "didn't bring pressure".

collie418

9/1/14 8:05am

Do you just look both ways or do you have one of these cameras when you back up

It's a Jelly

9/1/14 8:57am

Lol. Haven't heard that one before.

collie418

9/1/14 9:48am

I think that's the point - it's hyperbole.

It's a Jelly

9/1/14 9:56am

Pressure is great if you can keep containment.

collie418

9/1/14 10:02am

I have been wondering about this all weekend - nice post

Dr T-bone

9/1/14 8:38am

And therein lies the difference between JSwag and Hine

BarraCouga

9/1/14 9:16am

Since these are only first half stats, I'm curious to see what the second half

WDaddy

9/1/14 9:20am

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