Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (Seshomoru) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:01:04 GMT

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (RebelBruiser) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:51:19 GMT

To stop a good option team, you just have to be disciplined, especially with a team like GT that didn't have the athletes best suited for the triple option.

The problem is, you don't see many option teams these days, and most defenses learn to play aggressive, and discipline takes a back seat. Triple option football will kill defenses that are over-aggressive. LSU obviously played pretty disciplined football against GT in the Peach Bowl. Plus, the weakness of LSU's...

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (LTblows) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:39:05 GMT

To me it was worse than Maine (b/c we were an even more abysmal team then) and the 3-2 Auburn debacle. Worse than Tulane. Worse than Houston.
We were just unable to stop GT with anything they threw at us. It was definately smart football on GT's part, but the Croom D that game missed so many assignments; so much confusion- we looked like a bunch of junior high kids playing in the special olympics. Completely streamrolled. I dropped $150 for tickets to that game. <17> Walruses.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (MadDawg) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:09:08 GMT

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (Todd4State) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:06:02 GMT

I thought one of the key plays was when Dixon had an enormous hole on the right side of the line and ran about 70 yards and got stopped at the one. We were then unable to punch it in from there and Carlson had his FG blocked. We score there, and maybe we play a little bit better, probably still lose, but the score looks a little better.

I to was at the game. I think the defense had a poor gameplan. No doubt about it. They ran through us like a hot knife through butter. After we got...

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (Smooot2) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:04:51 GMT

RobbieRandolph wrote:
I find this relevant since they'll most likely be beating our asses next year. Smart football is a great blog and this is a small piece of insight he brings to GT's flexbone.

Smart Football: Defending GT

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (bullysleftnut) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:48:10 GMT

8Dog wrote:
we weren't stopping them. They went up 28-0 with 11 to play in the 3rd and quit playing.

They could've scored 60 if they wanted to.

No, I don't think they could've scored 60. Doesn't look like they quit to me:

GT       3rd G12  11:41  Punt          M00  11:27 *TOUCHDOWN      1-88   0:14
GT       3rd G35  09:37  Punt          M12...

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (UpTheMiddlex3Punt) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:19:12 GMT

Both defense and offense sucked that game. Royally.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (patdog) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:38:07 GMT

No matter how bad your offense sucks or how many times it turns the ball over, that's bad defense.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (8Dog) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:29:11 GMT

we weren't stopping them. They went up 28-0 with 11 to play in the 3rd and quit playing.

They could've scored 60 if they wanted to.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (bullysleftnut) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:22:48 GMT

8Dog wrote:
it will always be the offense's fault.

No...just when they only manage 1 TD, 4 TOs, 3 punts, 2 4th down busts, and a missed FG in 11 offensive possessions.

One way to keep a potent offense from scoring is to keep them off the field with long, drawn out possessions that end in scores. We didn't do that.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (8Dog) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:15:20 GMT

it will always be the offense's fault.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (bullysleftnut) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:10:57 GMT

8Dog wrote:
which would presumably be when our defense should still be fighting hard, they ran 15 plays for 119 yards.

The very first drive of the game was an 11 play, 79 yard drive for a touchdown.

And if you saw the game (unfortunately, I was there), it was not close. We had no chance to stop them.

I don't know how the offense's better play would've helped us...

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (stevo1a) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:08:47 GMT

This was all on our D and coaching staff.

O was predictably ineffective, but not why we got blown the flock out.

Edit: Perhaps the thing that stands out the most for me was Saulsbury getting continually pummelled by a first rounder one-on-one. Great strategy.

"Uh, uh, we got to, uh, execute, uh, on the, uh, offensive line."

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (8Dog) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:01:54 GMT

which would presumably be when our defense should still be fighting hard, they ran 15 plays for 119 yards.

The very first drive of the game was an 11 play, 79 yard drive for a touchdown.

And if you saw the game (unfortunately, I was there), it was not close. We had no chance to stop them.

I don't know how the offense's better play would've helped us "fight" any better.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (bullysleftnut) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:57:11 GMT

8Dog wrote:
they couldve scored everytime they got the ball if they wanted to. They did all that with their 2nd team QB. While offense is always a problem for us, defense was the main problem that game.

no doubt the defense sucked. The only thing I can offer as evidence in my favor is this:

               Drive Started             Drive Ended...

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (JimHalpert) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:54:10 GMT
would have won more games as OC than McCorvey.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (South Panola Dawg) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:51:35 GMT
That game was over when we got down inside the 10 down 14 and Crxxms decided to kick a FG instead of going for the TD. The defense just said "F it" after that and the rout was on.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (8Dog) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:51:28 GMT
they couldve scored everytime they got the ball if they wanted to. They did all that with their 2nd team QB. While offense is always a problem for us, defense was the main problem that game.

Re: Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (AdamDawgDude) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:50:35 GMT

bullysleftnut wrote:
our biggest problem in that game last year wasn't our defense -- it was our offense. We turned the ball over at least 5 times and even when we did make it down to the red zone we couldn't score TDs.

I think we have a shot at winning this one *if* the offense is better than what we've seen the last 5 years.

Not to mention.... We tried to kick a field...

Smart football: Defending Paul Johnson's flexbone at GT

feeds@yuku.com (RobbieRandolph) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:34:05 GMT
I find this relevant since they'll most likely be beating our asses next year. Smart football is a great blog and this is a small piece of insight he brings to GT's flexbone.

Smart Football: Defending GT