Does anyone think the up-tempo offense will mask our O-line?

Passion

I'll be curious to see if this year's sack totals are reduced as a result of the no-huddle. My sense is that it doesn't matter how quickly we run plays, the issue is how fast Price is able to get rid of the ball. As Emtman famously said, "no huddle for three plays isn't that big of a deal."

dtd

Works for Oregon.

PurpleJ

No. The OL will perform how they perform regardless of what offense is being run. You can't mask your OL play with a different scheme, in fact, it might make it look even worse.

I'm sure it will make a nice excuse, though. "We are need more time to get these guys understanding the new offense and the blocking schemes." Or something along those lines. Remember all that shit Sark talked about running a pro-style offense in order to prepare our guys for the NFL? What happened to that?

DerekJohnson

If Price is throwing the football as soon as it reaches his hands, defenses will be quick to adjust and really get up on the receivers. And then Kasen's inability to create separation could become a true liability. Especially if the running game doesn't loosen things up.

I still think Mickens will emerge as a playmaker and obviously ASJ's height is a great weapon for delivering quick throws.

section8

Who's Emptman?

tracker

dtd said:

Works for Oregon.

It works for Oregon because their players are very well-coached in blocking and staying true to their assignments. . .everyone operates at a high level. It was Kelly's "attention-to-detail" that made it work. Haven't seen that from Sark yet.

HeretoBeatmyChest

UA and UO have stellar run games causing the D to tire and then they mix in the pass quite well.

It will work if UW emphasizes the run more and there is no excuse not to do so considering you have strong tailback depth (Taylor, Washington, Callier) and the TE & WRs who should be strong blockers. If you are serious about being a tough team then commit to the run. If effective, passing yards might dip a bit but yards per attempt should be quite high.

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This is why I think OL recruiting/player development is so important. I feel like you can mask average WR's(James era and the 2000 RB title team are proof of that), you can even mask an average RB(rankin had a big year for UW), in college you can mask an average QB if he's smart.

On offense though you can't mask an average to bad OL. They will always be exposed if they are bad. It won't matter what offense you run your OL will be exposed.

Besides Price isn't the type of QB like a Wilson or even a Locker who can "mask" the OL far as sacks given up. The OL will be terrible this year and the no huddle should hurt them as you are running more plays. Just more opportunities to fuck it up.

RoadDawg55

Nice post, Passion. I think the OL can be masked by getting the ball out quick from the shotgun. Problem is, it always comes back to the OL.

As good as Oregon has been, when they have faced a dominant DL, they have struggled. Stanford, Auburn, LSU, and Ohio State showed the blueprint. The hurry up doesn't matter when the DL is dominating the OL. I think we can mask some OL issues against average teams, but when we play the big boys, they are still gonna fuck us up.

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RoadDawg55 said:

Nice post, Passion. I think the OL can be masked by getting the ball out quick from the shotgun. Problem is, it always comes back to the OL.

As good as Oregon has been, when they have faced a dominant DL, they have struggled. Stanford, Auburn, LSU, and Ohio State showed the blueprint. The hurry up doesn't matter when the DL is dominating the OL. I think we can mask some OL issues against average teams, but when we play the big boys, they are still gonna fuck us up.

Nick Holt showed the blueprint in 2010. Auburn better give Holt a national championship ring as they owe him!

Then same fans a year later "Fire Holt! He's a fucking moron!"

RoadDawg55

He_Needs_More_Time said:

RoadDawg55 said:

Nice post, Passion. I think the OL can be masked by getting the ball out quick from the shotgun. Problem is, it always comes back to the OL.

As good as Oregon has been, when they have faced a dominant DL, they have struggled. Stanford, Auburn, LSU, and Ohio State showed the blueprint. The hurry up doesn't matter when the DL is dominating the OL. I think we can mask some OL issues against average teams, but when we play the big boys, they are still gonna fuck us up.

Nick Holt showed the blueprint in 2010. Auburn better give Holt a national championship ring as they owe him!

Then same fans a year later "Fire Holt! He's a fucking moron!"

Out of all the plunger rapes, that one was acutally my favorite. We played Oregon pretty tough in the first half, despite no Locker and Kearse dropping a 50 yard bomb on the first play. It helped us won the next 4.

On another note, Holt still sucked. Foster was a top 5 defensive player in the coy try, Ta'Amu was a beast when he wanted to be, and Victor A was a playmaker. A good coach would have had at least a top 30 defense with those guys.