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[quote author=Cadwallon link=topic=17413.msg201619#msg201619 date=1505873870]

I didn't see how SDSU was deploying their LBers, but $C was clearly using them to crowd the LOS looking for the inside run, then adjusting if they determined a pass. It would seem that quick hitters from the slot behind the LBers would have been effective. (Such a play was a of exceedingly large proportions weapon for us with McCaffrey.) Why we didn't see it isn't clear to me, but it's football 101 so it's not as if it simply didn't occur to the coaches.

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It seems that Chryst has a problem with balls getting batted down by defensive linemen.  Perhaps Shaw has seen him in practice try to throw those quick short passes over the middle and didn't like the results.

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[quote author=Cadwallon link=topic=17413.msg201619#msg201619 date=1505873870]

I didn't see how SDSU was deploying their LBers, but $C was clearly using them to crowd the LOS looking for the inside run, then adjusting if they determined a pass. It would seem that quick hitters from the slot behind the LBers would have been effective. (Such a play was a of exceedingly large proportions weapon for us with McCaffrey.) Why we didn't see it isn't clear to me, but it's football 101 so it's not as if it simply didn't occur to the coaches.

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It seems that Chryst has a problem with balls getting batted down by defensive linemen.  Perhaps Shaw has seen him in practice try to throw those quick short passes over the middle and didn't like the results.