Archive for offense

Outsmarting the Enemy (Three Fake Handoff, Cal at UCLA)

Last week we went over attacking the Cover 2 scheme, which is to look for the mismatch on the field (read where the safeties will bite to) and to attack where the safeties aren’t in a position to make a play on the ball or the receiver. Today’s post is a little more of a [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Breaking Down the Cover Two (Cal at UCLA, 2007)

UCLA has one of the most feared defenses in the Pac-10. Their defense is not only very talented, their coordinator DeWayne Walker is one of the best in the biz. He mixes packages, his corners play great on the edges, his run defense stuffs everyone on 1st down. So the only ways for an offensive [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Turf Wars: How Much Does the Surface Affect Cal?

I conclude this week by talking about grass. No, I’m not talking about the bums on Telegraph, although that would make for great interviewing. Is there something in the grass fields of college football stadiums that slows our players down and eventually knocks our team out?
I bring this up because Cal football is a mysterious [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, March 28th, 2008