Ok - the football geek in me decided to do a deep dive on yesterday's game. I apologize for the long post, it's a lot. Just going to dive in.
Good news...we were in position to stop Louisville on their first drive. We missed a tackle at the LOS on 1st down and then missed a TFL on the very next play. We convert those...we get some early momentum. Instead, we bite on a shake and #1 is wide open for a 43-yard gain. That's part of a 9-play drive, that luckily ended in no points.
No harm...No Foul.
Second drive was two plays. Great pressure from DL on 1st down. That pressure resulted in an incomplete pass. We were so close on 2nd down as we had two guys in the backfield that with a little adjustment in their move(s) might have created some pressure. But close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. the result was an 85-yard touchdown that would put us on our heels the rest of the half.
I was not able to chart the next 20 snaps...but they ended in another 14 points. Since I missed well over half of our first half defensive snaps, I really do not have enough to speak specifically. But we were not ready to play our brand of football. Bad eye discipline. Jumping WR moves. Missed tackle opportunities. Just not the defense I know we are.
PTL - there are two halves to this game. Credit to the coaches and the players to get into the locker room and circle the wagons. I felt like we would play all 4 quarters like we did the second half. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
Louisville only had 11 offensive snaps in the third quarter. They moved the ball on the ground well early (A gap, B gap, C gap, and a QB scramble). Good coverage on 2nd and 8 forced a QB scramble and one of our DL chased him down for a 4-yard gain. We took advantage of a hold on 3rd and 4 for an eventual punt. Next possession was 3 plays. QB went under center for a play action pass and scrambled right for a 6-yard gain. Next two plays were great (especially for #44) ...A Gap run for 0 yards where our DL owned them and then a drop back pass where #44 got a QB pressure which led to an INT.
Defense played pretty well in the fourth quarter too. Front 7 really started to exert their will as we had 2 pressures, an intentional grounding call, and an 8-yard TFL their first 2 possessions of the quarter.
Then the last drive. Louisville got the ball with 4:38 remaining and I was pretty confident we were going to take this game away from them. :-(
1st down was a play fake. We had great pressure...just bit low on the fake and that gave Plummer the opportunity to escape right. Still had a guy containing...he just chose to stay low with a TE (not the one that would become open) allowing a 13-yard scramble for a 1st down. We then get to 3rd and 9 with 2:19 left and have a guy that has a chance to be the guy and we run too far up field and out of the play that would have forced a punt. Game over.
After charting...I really needed to help myself. I felt like there was good enough data (after 3 games) to help me understand who we are defensively a little better. So, I tracked PFF scores and rankings. Enjoy:
Indiana
DEF 72.1 #54 P5/ #10 in B10
RDEF 71.9 #49 P5 / #11 in B10
PRSH 66.4 #52 P5 / #11 in B10
COV 70.2 #51 P5 / #9 in B10
OSU
OFF Overall 81.2 #16 P5
RUN 81.6 #20 P5 / #2 B10
RBLK 74.1 #9 P5 / #2 B10
PASS 66.0 #47 P5 / #7 B10
PBLK 85.4 #7 P5 / #1 B10
vs IU 23 Points Scored, 380 Total Yds (237 passing 143 rushing 4.6 YPC)
vs Youngstown ST Points Scored 35, 482 Total Yds (359 passing 123 rushing 4.6 YPC)
vs WKent 63 Points Scored, 562 Total Yds (358 passing 204 rushing 6.2 YPC)
Louisville
OFF Overall 78.4 #29 P5
RUN 84.6 #9 P5 / #2 ACC
RBLK 66.7 #32 P5 / #6 ACC
PASS 74.9 #34 P5 / #6 ACC
PBLK 73.4 #30 P5 / #7 ACC
vs Georgia Tech 39 Points Scored, 474 Total Yards (247 passing 227 rushing 6.7 YPC)
vs Murray ST 56 Points Scored, 790 Total Yards (346 Passing 344 rushing 7.8 YPC)
vs IU 21 Points Scored, 422 Total Yards (238 Passing 184 Rushing 4.7 YPC)
Good news...we were in position to stop Louisville on their first drive. We missed a tackle at the LOS on 1st down and then missed a TFL on the very next play. We convert those...we get some early momentum. Instead, we bite on a shake and #1 is wide open for a 43-yard gain. That's part of a 9-play drive, that luckily ended in no points.
No harm...No Foul.
Second drive was two plays. Great pressure from DL on 1st down. That pressure resulted in an incomplete pass. We were so close on 2nd down as we had two guys in the backfield that with a little adjustment in their move(s) might have created some pressure. But close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. the result was an 85-yard touchdown that would put us on our heels the rest of the half.
I was not able to chart the next 20 snaps...but they ended in another 14 points. Since I missed well over half of our first half defensive snaps, I really do not have enough to speak specifically. But we were not ready to play our brand of football. Bad eye discipline. Jumping WR moves. Missed tackle opportunities. Just not the defense I know we are.
PTL - there are two halves to this game. Credit to the coaches and the players to get into the locker room and circle the wagons. I felt like we would play all 4 quarters like we did the second half. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
Louisville only had 11 offensive snaps in the third quarter. They moved the ball on the ground well early (A gap, B gap, C gap, and a QB scramble). Good coverage on 2nd and 8 forced a QB scramble and one of our DL chased him down for a 4-yard gain. We took advantage of a hold on 3rd and 4 for an eventual punt. Next possession was 3 plays. QB went under center for a play action pass and scrambled right for a 6-yard gain. Next two plays were great (especially for #44) ...A Gap run for 0 yards where our DL owned them and then a drop back pass where #44 got a QB pressure which led to an INT.
Defense played pretty well in the fourth quarter too. Front 7 really started to exert their will as we had 2 pressures, an intentional grounding call, and an 8-yard TFL their first 2 possessions of the quarter.
Then the last drive. Louisville got the ball with 4:38 remaining and I was pretty confident we were going to take this game away from them. :-(
1st down was a play fake. We had great pressure...just bit low on the fake and that gave Plummer the opportunity to escape right. Still had a guy containing...he just chose to stay low with a TE (not the one that would become open) allowing a 13-yard scramble for a 1st down. We then get to 3rd and 9 with 2:19 left and have a guy that has a chance to be the guy and we run too far up field and out of the play that would have forced a punt. Game over.
After charting...I really needed to help myself. I felt like there was good enough data (after 3 games) to help me understand who we are defensively a little better. So, I tracked PFF scores and rankings. Enjoy:
Indiana
DEF 72.1 #54 P5/ #10 in B10
RDEF 71.9 #49 P5 / #11 in B10
PRSH 66.4 #52 P5 / #11 in B10
COV 70.2 #51 P5 / #9 in B10
OSU
OFF Overall 81.2 #16 P5
RUN 81.6 #20 P5 / #2 B10
RBLK 74.1 #9 P5 / #2 B10
PASS 66.0 #47 P5 / #7 B10
PBLK 85.4 #7 P5 / #1 B10
vs IU 23 Points Scored, 380 Total Yds (237 passing 143 rushing 4.6 YPC)
vs Youngstown ST Points Scored 35, 482 Total Yds (359 passing 123 rushing 4.6 YPC)
vs WKent 63 Points Scored, 562 Total Yds (358 passing 204 rushing 6.2 YPC)
Louisville
OFF Overall 78.4 #29 P5
RUN 84.6 #9 P5 / #2 ACC
RBLK 66.7 #32 P5 / #6 ACC
PASS 74.9 #34 P5 / #6 ACC
PBLK 73.4 #30 P5 / #7 ACC
vs Georgia Tech 39 Points Scored, 474 Total Yards (247 passing 227 rushing 6.7 YPC)
vs Murray ST 56 Points Scored, 790 Total Yards (346 Passing 344 rushing 7.8 YPC)
vs IU 21 Points Scored, 422 Total Yards (238 Passing 184 Rushing 4.7 YPC)
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