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Now on the first play, the blame is on Mealer he went to the safety. When he should have gone to the WLB. Omameh had one he'll of a nice block on the one tech. Now the Fullback has great head position, but does not keep his leg driving after point of contact. It's just a simple man on man blocking scheme mealer went to the wrong guy. Mealer could have drove the WLB aNd made a nice seal u could see the ally or wall of butts forming .
play 2 Now they double team The 1 tech and he split them smh, so there is no room for error on this play. Omameh never gets his head across his face so when mealer leaves, omameh loses the battle. Now U highlighted the LB again on this play the blame goes on Lewan he never gets to him. It looked like he got pinched from the 5 tech and the 3. But he was supposes to get a hand on the SDE cuz he was inside then go to the LB he could have made a block if he gets out there he could have push him into the wash but he never got off the LOS cleanly

All in all we should be playing better then this..I love o-line talk it's beautiful one wrong step, not driving legs, head position it happens in a matter of seconds, it really comes down to the little things

Is most like diagram #3 here:

http://xandolabs.com/2011/12/the-iso-study-variations-of-running-the-isolation-play/

Only the D-Line is shifted "under", so the blocking would have to adjust.  I don't think our line has enough experience running ISO against different defensive looks to know how to block it.

Also, I don't think Nebraska is respecting contain on the strong side.  Toss/stretch right looks like a pretty safe bet for at least 5 yards if not more.

Is it possible we're seeing the drop off from a four year starter Remington winner to a first year starter converted guard and the line calls have suffered?

I'd like to not think that Borges sucks, so I'm grasping at anything.

So what's the moral of the story?  The OLines total lack of blocking through the second level will prevent us from reaching the endzone again this season?

Here's an idea...call a high-percentage pass play to take advantage of the LBs exploiting those gaps!!!!!!!

I was screaming at my TV set all night about not blocking the ILBs. Thank you for posting this. At least it validates my concerns.

1. When was the last time Michigan handed the ball off to their fullback?

2. Beyond the traditional inside zone read, inverted veer, and speed option, none of these are actual reads for Denard. The jet sweep action, triple option look from late last year, Kerridge orbited out, etc. are just decoys. Decoys that nobody bothers honoring. Even the speed option is usually neutered since we almost always run it on 3rd and short and Denard is just trying to find a crease for the first down. Except on 3rd and 7 (topping it off I think it was to the boundary) against Nebraska which was extremely humiliating.

3. Even if the Kerridge play was a good idea, wouldn’t it make more sense to line up with a 2^nd tailback such as Rawls, Hayes, Norfleet, or at the very least Hopkins so the defense might be concerned with them.  Do you think Nebraska would have ignored Norfleet on that play?  I doubt it.

These lame decoys are causing us to have to play quite a bit of 10 man football.

Denard is reading the corner over Roundtree. At the mesh point, the corner has taken a couple shuffle-steps out and has his eyes on Roundtree. Denard reads that as coverage, and hands off. By the time Roundtree sees that the pass is a no go, it's too late for a block because the corner actually did bite on the run (he moved in to contain the pitch-man) and is two steps past him.

The pass would have worked (especially if the wideout gets a good block on the safety) but at the point where Denard had to make that decision, it looked more like an interception waiting to happen.

The sad part about the OL is that looking at the depth chart makes it seem like it's only going to get worse next year.

we're ohio state circa 2009. when the buckeyes ran ass backwards offensive plays againt usc, resulting in a close loss.

chris brown of smart football called tressel the fck out over his gameplan...anyone have that article?

         as well as Molk did and it's really hurting the whole offense.  Essentially this same line with the exact same OC ran the ball very well last year.  The only difference is the lack of Hugye and Molk so I think that's where we should look for cause of the disparity. 

Why isn't Fitz going left?  He shoots up the middle/right side when Mealer blocks the LB to the left.  If he cuts left he has everyone blocked.  Maybe the blocking was supposed to go right, but if Fitz cuts left Omameh basically gets a 2-for-1 block and Fitz has open space.

Some of it is on fitz in that he looks like chooses the wrong crease.



What I watched from the line were combo blocks that were poorly executed on several occasions last Saturday.



Typical protocol would be for the un-covered center to effectively put one of the DT on skates along with a guard at which point someone will get to the second level.



I agree with the optioning no one part as well. It's almost like Borges is per-determining what Denard does. I'm not quite sure what to make of it because you would think by now this offense would have the read part down cold.



I have always loved packaged concepts. I think Michigan would do well with the stick concept or a swing concept on the ZR speed option. With such a deadly athlete at quarterback we should be taking full advantage of defenses that are clearly focusing on just stopping our run game.



Hopefully we get this on track for the next couple games so that we can expand on it before ohio

I truly believe that 90% of our rushing issues this year is on the lack of execution by the o-line from a standpoint of improper reads and missed assignments. This cannot be placed on Borges as the play calls seem pretty sound. I've found myself saying about a dozen times per game all year "if only X player would have executed properly, that play would have netted 20+ yards." This is why Hoke always stated that Will Campbell was not in a position to be on the field last year. A player needs to be consistent and execute on every single play, not just make a couple good plays here and there. We are not consistent in our line play right now...

That being said, where I do not give Borges a free pass is in some of the plays drawn up given the personnel we currently have. Denard can not make a competent pitch to a back to save his life. In the few occurrences he has pitched a ball, either Fitz or Smith have made great plays to control an errant pitch. Why design a play that has a pitch fake that no defense will ever have to respect? Why implement slow developing pass plays that ask Denard to make reads he isn't very good at making? All the plays are schemed beautifully, but are unable to be executed properly due to players lacking the needed skill-set. See Jeremy Jackson: large bodied kid who is brought in to block or go up for a ball, neither of which he does even remotely well. Yet on crucial third downs he was in the game more than Dileo and Gallon, arguably our most reliable pass catchers.

Hopefully we get it sorted out yesterday. We can't afford to lose a game in year one of Meyer. I already can't take all the garbage from Buckeye fans around here...

O-line is blocking the wrong guy, blocking poorly, missing block, and these are designed handoffs made to look like read option. Denard isn't optioning anyone. Also, Fitz has Shaw-itis dancing around and not getting up field.

Reader 71, you should post on gbmwolverine.com.....   that sight actually appreciates and looks for input from posters that is insightfull.

I had been posting all yr how our line is whiffing blocks and lbers are coming free....it didn't happen last yr and we ran the same scheme.  Since the only losses on oline were Molk and Huyge where is the problem....  Imo it's Mealer not getting the calls right.  But I also recall last yr the oline didn't take off until Barnum was injured and schofield moved to LG ...........

Who knows but that is why I think Mealler is not getting the calls correct.

Btw, big props to the posters negging the one poster who actually understands and explains line play on this board.  I digress though , you guys all played oline, are schematical geniuses and reader 71 stayed at a holiday inn.....   Now, if you all want to complain the play calling is way to conservative and predictable....I am on board cause I have called out our plays from the couch and in the stands and if I can, I know the defenses we play can.