Michigan ran Emory & Henry formation today
Thought I saw this during the game live and as I've been working on my highlight video (uploaded tomorrow at Noon), it was confirmed.
Michigan's set that resulted in a batted ball. Was going to be a screen but a block was missed.
Emory & Henry in an NFL game-
Diagram of Emory and Henry formation
September 26th, 2015 at 11:16 PM ^
September 26th, 2015 at 11:23 PM ^
Wasn't his fault...not sure how an O-lineman missed that simple block...the play was defenitely there. If the catch was made, there was 3 blockers for 3 defenders....
September 26th, 2015 at 11:25 PM ^
September 26th, 2015 at 11:27 PM ^
Pretty surprising formation I never thought I'd see Michigan run.
Mods can take it down if it's not thread worthy.
September 26th, 2015 at 11:59 PM ^
September 27th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^
I'm not sure what's interesting about this post either, but it's not even close to being the least thread-worthy post.
September 27th, 2015 at 1:06 AM ^
Considering some of the wacky stuff that has been posted of late - jorts, apparel, countertops, private schools, just to name a few and you feel this thread should be deleted??? WOW!
September 27th, 2015 at 8:48 AM ^
Because I learned something (the name of the formation), which easily puts it in the upper half.of the distribution. A useless thread would, for instance, ask why Joey Galloway wears what looks like sneakers on the late night show.
September 27th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^
So they can't hear him coming.
September 27th, 2015 at 12:08 AM ^
Didn't Borges run this once when they opened up the playbook a bit for five minutes during the year Gardner was playing WR?
Honestly, it can't be that surprising.
September 26th, 2015 at 11:29 PM ^
September 26th, 2015 at 11:40 PM ^
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September 26th, 2015 at 11:29 PM ^
well...it got me to read the wiki on it
Wikipedia:
The Emory & Henry Wasps are credited with inventing an American football offensive formation, named in the college's honor, that divides the offensive line and wide receivers into three groupings of three.[14] While it is primarily used today as a trick play, it was revived in 2007 as an integral part of theA-11 offense, a high school football offensive scheme that was eventually banned due to the exploitation of loopholes in the high school rulebooks. The offense inspired Steve Spurrier to use variations of it as a trickplay formation at Florida and South Carolina named "Emory and Henry", as Spurrier attended Wasps games as a child growing up in nearby Johnson City, Tennessee.[15]
September 26th, 2015 at 11:31 PM ^
Didn't Harbaugh mention this in the post-game press conference? Someone asked him about watching the NFL, and he said he still does watch and in fact gets good plays from the NFL. He mentioned Michigan ran one. The pass was blocked, but the play itself came from Baltimore, Harbaugh said.
September 27th, 2015 at 12:01 AM ^
Angelique mentioned this on Twitter and in one her postgame articles:
[Harbaugh] said he still watches NFL games and even used a play that scored a touchdown for his brother John’s Baltimore Ravens last week. Michigan’s version, however, was tipped during the BYU game.
September 26th, 2015 at 11:44 PM ^
September 26th, 2015 at 11:58 PM ^
I doubt it. I think it just would've been a screen as the whole point of that formation is to have a 3-man shield on the screens.
September 27th, 2015 at 12:20 AM ^
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September 27th, 2015 at 9:38 AM ^
forward to Michigan running "The annexation of Puerto Rico" play - it worked in the movies
September 27th, 2015 at 1:10 AM ^
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September 26th, 2015 at 11:44 PM ^
What this tells me is that the team has gotten comfortable enough with the basic playbook for the coaches to add a little spice.
This now gives opposing coaches one more thing to think about. I like it.
September 27th, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^
Seems like there is a lot more pre-snap movement in week 4 as well. Some of the shifting and motion that Harbaugh used a lot at Stanford.
By the time November rolls around, the Offense will have a lot of different looks from which to run the same basic stable of plays..
And how about that FB Dive/Belly play?? Love it!!
September 26th, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^
September 26th, 2015 at 11:54 PM ^
On one of the plays they had mason cole lined up as a wr/te. I don't think any of these plays were succesful although I think cole was open I think he switched with the TE. Reminded me of the florida michigan game were they tried to pass to long. Ultimately I think these plays are better left on the drawing board but I think all these formation changes mentally wear the defense and can cause errors.
September 27th, 2015 at 12:30 AM ^
September 27th, 2015 at 2:37 AM ^
My daughter's best friend just started her freshman year there.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:57 AM ^
September 27th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^
I still know several of the professors, two of which I attended college with. Do you remember the name of the restaurant? Abingdon is the nearest town and it is consistently named one of the best small towns in America. My parents live there I have hopes of relocating there in a few years (we are currently in Florida and miss the small town and four seasons). It really is a great place to send your kids to school.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:23 PM ^
I didn't remember the name, but a quick internet search and I found Harvest Table in Meadowview, VA. Looks like it is still around. It was a nice place, and whatever I had was good--I recall that it was something Mexican. Maybe tamales? Or chili? The guy I know who teaches there is great, so I imagine it's a good school. And I'm a big proponent of a liberal arts college.
September 27th, 2015 at 12:34 AM ^
is this formation called Emory and Henry? Emory and Henry is a tiny D3 school in Virginia
September 27th, 2015 at 12:45 AM ^
E&H used it in the 1950s. Spurrier and Kelly brought it back mainstream. Lately the NFL has tried it.
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2014/10/10/6956009/bengals-emory-henry-andy…
September 27th, 2015 at 12:44 AM ^
Spielman said Rudock made the right read on it because they had 3 defenders to Michigan's 4 players over there. But IMO, that DE standing up in the slot is basically a 4th defender. Obviously, Michigan whiffed on the block which caused the failure, but even if it was blocked, Rudock doesn't have the strongest arm. The guy in the slot presents a problem as well as the deep safety help.
To me, the 1:1 matchup at the bottom is more interesting.
This post had me reading about the Emory and Henry and the examplese in the NFL have bunches on both sides so the play can go either side or the QB/RB can do a read option. I think that would have been more effective at spreading the D out.
September 27th, 2015 at 1:12 AM ^
Looks like this is something that Jedd Fisch previously ran at Jacksonville:
http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2013/8/3/4584920/edd-fisch-jaguars-emory-and-henry-formation
September 27th, 2015 at 4:29 AM ^
..but obviously a different formation.
Did anybody note which four were out there?
I seem to recall McDonough incorrectluy called it "4 receivers to one side". But as three were on the LOS, only the outermost (the End), and the one in the backfield are eligible. Presumably it was 2 OTs on the line inside the receiver.
September 27th, 2015 at 8:56 AM ^
They have only 3 defenders over the 4-man alignment to the left. Jake Butt misses a key block.
If they had 4 defenders there, the 2nd read is the solo receiver side. If he has man with no safety help (there's a deep safety to that side), then you throw hitch/fade, depending on the corner's alignment.
If they had 4 defenders over the left side and 2 defenders over the receiver, then there are 5 defenders left in the box and you run the ball.
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