Zone or Power
October 14th, 2017 at 10:14 PM ^
This article will explain the difference between zone and power for you
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/football-insider/wp/2015/05/21/diff…
October 15th, 2017 at 11:41 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:15 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:18 PM ^
Why? Sometimes jargon slips through and guys miss it. And it's hard to read the blocks live unless you both know what to look for and are focused on the OL instead of the ball.
This is a good question, and a focus of much discussion given the improvement in the OL the last two weeks.
As it happens, the OL is running a lot more power and it seems to be paying off.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:24 PM ^
spent some of you 20MM mgopoints on a photographer?
October 14th, 2017 at 10:29 PM ^
I don't think I'll keep it; pulled it off the phone and went chiaroscuro. It's rather dark, not really reflective of my life as it is now. Would've been great 20 years ago.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^
Heh. No, that's not it.
In my defense, that's actually a pretty neutral expression, just with... different lighting. And no, I don't have fancy or dark lighting normally.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:44 PM ^
not a pulpit picture, that's for sure. kind of dark in a figurative sense and that doesn't seem to fit your on-line, and assumedly in person, persona.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:59 PM ^
Yeah, it's not really me. And the fact that it's a subject of discussion at all speaks poorly for it. But now I actually have to pay attention to a pic, which will be annoying.
October 14th, 2017 at 11:16 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:38 PM ^
seems like it would be more like yours
October 14th, 2017 at 11:17 PM ^
It reminds me of Jaquio from Ninja Gaiden.
October 14th, 2017 at 11:13 PM ^
How did you get all those points? Did you buy Brian a house or something?
October 14th, 2017 at 10:25 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
Are you responding to me, or to Honolulu?
October 14th, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
Gotcha, no prob
October 14th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
Woah now, lets not get too chippy here.
Some people are destined for basements, ask SalvatoreQuattro.
October 15th, 2017 at 2:19 AM ^
SalvatoreQuattro vs. BursleyBaitsBus is the new WD vs. half of this board.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^
I thought we were doing more gap blocking than usual today. But I also thought a big part of our success was Higdon making something out of nothing.
I didn't answer, because there are guys who are a lot sharper on this stuff than I am.
If you're one, help us out!
October 15th, 2017 at 12:09 AM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 11:13 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:18 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:24 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
I like them both.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^
Seemed like some of the more successful plays were simply crushing the man in front of them:
October 14th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
These are both zone runs, are they not? Your first (double-posted) example, of course, is a classic power.
Encouraging to see both being run well here.
October 14th, 2017 at 11:30 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
It's a counter, not power. Unless you're calling anything with a pulling lineman power.
October 14th, 2017 at 11:47 PM ^
Fair enough, it's a gap scheme, but not power.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:23 PM ^
Here's an article that should answer a lot of your questions: What is Zone vs Gap blocking by Seth. The "What is" series is a great repository of info like this. There's a lot of specific stuff, with articles on several different particular blocking schemes (wham blocks, pin and pull, split zones, etc).
October 14th, 2017 at 10:25 PM ^
So power it is.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
Let me just take this opportunity to say that the Liveblog during games is atrocious and not worthy of this website. Pure anime jacking off, firing Harbaugh and everyone else. Just stupid. Not reflective at all of the usual blog back and forth between relatively sane community. It seems like Mlive users plus a bunch of pure trolls who are probably sparties or buckeyes looking to cut everyone. I feel dumber for having been a part of it for just ten minutes. Stop the Liveblog.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
It's way too hard to keep up as well. Such an awful way to spend any game time
October 14th, 2017 at 10:53 PM ^
Not going to argue, but have you read the game threads here on the message board? I had to give up on them today, they've been getting excessively negative about every little thing.
October 15th, 2017 at 12:26 AM ^
October 15th, 2017 at 7:42 AM ^
The worst part is any attempt to actually mod the liveblog. I don't generally hang out in there for the reason you mentioned, but I have been given the driver's seat on comments and when you start to see the dregs of the board and their comments stacked in the queue, you begin to realize what a horrible mistake you've made in accepting this task. There have been a few games that have been made difficult to enjoy as a result.
October 15th, 2017 at 12:49 AM ^
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October 14th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
October 14th, 2017 at 10:43 PM ^
Sorry, I misunderstood the question, too.
Per the UFR I think we've seen a lot more power starting with last week. It was mostly zone the first four weeks, but the "Improvement week" effort seems to have brought power schemes back into the mix.
And I have to say that the results are impressive. The monsoon/QB play/perhaps the playcalling obscured it last week, but Michigan seemed more adept at running the ball, particularly with Higdon, against MSU. Then we came into today with the run basically making up our entire offense and it worked. Against a defense that isn't bad.
We've been crying out for this offense to have one thing it can do. Could it be getting there? We won't win a national title just running power, but if there's something to hang a hat on, that's a plus. And the second TD (that should have been enough to seal it) was a drive that featured nothing but runs.
October 14th, 2017 at 10:50 PM ^
i would be satisfied when we can seal the game with a running for a 1st down. Until then, our OL is not good enough. That said, the game plan today is exaclt what i want to see. Go back to basics and wear down the opposing defense. no matter how much momentum they have, they are too tired to beat us. that's what i want to see. However, it does raise concern on injury. For PSU game, we probably need to rotate more often and keep the defense fresh.
October 14th, 2017 at 11:35 PM ^
It's really, really hard to get a first down when the defense is 100% certain you're going to run every play. No matter how good you are in the run game.