SC players comment on our offense

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When asked if there was a moment where the Gamecocks’ defense felt they had solved the Wolverines, cornerback JaMarcus King gave an affirmative answer. He felt that way after Michigan’s first two drives.

“They gave us everything,” King said. “After that, we knew we could stop everything.”

Why? King felt the Wolverines were playing to their tendencies — running a lot of the same routes over and over again.

“The choice route where the receiver runs a mesh and the tight end runs a dig,” King said. “So they ran that probably 85 percent of the time, and they ran a lot of stop routes on the back side.

Similar answers were provided by linebacker TJ Brunson and defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw, as well.

Brunson knew from certain formations whether Michigan was going to run the ball and where the Wolverines would run it. He could also tell what to expect from personnel groupings. That allowed the defense to simply read their keys and “make plays, execute.”

“We got in the right calls in the right positions,” Brunson said, “and everyone executed for the most part.”


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M-Dog

January 1st, 2018 at 7:31 PM ^

From the mouths of babes . . . "The Emperor has no clothes."

All that window dressing is just that, window dressing for 4 basic plays.

I hate our offense.

 

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MarcusRay97

January 2nd, 2018 at 4:28 AM ^

To run 3 different run plays and 4 different pass plays.... Then people wonder why our QBs have nowhere to throw the ball because the defense knows and has jumped the routes, they are sitting in our hip pocket every single pass play....

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MGolem

January 1st, 2018 at 9:37 PM ^

But we looked downright competent on offense in the third quarter (until the turnover onslaught began) so I am not sure how much their "knowledge" of what we were running helped them. We gave that game away. I don't think in all my years of watching football I have ever seen a team have 5 turnovers in one half.

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Huzilla

January 1st, 2018 at 7:32 PM ^

I've never played a lick of football in my life and I can often tell what plays we're going to run based on our personnel packages myself.  

I'm sure others on this board are the same.

 

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Hail Harbo

January 2nd, 2018 at 12:40 AM ^

Jim Harbaugh says that the wrong personnel group for the play was sent onto the field.  Says that Peters knew that McKeon wasn't supposed to get the ball but said, what the hell.  McKeon says he thought they were running some other play and never expected the ball.

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Thought this crap was flushed down the toilet December of 2014.  Thought wrong.

 

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jcgold

January 1st, 2018 at 7:32 PM ^

Maybe I’m missing something, but isn’t limiting the playbook/routes typical when you have so much youth in the passing game? I’m not saying that that excuses the anemic state of the offense, just that it maybe provides somewhat of an explanation? I don’t know. Just searching for any sort of rationality in a world of frustration.

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lilpenny1316

January 1st, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^

There's a reason why Tarik Black was getting more time than the other freshman WRs.  He had more knowledge and experience with a route tree from his high school days than DPJ had.  Remember when Donnie Corley was at MSU and he didn't do much?  The offenses in DPS (Detroit Public Schools) are not very intricate.  So it takes a while to learn the type of pro style offense we run. 

I assume that's why we saw more TEs split out wide this season.  They probably had more knowledge of the playbook and route tree.  One person who should have experience running routes though is Grant Perry.  Did he play?  I don't remember hearing his name today.

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ppudge

January 1st, 2018 at 7:36 PM ^

Because their offense kept turning it over and putting them in bad spots. We had one drive all game - the first drive of the 2nd half. That was it. Everything else was wasting short fields with FGs.

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Muttley

January 1st, 2018 at 8:11 PM ^

The FGs came on possessions starting from

  • the SC 46 (fumbled punt)
  • the SC 31 (fumbled handoff))
  • the M 40 (kick catch interference 15 yds))
  • the SC 32 (Furbush INT, Higdon fumble, SC Punt)

That we turned those opportunities into only 12 points was a sign of Michigan's anemic offense.  Once SC stopped gifting Michigan golden opportunities, Michigan stopped scoring.

 

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Michwolve21

January 1st, 2018 at 7:35 PM ^

Pep Hamilton is not a football coach. He’s good at being a smooth talking networker. He’s a great conman. There’s a reason he hasn’t stayed anywhere more than 3 seasons. When the team returns, all he needs is some boxes to pack up his belongings and someone to lock him out of Schembechler Hall permanently.

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Catchafire

January 1st, 2018 at 7:37 PM ^

Most teams can tell what the opposition is going to do. We can tell what PSU, OSU, and other teams are going to do. But just because you know it's coming doesn't mean you can stop it. We beat ourselves, not SC... Turnovers in the red zone will kill a team plain and simple.

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Mr Grainger

January 1st, 2018 at 7:37 PM ^

I remember after the 7-4 2005 season when Coach Carr replaced his OC and DC and his team went 11-1 the following year (yes the loss was to OSU but still ... ). The point is a shakeup can make a BIG difference one things get stale. That 06 team returned a lot of it's previous season's talent as well ...

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los barcos

January 1st, 2018 at 7:38 PM ^

A special type of skill to be both so complex that your players can’t learn the offense and yet so simple that the other team knows exactly what you’re doing. ::::::shruggy emoji:::::::

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BlueND8n

January 1st, 2018 at 7:39 PM ^

Michigan had one solid td drive. Everything else was a fg that came from stalled drives and insanely good field position. The comments from the cock defenders reflect what I saw today. Smh.

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