Coaching Points: BYU vs Nebraska, 2015

Francis Gardler / Lincoln Journal protagonist

Crime: mostly 11 people, mostly shooters, but slightly more masked than last year.
In: Starting firmly with cover 4 (looks like MOD), move to a more even height in the second half



Revaluation

• Armstrong seemed confident at first, but lost confidence when the defense broke.
• Newby was strong, particularly tense, but he didn't always trust his block.
• He misses Pearson El
• TEs are strong in the running game, I want to see them more in the attack pass.
• OL fought hard against the IG and overcame the defense
• DL is still very strong, especially in DT
• DB and LB struggled with coverage but improved as Nebraska moved to 1 bigger coverage and higher coverage.
• I will not talk about the last game

Defender
Tommy Armstrong blew the game up. It fit comfortably in your pocket, was easy to read, and demonstrated the strength of his hands in a few side flips. The weather looked good and he looked confident. Was there a script for this play? Because it went down a bit from there.

In my opinion, Armstrong's biggest problem was his defense (more on that later). As soon as she started being pressed, her legs became stuffed and her eyes started to water. You can see how trust comes from him. Since then, he has started to miss some of the jumps he just made, made worse decisions, and started coming late with his jumps.

Armstrong clearly has arm strength (pun intended?), But he still doesn't seem confident in the attack. I don't think these deep passes are the same deep passes that he was ordered to do in Beck's attack, they are more controlled and precise: the corner path is almost an angular path, the rack is almost stable, the deep seam to do a lot of punches and soon. Armstrong can perform these launches, but you need to be sure where you launch and the launches must be on time or else your ownership as a host will end. And the defenders are closing the gap.

It also seemed that Armstrong didn't have the courage to run with the ball until the last pass in the first half. Twice early in the game he could have easily scored in the first drop, breaking the content, but he couldn't because he waited for someone to open but never did (in both cases there was an incomplete transfer). Even when he broke his pocket, he was knocked out from behind and looked like he wasn't sure he could open it. An athlete like Armstrong must be able to play with his feet. Let's see if they open up a little more.

On the way back
Newby seemed pretty good to me, albeit very happy in all directions (resulting in some blockage in the body or grip). There were times when the match was open as shown, he was looking to improve or shorten and it would have been worse for the offense. I think there is still a level of comfort for him on some tracks, but he also did it on the elongated sections, which is not very good.

I thought Wilbon was a good third guard or curtain. He clearly has some ability to catch up, although he still seems to be trying to figure out how and where to leave the apartment. He made some good shots and made a few yards that was out of range at times, but I think he needs to improve some minor aspects of his game (like a professional pass) to take full advantage and prevent an attack. He put out his hand a little. He also wanted to try to do too much in a running game, leaving him more locked up than anything else.

Large receiver
Westerkamp looked very tough, as expected. He got up and took the ball, had some nice runs and dramatized a little bit. Many times I thought he had a chance to play big, but that's not really his game. I think he got along well with his character. Riley offers another good option for ball possession and had a good YAC on the catch, but he gives little.

I think when Pearson-El leaves, Nebraska misses the player of this crime. Moore, Turner and Morgan have done a great job, but they're not in the same league as Pearson-Al. It's an on-screen WR game, a jet attack, and a bit of a mess due to some drag routing that I thought Nebraska should have caused even more. Now they are a good team, but even with Westerkamp's exit I don't think the defense will always have to report, fearing that otherwise it will be an important match.

The narrow end
I still like what I see for YOU in the racing game. Aside from GD Foster, a great engineer who delayed the Flash's release, they did little to get over the game. Okay, so far, I don't think Riley is often thrilled about throwing the ball into the center of the court, and I don't necessarily blame him. But I want guys like Satan to try and get through the shifts, I think they have potential.

But where they were, there were obstacles. I hunted him in the spring and came back here, but Cotton is the guy who blocks. When asked to seal the blocks, he sealed the blocks. When asked to push the unit, he pushed. He's a great asset in the current game and I think that's why "Nebraska" needs to reorganize an out-of-zone attack.

Attack line
The line of attack was no different in a really strong game, especially in close combat. The interior is still a mystery to this group, they are struggling to get a vertical offset with their starting combo blocks and are struggling to get out of these combo blocks and get along with the second level. I know Riley wants Inside Zone to be his main game, but these guys aren't advanced or technically advanced enough to do it right now.

The power was not the best. No matter how well these guys moved, the tension wasn't constant, especially for problem solving (attack not in that shoulder, penetration too deep, etc.). The attacks continue from within.

Where they looked great in the Zone Stretch game, which was the basis of Beck's attack. Even if they haven't reached the criterion, you see the opportunity to do so only to be bothered by the filled security. But they did a great job of locking the seals or at least moving them horizontally along the front of the part. I have no doubt that they need to start the game with a larger open area and set it up before going elsewhere. After fixing it up a bit in the 3rd quarter, they were able to come back with some inside runs and get some details. The main threat to this team is at stake, often beyond YOU, and must be put on top of everything else. Problem is, he sometimes makes Armstrong entertain himself with the game. It looks much better in straight drops in the software or where it is cleaned from the cabin.

Which brings me to the next point: skipping defense. Yes. This was a serious problem with repeated failures. Nebraska struggled to get one trick after another. BYU repeatedly turns LB on DL and OL in Nebraska lights up on both left and right sides, which usually looks like an OG mistake. RG Codolo was for the most part a bad game. He missed the pull-ups in the running game, he lost too much in the other few blocks, but he fought very, very hard with the defense of the pass. Her biggest problem is her legs and curves. When he is about to fit in, he stops moving his legs, and when he stops moving his legs, he bends down to try to resist. It does not have a squat sports base to support the levers on the target, and because of this it not only hits but also clicks frequently. It was a big failure against BYU, but I'm not sure it's an easy fix (maybe it's a bad match, or it could be a sign of a more serious problem that will haunt the Cornwalls this year).

Defense line
We all know how much I admire Collins. In this game he was destructive again, sometimes throwing blockers, sometimes floating twice and usually just yelling at people. My only complaint against him is the lack of discipline. Sometimes it seems that he takes an easy approach, and this relieves him of the responsibility of the breakup. Hill used it to move forward a little and run with it, but several times he allowed QB BYU to extend the game for LOS because he could fit into his pocket and then walk away.

Valentine had the same problem when he couldn't do the trick, causing Hill to run longer in the day. But overall, I think both DTEs have been very good. This means that if the opposing leader in the RB position carries 4 main pillars, this suggests that he does not know how to deal with the opposing DL in the current game.

DE is fine too. McMallen had some good passes and reverse DE doesn't seem to have changed which is probably a good sign.

Midfielder
This is where inconsistency in stance begins to hit the Nebraska defense hard. Banderas looked at his best, but he too was not great and rarely played. In other words, the young man looked young from the outside. It showed a few things, but everywhere it was a little. Where he played some good games under the lighting but was mostly attacked. It was the story of the defensive days in Nebraska, of the uneasiness in coverage, especially in the area.

Protective back
Which brings us here. Nebraska started the game in what I thought was Cover 4 mode (it had a few Cover 4 options), and it looks like they're really struggling with that. The biggest problem was that it was not possible to cover the person in the box because there was too much distance between the defender and the host. They blew on their backs several times, as if they weren't sure where the help was coming from. And almost all of them were chosen, Kalu, Davy, A. Williams, they all had lighting problems and left too much space between them and the receiver. In general, although each of them played separately, they mostly fought. With a large receiver like BYU, you can't let them go off that much and use them to hold your body. You have to go into their bodies and destroy what they want to do or else you will leave the pieces and that is exactly what happened.

In addition to drooping heels, Nebraska helped them turn into a defense with a high (many cover 1, some cover 3, cover 1 seem more effective). Players seem to care little where help comes from, how to use defenders and so on. It was still far from perfect, but using Cover 4K as a replacement (bringing INT into the slot and almost another one a few games ago) helped stabilize the defense and get a little stronger on the backend.