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... California Golden Blogs: A 12-part series featuring the Bears inability to…I’m being totally serious…execute screen passes. ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part IV: Cal's Zone Blocking Busts a Big One
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In this fourth part of a twelve post analysis, we're going to look at Cal's Zone Blocking scheme. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, and Part III.
Through most of the Tedford era Cal has used a man-blocking run scheme with a pulling backside guard. Most Cal fans are familiar with this scheme since it has been dissected on this blog and other blogs. However, every so often Cal has called zone-blocking run plays ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part V: Setting Up the Flea Flicker
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In this fifth part of a twelve post analysis, we're going to look at how Cal baits the defense by running plays which look similar but in fact are different. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV.
Also, I would like to give a very special thanks to Ken Crawford from Excuse Me For My Voice, for volunteering to create youtube videos for the plays I am dissecting. Many ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part VI: Bad Footwork
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In this sixth part of a twelve post analysis, we're going to look at how some bad footwork on the offensive line can lead to a botched play. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V.
Again, special thanks to Ken Crawford from Excuse Me For My Voice, for volunteering to create youtube videos for the plays I am dissecting.
While working under Coach ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part VII: Blitzing the A-Gap & Fan Notification
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In this seventh part of a twelve post analysis, we're going to look at how the Miami Hurricane defense blitzes Cal's A-Gap again to get quick pressure on the quarterback, and how Cal attempts to notify the quarterback. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, and Part VI.
In the first part of this series I showed how Miami was quickly blitzing the A-Gap of Cal's offense line to get ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part VIII: Know Thy Enemy
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In this eighth part of a twelve post analysis, we're going to look how scouting can lead to a linebacker's recognition of the play. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, and Part VII.
Every team scouts their opponent. They look at film. They look for tendencies. They look for substitution tendencies. They look for formational tendencies. They ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part IX: Zone Blocking Creates A Numerical Advantage
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In this ninth edition of a twelve post analysis, we're going to look at how Cal's zone blocking creates a numerical advantage at the line of scrimmage. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, and Part VIII.
Typically in Cal's man blocking scheme seven blockers would take on the seven defenders in the box (usually the four defensive linemen and the three ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part X: Wasting Timeouts
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In this tenth part of a twelve part analysis, we're going to look at how a wide receiver misalignment caused a timeout to be wasted. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, and Part IX.
When you're through with the season and into your bowl game, there are some things that should never go wrong. You've done them so many times, ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part XI: Failing to Execute
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In this eleventh part of a twelve part analysis, we're going to look at a false start and discuss what can cause a false start. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, and Part X (link needed).
Here's the video of the play (special thanks to Ken Crawford of ...
Emerald Bowl Review: Part XII: Moving Follett around
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In this twelfth part of a twelve part analysis, we're going to look at two consecutive plays to see how the offense can manipulate defensive players. In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, and Part XI.
Above is the YouTube video of the plays (special ...
