RB shift

[MarkDallas]

What is this RB shift we are doing on every single play? I don't remember that before, at least not this much.

 

[MarkDallas]

Bump. Did anybody else notice this?

 

[fishwater99]

I'm sure it's just part of the RPO that Croom 2.0 runs. Why don't we just hand it off to the RB?

 

[aTotal360]

I think it's a check to see who's keyed on the RB.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I was wondering about that all game, because I couldn't see any type of defensive shift in response to the RB shift. We're we disguising which side the RB would line up on? Seemed like we were wasting seconds on the play click with very little advantage.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Probably seeing if the D will give us any hints. Window dressing. Gives the D something to think about.

Cost us a delay of game one time, but blame that on Fitz. Fitz makes the call to shift. Don't make the RB shift when the play clock is at 2 or 3 sec.

I thought Gary Danielson did a great job telling the viewers a lot of Fitz's mistakes shouldn't have been made by a 5th year Sr.

 

[bsquared24]

It is this offenses version of the TE going in motion. Trying to see if the linebackers or line shift revealing something. Assuming there is time on the playclock you want to try and get any advantage you can

 

[00Dawg]

Yep. It was a nice new wrinkle.

It helped keep the defense honest and simplify our reads. I don't know that it made any serious difference, but additions like that this late in the season are a sign of good coaching, and still give me hope.

 

[philduckworth]

What is this RB shift we are doing on every single play? I don't remember that before, at least not this much.

The RB shift is fine, we just need to get the play in sooner and stop checking with the sidelines on every snap. Gary Danielson blamed Fitz for the delay of game at the end of the first half, but Moorhead didn't give him the play until 8 seconds on the play clock. After Fitz gave the signal to the O-line and then the RB shift, we got the delay of game which cost us a TD. Joe was actually trying to call a TO on the sideline.

 

[17thebears]

It was a nice, new wrinkle, but don't plan on seeing it again. Against Auburn, we implemented the speed motion, with a run behind it. Don't think I've seen it again since that game. It's like we do something new each game and then abandon it.