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Spread For Tonight Is 5.5...

Thought it'd be 7-8. Not sure what we get for it being at The RAC but man, we better bring it from the jump because you know Md. will be. They'll be focused & hungry after getting embarassed against UM. Gotta get that dog mentality again. Our players need to convince themselves that Md. thinks they're gonna waltz into our building and beat us.

Maybe Pike should show them this clip in the locker room before jump:

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It is incredibly easy to have an offensive scheme that helps QB's, WR's and RB's, here are some examples and why the hell aren't we doing it?

One of the more frustration parts of our offense over the past few years for me is how dull, boring and easy to defend it was. Not only did we not have superior personnel but we had totally lackluster scheme and coaching. Everything from our run game design, formations, motions/shifts (lack thereof), route concepts etc.

Scheming up a successful offense is incredibly simple. And after speaking with a p5 OC recently it really opened my eyes to just how average alot of these guys are. Most of these guys don't know a hell of a lot more than high school OC's however they just got into the business at the college level, made relationships and worked from there.

A few of the offensive systems that I absolutely love that are schematically elite are Tennessee (basically just Art Briles offense), Kansas State (huge on RB/QB counter run game) OK/USC with lincoln riley and Coastal Carolina. You can take bits and pieces from these offenses that can make your offense well above average and beat better teams.

Here is an example of Tennessee's offensive system which is simply a take what the defense gives you system. This is identical to the fordham offense as well which is why I wouldve loved Kevin Decker or Joe Conlin here.

Tennessee run game with rpo. This coach explains the numbers system great for those not familiar with it.
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Tennessee route concepts
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Lincoln Riley GT counter: Blew my mind we never ran this or GH counter. GH/GT counter is my favorite run scheme and imo the most effective. It is so easy to run and creates a great numbers advantage and blocking angles. Our run scheme just being inside zone at a -1 is laughable as it literally is us trying to say we're better and have more talent than the other team.
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TCU's final TD vs Michigan this weekend: Shallow Screen. Slot receiver to the field side (right side, he is wearing #4) simply just sets a legal pick (as long as wr catches it behind line of scrimmage) on the guy guarding quentin johnston which creates a receiver with no one within 10 yards of him. Then all he has to do is make a safety miss. Why wasn't this run to cruickshank 5x a game?

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There's a lot more out there but here's just a few. I really hope our next OC isn't just trying to run inside and outside zone for 2 ypc and then just keep trying to do so hoping something will change. I hope that our route concepts enter the 21st century as well. It is so easy to scheme receivers open and create easy, quick simplistic reads for qb's. We need to pretend we're trying on offense. What we've seen under sean gleeson and GS's first three years is unacceptable, lazy and incompetent.

OT: Dog ACL surgery?

Anyone have any experience with this? Cost, what I'm looking at for recuperation. Our Great Pyrenees, Savannah has decided our farm is a no fly zone. While chasing some Turkey Vultures off and doing her whirly dirly spins to chase flying birds away, apparently blew it out. We've never experienced this injury before and just trying to get an idea of what we're in store for. Any information would be most appreciated. Thank You.

Rutgers vs Maryland - the matchups

Maryland

F - Reese - 6'9 230 sophomore. 10 points 7. boards. High percentage efficient inside presence shooting 69% from the field this season. After dealing with Edey, this guy isn't going to intimidate Cliff at all

F - Scott - 6'8 230 senior. 12 and 6 at 42%, 29% from 3. I thought he would shoot a bit higher percentage from 3 but it looks like his 44% year was an outlier with every other year right around 30. He will get the Mag treatment which will likely lead to a poor game and a few turnovers

G - Young - 6'1 185 senior. 14/4/3 41%, 29% from 3 is below his career averages. Will be giving up a lot of size to Cam. This is a mismatch he can exploit in the post if we want or force a switch for him on Paul where he would have zero chance. Can he make things happen with quickness on the other end to offset?

G - Hart - 6'8 205 senior. 12/5 54%, 39% from 3. Caleb time. Expect to see much worse numbers tonight

G - Carey 6'5 187 senior 7/3 31%, 25% from 3. This looks to be the weakest link. Time for Paul to use the confidence boost from late game Purdue and his healthy shoulder and come out and dominate this fool

6'3 guard Martinez off the bench looks to be their bench scoring option


Don't really see a bad matchup for us. Scott has a bit of weight on Mag but he has less athleticism and likes chucking 3's. Will he try to throw his weight around down low or hang out at the 3 point line?

We will have a pretty significant size advantage for both Paul and Cam. Both coming off very good games. No reason it shouldn't continue
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