What offensive play did you hate the most?

[Extra Point]

I really, really hated the first play against Penn State after RU recovered a botched kick off catch. Let's have Hicks run towards the sideline and try to get the corner against a fast Penn State defense.

Hicks is a hell of a player, this is not a knock on him but he is a power north south guy.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of "the quick pass to the sideline that never works."

It was frustrating, for sure, but remember 1 things about that play fellas: once we have the guys to run it properly, when it works, it'll work in a B1G way!

 

[Scarlet_Monster]

The double/triple reverses that did nothing

That one series with Oden at the goal line, bringing in Laviano on 4th down

Making our N/S runners continually go E/W

 

[madchuck]

Every designed run with Laviono was painful to watch. Putting Odin in when literally every single person knew he wasn't going to pass. That horrible bubble screen we would run on first down.

 

[Blitz8RUCrazy]

The Laviano shuffle.

 

[BeantownKnight]

Any play that involved the RB standing behind the QB (Laviano or Gio). Then, the QB clapping his hands once, prompting the RB to then stand next to the QB (usually to the QB's left), before the QB would clap again which would prompt the Center to snap the ball.

 

[RUMBA-JK]

- 5 yard passes on 3rd and 8
- plays where the offense looks to be in "Slo-Mo" while the defense looks like they drew up the play.

 

[hiwater]

I'm sure there's gonna be a lot of "the quick pass to the sideline that never works."

It was frustrating, for sure, but remember 1 things about that play fellas: once we have the guys to run it properly, when it works, it'll work in a B1G way!

The quick pass behind the LOS on third and long bothered me. There is no time, personnel or not, where that is a good play IMO. 1st or 2nd down yes.

 

[waretown]

I really, really hated the first play against Penn State after RU recovered a botched kick off catch. Let's have Hicks run towards the sideline and try to get the corner against a fast Penn State defense.

Hicks is a hell of a player, this is not a knock on him but he is a power north south guy.

most all of them

 

[RUJMM78]

Any third down play that didn't result in a first down and there were far too many of them in every league game.

 

[Clearscreen25]

QB consistently rolling to his left and throwing across his body. Just didn't have players with arm strength to do that at this level.

 

[Knight Shift]

• 1st and Goal at IOWA 3
  (5:53 - 2nd) Tylin Oden run for 1 yd to the Iowa 2
  
  
• 2nd and Goal at IOWA 2
  (5:53 - 2nd) Tylin Oden run for no gain to the Iowa 2
  
  
• 3rd and Goal at IOWA 2
  (5:53 - 2nd) Chris Laviano run for a loss of 1 yard to the Iowa

The guys who could have punched it in react:

 

[LC-88]

Ahhhh..spiking the ball on 4th down is the play I hate most.

 

[Knight Shift]

Ahhhh..spiking the ball on 4th down is the play I hate most.

Think he was talking about this season. . . . .

 

[Jumba72]

The reverse flip on the first series vs Ohio State. The offense was looking solid up to that point. Momentum was going to be a huge factor in the game. We mortgaged it for style points.

 

[Rokodesh]

Hicks running a sweep was some of the worst playcalling I've ever seen in a football game. The guy is a power back who can run through N/S through holes and they run him sideways for 20 yards into a wall of defenders, on more than 1 occasion. I also cringed every time Gio tried to play-action on a team that cannot pass or throw the ball, and yet gives the defense more time to get into the backfield, instead of trying a quick pass to pickup yards.

 

[shields]

The penn State reverse, just stupid.

 

[bac2therac]

I would say the Penn State first play after the fumble recovery was god awful...yes we wouldnt have won but good lord it negated all the monmentum, it was a total embarrassment of a playcall, wrong place, wrong time, wrong offensive coordinator

 

[shields]

Plus with a kicker who has no range don't run a play that could lose yardage.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Any slow developing deep handoff (or pass off that look), where the RB has to wait back there and the DL and blitzers can tee off toward that spot behind center.

That play, without being complimented by seam route and quick slants over the middle.. and quick dives where the OL fires out.. that play just begs for sacks and tackles for loss.

 

[RU205]

Drew only called about 5 different types of plays all year. Didn't really like any of them.

 

[Abro1975]

Punting when you are 30 yards away from the end zone while trailing no less. Nothing more screams "we surrender'

 

[RURM85]

• 1st and Goal at IOWA 3
  (5:53 - 2nd) Tylin Oden run for 1 yd to the Iowa 2
  
  
• 2nd and Goal at IOWA 2
  (5:53 - 2nd) Tylin Oden run for no gain to the Iowa 2
  
  
• 3rd and Goal at IOWA 2
  (5:53 - 2nd) Chris Laviano run for a loss of 1 yard to the Iowa

The guys who could have punched it in react:

How about the 4th down where if Laviano would have simply pitched to the RB (think it was Martin), Rutgers would have scored, except he didn't and ending up getting tackled at the 1.

These 4 downs literally lost Rutgers the game.

 

[RU#1fan]

3rd Down and 12 and calling for a Pass 4 yards over the middle.

 

[JerseyShoreKnight]

Springtime for Hitler. I was very offended, what poor taste.

 

[robcac26]

Punting when you are 30 yards away from the end zone while trailing no less. Nothing more screams "we surrender'

This infuriates me. Last year we did this at least twice against Ohio State. I believe once was on a 4th and 2 and again on a 4th and 1. Both times, Ohio State brought the ball right back to where we punted from in a matter of seconds, making the punt absolutely pointless.

 

[newwavedave1]

Punting when you are 30 yards away from the end zone while trailing no less. Nothing more screams "we surrender'

+1. My old roommate and I think alike once again.

 

[RUsince52]

The fade to the back of the end zone. To me it's a wasted play because we could never practice it enough to even have a remote chance of completing it with our qbs.
The upside was that we didn't get close enough to the end zone to try it.I'm sure it's still in the playbook.

 

[cicero grimes]

The failure to huddle. A short break between futile attempts to gain 3 yards would have been much appreciated.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

The fade to the back of the end zone. To me it's a wasted play because we could never practice it enough to even have a remote chance of completing it with our qbs.
The upside was that we didn't get close enough to the end zone to try it.I'm sure it's still in the playbook.

Fir the life of me, I don't know why we don't have sideline fades to, say, Patton, when he has single coverage playing up on him. You do not have to be in the endzone to throw jump balls to a tall receiver with a little guy playing up on him.

 

[madchuck]

Fir the life of me, I don't know why we don't have sideline fades to, say, Patton, when he has single coverage playing up on him. You do not have to be in the endzone to throw jump balls to a tall receiver with a little guy playing up on him.

That fade would work if you were throwing to Mo Sanu or Kenny Britt not Agudosi or whoever the hell we tried to throw to.

 

[Dpgru]

The ones that lost yardage

 

[MYHATINTHERING]

you guys can narrow it down to one?

 

[ashokan]

I used to dislike the "Jabu Package" when Ray Rice would get iced. Looking back though it often worked compared to the stuff from later years. RU could use a Jabu Package now lol

 

[RUfinal4]

The Punt

It means we failed on our offensive drive

 

[seels2662]

It drove me nuts when it was third or even fourth and inches and we had a good center and two guards good at straight up blocking and we still shotgunned it backwards five yards and played around with an option run. Freaking go under center and push three inches.

 

[Dpgru]

It drove me nuts when it was third or even fourth and inches and we had a good center and two guards good at straight up blocking and we still shotgunned it backwards five yards and played around with an option run. Freaking go under center and push three inches.

There are even pro teams that do this. Drives me crazy as well. I know schemes evolve and change and fall in and out of favor but how the heck can the QB sneak go out of style.

 

[Roy_Faulker]

Brian Leonard up the middle again for no gain....

 

[DHajekRC84]

The one's being run by the other teams...they were good.

 

[RUsince52]

The Punt

It means we failed on our offensive drive

Yes, from the 30 yard line because a FG was questionable at best.