Hot/Cold Offense

[evilpoke]

I was thinking about what changed between the third quarter and fourth quarter, where the offense went from brain dead to wired on Red Bull - It finally occurred to me that they went to the hurry up no-huddle offense (as opposed to the have a cup of coffee no huddle). San Diego State got tired - Wyoming didn't, and suddenly the offense physically dominated the game at every point.

Still, I've never seen an offense like this before - where its either on or off - no in between. I was thinking about why this happens - the only thing I could come up with was team speed - a certain level of speed on defense basically determines whether the offense works or not - it's like the freezing point with water.

Thoughts?

 

[calpoke25]

I think it is what happens when you have such a young team. They are just very streaky. They don't have the experience yet to get through the lows and times when things aren't clicking. The peaks are higher and the valleys are lower.

 

[Adv8RU12]

Could it be that DC sort of took charge with the offense, when he maybe had trouble getting Arroyo to get his head out and get with the game? Clearly Arroyo was having problems the first half. Maybe it's time to move him out.

 

[zappinpoke]

One thing I noticed was that the O-line tighten up their splits and started giving ACS an actual pocket he could step up into on his throws and also helped with the run blocking.

 

[gopokes1399]

Clearly Arroyo was having problems the first half. Maybe it's time to move him out.

hes in his first year give him a chance... and it has to be the O line we were running the ball and having time to throw it therefore we gained so momentum and took off from there

 

[MrTitleist]

Who says Arroyo was having problems? This is all speculation at this point. For all we know he called the plays the whole game.

 

[evilpoke]

Could it be that DC sort of took charge with the offense, when he maybe had trouble getting Arroyo to get his head out and get with the game? Clearly Arroyo was having problems the first half. Maybe it's time to move him out.

From game reports, ACS gave Arroyo super props after the game - so you know he had to be in the kids ear the whole game as he was leading the Pokes to a win. The problem offensively with this team isn't the playcalling - although i was getting a little tired of the runs up the middle getting blasted until Alexander's run in the fourth.

 

[Fullback41]

I think it is a combination of inexperience playing good defenses. I think this year good defenses (AFA, Utah, BYU) have been able to stop us, but I don't necessarily think it is because they are fast defenses, they are just good. I don't think of AFA or BYU defenses as so much faster than UNLV, SDSU, NM; just better. FSU and TCU torched BYU due to lack of defensive speed.

With more experience alone I think this offense will do well/better against the same defenses, then if we can add some more playmakers even better. We are about 2 plays away from beating AFA, and 1 play away from beating Utah, and this is our first year in this offense. I really think the 30 point games will be the norm in the near future, and a certain level of opponents defense won't be able to shut us down, they are just good and more experienced right now but if we get a bowl game and extra practices this offense will really take off next year even against fast defenses. We may still struggle but not to the degree we have this year, maybe held to 14 instead of 0 points type of thing.