Game notes: CSU vs Bama

Quote from: hscoach on September 18, 2017, 10:05:23 PM

CSU pass plays:
1.   1st and 10: Wide rec screen and the vs man coverage Wallace and Fitzpatrick mad the play for a 2-yard gain. They do a good job avoiding the block and coming off the block.
2.   3rd and 8: This is what we use to call uncovered. QB stands up and throw to an inside receiver with loose coverage. Jones comes up and forces him inside to the LB who make the play for about a 3-yard gain. 4th down.
3.   1st and 10: Slant to the rec thrown about 4 to 5 yards pass the LOS and Wallace gets a PBU with Harrison also there to put a hit if the ball is complete.
4.   3rd and 10: CSU runs a bit of a rub route but Bama switches making me think zone here or they have a rule for exchanges if the recs rub early of the LOS. Wallace is in position and gets a PBU on an underthrown ball. QB got hit on this play.
5.   1st and 10: Little play-action go route against Averett and the call is PI as he had a hold of his jersey. Averett seems to be in good position.
6.   3rd and 6: CSU has a bunch formation to their right and they motion over causing Bama to mover their defenders. The rub off the stand-up tight end and hit what becomes the inside rec for a short gain. Fitzpatrick come up and make a tackle for a 4-yard gain.
7.   4th and 2: Play action and the ball is overthrown to the rec on the outside. Could have been completed with a good throw. It is max protection with a one rec route. Fitzpatrick on loose coverage.
8.   2nd and 13: Play-action with boot action and the QB hit the TE who is basically still on the LOS and the LB come up and makes the play for about a 6-yard gain. He blocked first and then released.
9.   3rd and 6: A crossing route with man coverage. Averett has to come over the LB to get to his man so he is trailing. Ball is thrown about 3 to 4 yards over the LOS and CSU picks up 9 yards.
10.   1st and 10: Play-action with a back-shoulder fade to the wide rec. Wallace was there but maybe a little too far up the field. Hard to come-back and make the play on those throws. Gain of about 16.
11.   3rd and 8: CSU tries to throw over the middle but it is high. Fitzpatrick was there for the coverage so if the ball was on target it would have been hard to complete.
12.   2nd and 9: Deep in their own territory Bama comes with a corner blitz and CSU hits the uncovered rec for a big gain. Harrison misses a tackle and CSU ends up gaining 39 yards. No one that I saw came over quick enough to take away the throw and no OLB dropped to take away the throwing lane.
13.   3rd and 5: CSU runs motion to show the coverage. Brown is running with the rec who runs a slant. Ball is thrown about 4 yards past the LOS and they gain about 8 yards. Ineligible rec downfield and the ball come back making it a 3rd and10. TE makes great catch with Fitzpatrick covering. Ball is thrown behind and the guy reaches back and makes the catch. This is a gain of 25. QB is hit right after he throws the ball.
14.   1st and 10: CSU throws to the FB off of play-action. on what we use to call an arrow route. Coverage is by the OLB Allen who is just a step behind, because of the play-action. They gain about 9.
15.   3rd and goal: Fade to the 6’5” rec over Averett. Ball was underthrown and the was a PI call. No jam on the LOS to disrupt route. Ball was actually underthrown and the rec reached behind him and made the catch.
16.   1st and 10: A double screen look. You have one outside but also inside if the outside isn’t there. They throw to the inside and CSU gains about 13 yards. Off of play-action to the back.
17.   1st and 10: Throw to the short side of the field to try to hit the TE who is well covered by the LB, incomplete. Ball thrown about 10 yards and he was hit.
18.   2nd and 10: Runs a slant to the short side of the field against Wallace and the rec gets inside position. Complete for a 14-yard gain and Wallace immediately makes the tackle.
19.   1st and 10: Play looks to be a back-shoulder fade, but the ball is batted to cause and incomplete pass and the QB gets hit. Brought Fitzpatrick off the edge.
20.   2nd and 9: Rec tries to get inside leverage and Wallace has help over the top. He undercuts the play and tips the ball and Harrison make the pick.
21.   1st and 10: Play-action with a throw-back screen to the back who is wide open. I would think the OLB would have that responsibility. CSU gains 27 yards on this play.
22.   1st and 10: Overthrow to the wide out and he was pretty well covered.
23.   2nd and 10: CSU tries to go deep and Wallace gets beat a little but makes ups the distance and gets a PBU.
24.   3rd and 10: Ball is overthrown. It looks like the QB is hit low and may have caused the ball to go high. Jones intercepts and gets a long return. As lstephens pointed out Brown got about 3 blocks on the return. It also gave Bama the ball on the 11 going in.
25.   1st and 10: Another short route by CSU and Bama brings heat off the edge. Fitzpatrick jumps up and bats the ball down.
26.   2nd and 10: Another short route, thrown about 4 yards off the LOS and the ball is off the hands of the rec. There were 3 Bama players around him.
27.   3rd and 10: QB is under pressure and the ball is thrown 3 yards behind the LOS. It is his final check-down where he doesn’t take a sack. A couple of things happened here. First, the rusher was underneath the QB and allowed him to side step and get the ball off. If he is on his outside shoulder he probably can’t make the throw. Wilson had inside leverage and is running so hard the player makes one move and gets up the field to get a first down. Wallace is outside to turn the player back inside where the defenders are. This play should have been stopped for little or no gain.
28.   3rd and 4: CSU sets up another slant, but the ball is batted down and the QB is hit by Fitzpatrick on the blitz.
29.   1st and 10: CSU runs a little swing pass and Brown comes in and make a tackle for a 3-yard loss. Looks like they may have been in zone coverage.
30.   2nd and 4: Try to run a stop route and it is well covered by Diggs who jams the rec off the LOS.
31.   3rd and 4: A quick slant route with Harrison in coverage, but the ball is batted down by Holcombe. However, a hands to the face give CSU the first down.
32.   1st and 10: The ball is on the 16-yard line and the inside rec runs a slant against Brown who has loose coverage and they gain 11 yards.
33.   3rd and goal: CSU tries to send the back out against Holcombe and he get a PBU with good coverage.
34.   2nd and 12: CSU runs a go route and the ball is dropped the coverage is there but the play should have been made.
35.   3rd and 12: They run a deep out and Bama is in a zone coverage. It looks like Brown has the underneath coverage and doesn’t find the outside rec to get underneath the throw which allows for the completion. Also, there is a roughing the passer call which ends up make this a 27-yard play.
36.   3rd and 6: CSU clears out and releases the back on a ball thrown about 3 yards over the LOS and they gain a first down.
37.   1st and 10: Was looking for another quick throw that was covered and the QB is rushed so he checks down to the back. Ball is thrown behind the LOS and Diggs misses a tackle and they pick up 4 yards.
38.   2nd and 10: The run the arrow with the back out again and gain 6. Averett had to come up and make the tackle.
39.   3rd and 4: CSU runs the inside screen to the wide rec and gets to the 3- yard line.
40.   1st and goal: The throw the fade to the OS against Averett again and may have been a touch- down. Got a jam but out battled for the ball.
41.   2nd and goal: Fade thrown to the 6’5” rec for the touch-down against Diggs. I don’t think Diggs ever saw the ball. No real jam by the defender.
42.   2-point play: They run a choice route by the inside rec on Hamilton who is there for the PBU.

CSU only had 2 three and outs and those were the first 2 possessions of the game.

I think these younger players are trying so hard to make a play they are losing their technique.

Excellent. Thanks.