Eric Boles

You can definitely call it whatever you want, I’m sure there are a bunch of different terminology used in coaching for every play. For instance, as you pointed out, Coach Aliotti called it g-series. I’m assuming he considers any play with a pulling guard in that. But did you see down-g? That’s something we’ve really never seen at Oregon. I even wrote about it a couple years back, talking about how I wanted Coach Arroyo to add it to the playbook. And they ran it a couple of times during the spring game.

That 2019 season where DJ and KT played on the same DL together was sweet. And I wish it could have been for more than that single season.

I see what you’re saying with the traditional counter movements of the RB not being present. And the thing is, not every coach does it that way. Lincoln Riley for example, doesn’t use any counter motion from the RB. He’s just using the counter blocking scheme.

Really enjoyed the article Charles! But I’m also fairly confident that this play is GH Counter. It’s not designed to act as a sweep but it can be. What I mean by that is the TE is actually reading. Because the DE squeezed like he did, it makes it virtually impossible for the pulling guard to get a good kick out that would have allowed the TE to lead inside. The TEs are taught that if it gets gummed up on the inside like that, pull to the outside. We can also see from the end zone shot that the RBs initial path is to the inside. The play is also a fantastic example of Whittington’s vision. I will say that I know of high school coaches who have made this into two plays so that the onus is on the coaches instead of making the players think about too much. But I’m college, from what I understand, it’s the same play with two options. As far as reading the backside backer, I can definitely see that being the case. They read an LB on the same run with an RPO attached for Thompson’s TD pass.

I did find something though, now that my curiosity is peaked. This article I just looked through talked about how out of ESPN, 247, Rivals and Scout, the two latter sites have camps that they sponsor. They take the camps into consideration in their ratings, where 247 and ESPN goes by tape and Coach opinion alone. So if a player doesn’t attend the camps, there’s no data and it’s reflected in their ratings.

Oh I don’t agree or disagree. The only reason I knew what I said is because I used to get mad because I’d hear we snagged a 4 star and the go to 247 and they’d have him as a 3. I’d be like, what the heck, guys.

That’s interesting because I’ve always found that the players I look at on Rivals have been given better rankings than on other sites. So I honestly would have never thought that it’s more difficult to qualify for a higher rating with them.

Not only has Kyler Kasper committed to Oregon but he is also reclassifying to the 2022 class. The two positions of need on offense, RB and WR, have really been filled out in this class. Through scholarship guys and PWOs who would good enough to have scholarship offers elsewhere. The staff also have used PWOs to fill out the QB room nicely.

Haha I’ll accept that when they’re a finalist for anything.

I guess everyone that didn’t win would be a runner up. But being a finalist for the award doesn’t really point to poor or mediocre o-line play lol. That was my only point about the award though.

I also can’t say that the last staff’s tactics were poor. The O-line was the runner up for the Moore Award. I just lean more into Klemm’s ideas on the matter.

I just so happen to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan. Hopefully he cracks the WR rotation, but we’re also in need of an upgrade in the return game. So he could definitely contribute there.

Man, there’s nothing wrong with wearing the green and yellow glasses! Nothing wrong with a little bit of optimism, and I think yours is justified.

It’s going to be a good offense. I’ve got the feeling lol.

I think it’s going to be a hell of an offense. I used to love watching Norvell run it at ASU. The Malzahn offensive family has been my favorite style for a long time.

Can’t wait for the spring game!

Oregon Ducks Football Offensive Line Coach Adrian Klemm Shares Vision for His Group - Sports Illustrated Oregon Ducks News, Analysis and More WWW.SI.COM Klemm broke down his vision for his experienced group earlier this week Like Coach Klemm states, there is nothing wrong with the rotation and swing positions that the previous staff favored, but I’m more on-board with Klemm’s strategy. An O-line with minimal rotation and players consistently in the same position is advantageous for all of the reasons Coach Klemm points out.

Oregon Football: What to watch for on offense this spring AUTZENZOO.COM Spring is here and this is what Oregon football fans should be watching for on the offensive side of the ball in... Hey, everyone! For those of you who don’t know, I’ve recently started writing for Autzen Zoo for FanSided. Charles has been gracious enough to let me post my new articles on the board, and this is the first one. I’m going to keep visiting the forum to chat ball with you guys too!

I have no doubt that we’ll se backs with great vision. Coach Locklyn is going to have them ready. But I don’t think we’ll see many backs like James and Barner, just because Dillingham’s system has traditionally used bigger backs.

I could see it every down but it’d have to be pretty varied. Like Oklahoma in 2013. Or Michigan this past season. Michigan’s offense was pretty effective with it. I can see why Coach Cristobal decided to hired Gattis at Miami.

Jon, I’m not sure what we’ll see out of the spring game. But I’d rather see more out of the offense. It’s cool to “hide” things from your opponent but I think practicing your offense in live game situations really help. And I do have to ask, what inserts? Everything I see in the article is stuff I put in it lol.

Yeah, he definitely took the cutback there. Also, there are a ton of of RPOs in the system. Coach Moorhead has some cool RPOs out of the pistol in 2020 but they seemed to all go away in 2021.

The version that Dillingham uses puts the RB a yard closer. Again, I know that doesn’t sound like much, but things do hit a little quicker.

It’s looking like you won’t have much to worry about then!

Yeah, the pistol definitely makes it harder to decide which way the run is going. Other coaches that use the shotgun will counter this by using same side runs. For example there’s the regular inside zone where the RB crosses the QBs face and the OL is also blocking in that direction, and then there’s the same side IZ where the OL blocks in the direction of the RBs alignment and the RB doesn’t cross the QB. And it is very similar to what Mastro brought from Nevada. The overall alignment is the same, but the depths are different. Dillingham has his QB at 5 yards and the RB 2 yards behind him. At Oregon, with Mastro, the QB was also at 5 yards but the RB was 3 yards behind him. That’s actually even different from how Nevada did it when Mastro was there. They were a 4 yard QB depth and the RB was 4 more yards behind that.