2-high zone is definitely the broad family, with the exact coverage depending on Alabama's formations. Against Trips they were running a lot of Special, against Bunch a lot of Box, lots of Cone over single-receiver surfaces, plenty of Quarters and Quarter-Quarter-Half stuff.
I use Final Cut Pro X, and then I have a few plug-ins that I've added for graphics. The arrows and position labels are all Ripple Callouts, and I don't remember where I got the titles/lower thirds, but they're add-ons as well.
On the first RPO play you broke down, I'm not sure I'm fully understanding. You said the read is on LB, but the run is going to the opposite side of the field. If the run is going the other way, wouldn't the run always be chosen, since you could just leave that LB unblocked, keeping your blockers advantage while running it to the other side of the field? Or is the concept that if you spot the LB breaking in, that the screen is essentially a higher value play at that time?
Good question! It's true that you could run away from that guy and just leave him unblocked with no read, and if he stays in his wide pre-snap alignment then you'd probably be fine, but the problem comes from him jumping back into the box at the last minute or blitzing off the edge. A good WLB can certainly run down a play like this from the backside, especially if it cuts back, which is actually the most common outcome on a play like this. More generally, even if that LB doesn't fly across the formation and make the tackle, his presence/absence in the run fit changes things for the rest of the front. In the video, the LB that's in the box is lined up directly over the Center. If we think of the Center and that LB as canceling each other out, then Texas is playing 3-over-3 at the point of attack (DT/DE/NB vs. RG/RT/TE). Typically any time that the number of blockers and defenders is equal, it's a schematic win for the offense. If that backside LB jumps into the box, though, then it frees up the other LB to bump over to the playside, where the Center won't be able to get to him. In that case, Texas would be playing 4-over-3 at the point of attack (DT/DE/SLB/NB vs. RG/RT/TE), and 3-over-2 to the backside (DT/DE/WLB vs. LG/LT). It might not look like much, but that LB bumping over to play over the RG would change this play completely, because it takes away the Center's angle to cut him off. The goal of the RPO is to force that backside LB to choose. Assuming that you run it efficiently, he can either (1) play 3-over-2 in the box, on the backside of the run, or (2) play 2-over-2 vs. the screen, but he can't do both, and so the QB is just reading him to see what he does.
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What coverage was texas playing for the majority of the game? It looked like it was mostly zone with a 2 high look. But what was the coverage though?
2-high zone is definitely the broad family, with the exact coverage depending on Alabama's formations. Against Trips they were running a lot of Special, against Bunch a lot of Box, lots of Cone over single-receiver surfaces, plenty of Quarters and Quarter-Quarter-Half stuff.
What would you say was the base defense for Texas during the season? Did it vary at all?
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What software do you use to edit the breakdown lines and stuff?
I use Final Cut Pro X, and then I have a few plug-ins that I've added for graphics. The arrows and position labels are all Ripple Callouts, and I don't remember where I got the titles/lower thirds, but they're add-ons as well.
On the first RPO play you broke down, I'm not sure I'm fully understanding.
You said the read is on LB, but the run is going to the opposite side of the field. If the run is going the other way, wouldn't the run always be chosen, since you could just leave that LB unblocked, keeping your blockers advantage while running it to the other side of the field?
Or is the concept that if you spot the LB breaking in, that the screen is essentially a higher value play at that time?
Good question! It's true that you could run away from that guy and just leave him unblocked with no read, and if he stays in his wide pre-snap alignment then you'd probably be fine, but the problem comes from him jumping back into the box at the last minute or blitzing off the edge. A good WLB can certainly run down a play like this from the backside, especially if it cuts back, which is actually the most common outcome on a play like this.
More generally, even if that LB doesn't fly across the formation and make the tackle, his presence/absence in the run fit changes things for the rest of the front. In the video, the LB that's in the box is lined up directly over the Center. If we think of the Center and that LB as canceling each other out, then Texas is playing 3-over-3 at the point of attack (DT/DE/NB vs. RG/RT/TE). Typically any time that the number of blockers and defenders is equal, it's a schematic win for the offense.
If that backside LB jumps into the box, though, then it frees up the other LB to bump over to the playside, where the Center won't be able to get to him. In that case, Texas would be playing 4-over-3 at the point of attack (DT/DE/SLB/NB vs. RG/RT/TE), and 3-over-2 to the backside (DT/DE/WLB vs. LG/LT). It might not look like much, but that LB bumping over to play over the RG would change this play completely, because it takes away the Center's angle to cut him off.
The goal of the RPO is to force that backside LB to choose. Assuming that you run it efficiently, he can either (1) play 3-over-2 in the box, on the backside of the run, or (2) play 2-over-2 vs. the screen, but he can't do both, and so the QB is just reading him to see what he does.
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