Post Game Observations (ASU '14)...

[Whiskeyjack]

Loving the One Foot Down film breakdowns.

Agreed. And since we're on the subject, OFD's ndroyalsfan just published a film breakdown on Hot Reads and how ND addressed ASU's blitz:

While ND obviously struggled with the blitz, using "hot routes" was not the solution for the Irish offense. The announcers were completely wrong in their statement that Notre Dame doesn't use hot routes, and as we saw Saturday, simply having them is not a guarantee than an offense will beat a blitz.

After seeing film of this game, opponents are sure to bring lots of heat against Golson until he proves he can consistently make them pay for blitzing. Hot routes are part of this, but getting in the right protection, picking up the blitz, and quickly finding the right receiver are more important for the Irish offense against the blitz.

 

[irishtrain]

If Kelly had called a naked bootleg for Golson on 4th down with 40 seconds left while we were up 17 and the opponent wasn't using their timeouts he would've been absolutely crucified. There are coaches with "class" in how they coach the game on the field, like Snyder, Bob Stoops, Strong, etc. that you'd never see do something like that. And then there are the assholes of football like Mora, Graham, Harbaugh, etc. who will pull punk moves like this because they have emotional/personality issues or an inferiority complex or (insert reason here).

What ASU does isn't in my thoughts at all, they should have been stopped to make a point. Now the point was made-we don't respect you and their coach is a typical second tier coach. Its always remarkable how this stuff comes back to bite you in the #@%. Someday Graham will be on the other of the same situation. I wouldn't give you 20 Todd Graham's for 1 Brian Kelly.

 

[BobbyMac]

If teams want to line up 11 on the line like they are the 85 Bears, I'd deploy my Bubba Front package with 2 TE's, Luatua at FB and two wideouts. Safety has to drop and make a choice on which corner to help. Now you have 1 on 1 blocking at the line, 3 TE/FB dump options and a ton of possibilities for the QB to keep it.

When ASU was full gonzo, that set and a middle screen to Luatua would have been a thing of beauty.

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