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Posted by eleem (Member # 884) on 03-28-2015, 03:48 PM:

It was a cold, windy morning, but it didn’t keep a couple hundred fans from the Tim Couch Practice Fields to watch Shannon Dawson’s offense put on a show. There wasn’t a better way to start an Elite 8 day. Here’s a rundown of today’s offensive awesomeness.

1. The running game works, with a little misdirection

Shannon Dawson’s running game looks completely different than Neal Brown’s, and it’s not because Jacob Hyde is lining up at fullback. Today was filled with big plays from all three backs, getting into open space easier than ever before. It wasn’t because the line was blocking better or the backs were running faster; they were successful because of the scheme.

Neal Brown believed too much in the old-fashioned lead play. If the offensive line didn’t drive their man out of the hole, the play was dead in the water. When Dawson ran the drive-block plays early in practice, they weren’t very successful either. Today’s big plays came out of misdirection in the shotgun, using fake screen passes and pulling guards to bait the defense before the running back found a huge hole to bust through.

A little rundown of the best runs of the day…. Jojo’s cutback near the end of practice was good for 60+ yards or so, outdoing his big 30 yeard touchdown run from earlier. Mikel Horton was the first to make an eye-opening play today, nearly running an 80-yard touchdown before getting caught inside the 10-yard line. Boom brought as many Booms as usual, but his most surprising was a wheel route down the sideline for 60+ yards.

Simply put, they’re a lot more fun to watch make moves when in open space.

2. Patrick Towles is confident

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Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 03-28-2015, 06:50 PM:

Here are a few more:

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