Whether it is personnel moves, new schemes, or tendencies, I hope there is some improvement in the o line blocking and run game... I’m afraid that sandbagging isn’t the case. Surely, there may have been phases of the offense that they were waiting for the bye week to implement, but I can’t believe that there were plays in the back pocket that Moorhead wouldn’t have used. I think the benefit to practicing these plays in real game situations would far exceed any benefit based upon surprise. A given play is only a surprise the first time you run it, and then it is out there.
Right, not to mention almost lose to Iowa to protect what we have in store for the second half opponents ...
That's good to hear....and when you aren't paying attention MSU will come up and smack you in the mouth on November 4th. That will be a much tougher game for PSU than UM will.
Yup, no problem. Great strategy turning a preseason Heisman candidate into a blitzing target on the right side to throw off the better teams. Much better training than leaving him open to hits on the blind side. And if the lack of protection would have knocked Trace out entirely or possibly resulted in a loss to Iowa, that would have thrown off our biggest competition even more. It’s like the rope-a-dope in college football.
If there's one thing I've learned after watching decades of football, no one holds anything back. Maybe a trick play here or there but that's about it.
And there it is. Thanks for checking that box and making sure this has been mentioned each and every week.
Sometimes it's not even an additional play, but rather running the same plays out of different formations. Remember, a play or 2 in a close game can be the difference in the outcome.
There is no way that they wouldn't have run that before to get it down, plus give more for the other guys to prepare for...
