Kansas State vs. Texas Film Review (Oct. 24, 2015)

[Ryan Bridges]

Great analysis, but this is so much simpler than all the explanations....Bottom line - The D-line doesn't get there!!!!  This is a quick game throw. However, the QB buys more time. I'd say he has close to 5 seconds. At the end of the day, most QB's can find someone open if they have this much time..This is on the D-line!! EVEN if the QB did't complete the pass.

Hey, good to have you back! I checked — 4.55 seconds from snap to release. Good call.

 

[Ryan Bridges]

This was a big play that had the potential to be even bigger. KSU scored to end the half and was down by only 10 midway through the third quarter. They had a 3rd & 5 at the Texas 19.

KSU expects man coverage so they motion to a stacked look (easy pick, and the defense can't jam both receivers) and run a "mesh" concept, where receivers from opposite sides run crossing routes past each other. 

They guessed right. Texas is, in fact, in man coverage, playing Cover 1 Robber. But Hill is no ordinary freshman; he sees the other crosser coming and avoids him, staying in great position to play the intended receiver. Not only that, but the robber, Haines, also sees what's coming, reads Hubener's eyes and jumps the route. Had the ball not gone through his hands he would have scored.

 

[Ryan Bridges]

Norvell is throwing out new stuff now. I don't think Texas has used this exact formation with the jet motion so far in this game, but just based on the alignment of the backs I was expecting Lead Zone. I was close, but it's Lead Outside Zone Read. Don't worry too much about the diagram in the first gif; there's a second one that's a little clearer.

The defensive end does a good job containing, but the blocks are pretty good, especially Beck's and Burt's. Here's a better view:

The backside defensive end (red circle) is the read. If he crashed down the line, Heard would pull the ball and run it himself. He stayed put, so Heard handed off. (To be honest, I'm not sure there was a read, but it's not really important.)

To my knowledge Texas has run very little Outside Zone Read this season, so it's cool to see it again.

That's Chris Warren with the carry, by the way.

 

[Ryan Bridges]

It's not perfect but after a few bad runs earlier this season, Warren's vision here is encouraging. This is the exact same play as in the previous post but it's two plays later.

 

[Ryan Bridges]

We already broke down the first play here, but check out how it complements the second play. The formation, the motion and the backfield action are all the same. After running the run play twice in three plays, Texas comes back with the play-action in the next series.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

OK, it's happened enough times now that I can confidently say Texas' DBs are having trouble handling switch releases. It's an important thing to watch going forward. 

I'm pretty sure this is Bonney's cover bust. It doesn't make sense for Hill to chase No. 1 underneath. 

On a side note, I don't know what Davante Davis is doing up there on the top. I've seen him do this a few times, including against TCU when Josh Doctson caught an easy pass down the sideline. He doesn't have safety help, but it's like he thinks if the quarterback doesn't look to his side he doesn't have to cover.

And a last thing. I saw some people complaining on Twitter about Texas "not covering the No. 3 receiver" in the second half. It started I think because the announcers stupidly highlighted a look like this and said Texas was playing 2-on-3. I hope this diagram convinces you that that wasn't true.

Well, I'm certainly not an expert but this diagram doesn't convince me that that wasn't true. It looks like 2 on 3 to me and it looks like if the inside receiver turns out instead of in it could have been a easy completion and a long gain. But, as I say, I am not an expert and probably don't know what I'm talking about. 

 

[Ryan Bridges]

Well, I'm certainly not an expert but this diagram doesn't convince me that that wasn't true. It looks like 2 on 3 to me and it looks like if the inside receiver turns out instead of in it could have been a easy completion and a long gain. But, as I say, I am not an expert and probably don't know what I'm talking about. 

That would have been a better route combo for the coverage. Here's how I think it would have played out:

That's just a guess, though, because I'm not even sure what the coverage was supposed to be.

 

[Ryan Bridges]

Marcus Johnson missed his block or this could have been a decent gain, but the more interesting part is that this isn't a read. Check out the ball handling.

 

[Will Baizer]

I had to make the lines thinner and oversimplify, but this is Bonney's sack on 3rd & 10. 

So far Texas has switched to more zone coverage in the second half, including a couple of zone blitzes like this one. Bonney doesn't time this well — it's a coverage sack, really — but whatever works. 

[SIZE=11pt]So instead of finishing my paper, I decided to watch the Texas OU game to figure out what Texas would be running against team that are more pass happy than KSU.[/SIZE]

Ryan and myself have been talking about Texas' new identity on defense ever since the OU game. The man-blitz scheme on defense. 

[SIZE=11pt]I mean I was reaffirmed in my first viewing that we run that blitz a lot and run man or a zone with a quick pattern read/match, but I also noticed a lot of stunting. Im going to chalk this up to Bedford trying to confuse and take advantage of the weak interior line of OU.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=11pt]But then I saw this play again. Bedford has admitted to wanting to wanting to trick the other QB into not being able to read the coverage, but it seems something that goes less noticed is how he tricks the OL. A stunt is a very well known way of confusing OL, but holy hell does Texas use a lot of them (or at least on passing downs). [/SIZE]

But yeah. 3-4 to 3-3-5 okie look at base. And when we are playing run we have our ends playing 4i, nose at a 0tech and LBs at 6 techs. Generally. But it was hard to tell with the angles.

And I figured that OU is really going to be the identity of the defense for the rest of the year and it took me until the KSU game to be sure it was