[judge-mental]

why the hell wasn't he used on 4th downs when they went for it? I would also have looked for him on the last play of the game. he is SO quick and explosive, just dump it to him and he will get you 5-8 yards and go out of bounds. and than, pray the kicker would nail it but at least you have a chance

PS where the hell was the coverage on vince young all game?

all in all, Pete carril(sp?) stocks went way down after that game in my book

[Rogue Drone]

Originally Posted by judge-mental

PS where the hell was the coverage on vince young all game?

all in all, Pete carril(sp?) stocks went way down after that game in my book

The two real mistake I saw USC's coaching make was the too early timeout that should have been used later to save time on the Trojan's last drive and not getting a review on Young's down knee on the first TD, the latter was a really bad error on their part. Texas might have scored then anyway, but it probably would have burned enough time off then to run out the clock later on texas' last drive.

USC's failure was not on scheme though, they were simply unable to defeat an excellent Texas OL and an extraordinarly mobile quarterback.

Neither team could generate a good pass rush, credit two excellent OLs.

The only way to effectively stop a highly mobile quarterback is to get an effective rush with just the defensive front four, so the other seven can stay in their lanes for a run or drop to pass coverage. If you blitz they will either quick pass or run through you if you miss, a pocket passer has just the first option mostly, the mobile has this dual threat.

USC's DEs were often overpursuing, Young would step up in the pocket or roll out with the DEs behind him, USC was shadowing him with a LB on many plays which leaves a receiver uncovered and with a guy like Young or Vick even a LB shadow is not good enough, they are too slow. Safetys are fast enough, but Young is too strong for a sure tackle by them, and using a Safety as a spy creates a deadly serious gap in pass coverage.

Vince Young and Michael Vick are like the '95 Huskers, everyone knows how to stop them, but they are just too damn good at what they do for it too work often enough.

[judge-mental]

why not just let him try to bit you with his arm if you see you can't stop his runs?

also I thought on offence they were uninnovative, I expected more big play calling, they have the play makers. forget white, you got here on the shoulders of bush and the WB/WR. white was just rushing the goal line.

[Rogue Drone]

Originally Posted by judge-mental

why not just let him try to bit you with his arm if you see you can't stop his runs?

also I thought on offence they were uninnovative, I expected more big play calling, they have the play makers. forget white, you got here on the shoulders of bush and the WB/WR. white was just rushing the goal line.

With a QB like Young, who's both a good runner and a good passer, there's no surefire scheme other than the front four being able to get to him without extra help.

If you sell out/ stack the box, bring down safetys to seal him in for run prevention and blitzing, the Texas receivers would have killed USC, he and his receiving corps are too good to neglect like that, even if you can penetrate his line, he's automatically bought time by being in shotgun, he's too elusive and too good a passer, your sell out leaves uncovered receivers to go to.

USC used White the most because they saw they could get guard gap for a power runner to bang the backers, Texas was to fast on the ends for a finesee runner like Bush to exploit on sweeps and screens and he's too slight to do the Lendale straight ahead thunder thing.

The crosses to the TE was effective, and they should have had Bush run more wheel routes to give him space , but nothing will work a lot against the nation's best pass efficency defense.