Per ODU and blitzes… What CD said. The boys are still learning the 42 basics. Not a good idea to throw in the exotic now, especially against that offense. It’s not like we have veterans all around with a few freshmen and sophomores sprinkled in.
A lil more detail: The defense wasn’t ready. Young D, inexperienced secondary, DL not getting pressure… all against a spread offense run by a smart, experienced Sr QB who is the reigning Walter Payton award winner.
Any defense has holes. Any blitzing defense has bigger holes. Any blitzing defense with an inexperienced secondary has even bigger holes. A smart, experienced Sr QB who is the reigning Walter Payton award winner running a spread offense can easily find holes. Such a QB will find those holes well before the blitz reaches him. Against our boys, probably before the ball is even snapped.
I saw one blitz I explicitly remember. It was a 3rd and short, late in the first half I believe. From the situation and their play calling, I knew it was a run up the middle, so I assume the coaches did too. I said at the time we should blitz here. We did, defense held. I don’t think I remember another play where I thought we should blitz, but I think there was one other in which we did. I was only half engaged at the time though, as I was munch’n down my Chik-Fil-A and slurp’n down my Mello Yello
