First offensive possession of the quarter:
-We start at the 25 after the touchback
-1st and 10-Deuce runs inside for about 4. Jax gets another big hit on a LB.
-2nd and 6-Knowles lines up in the backfield with Wright, and gets the call on a counter-sweep with an inside handoff. Rivas, Wright and Beebe make the key blocks to spring the play for a 30 yard gain. Rivas is pancaking his guy into the ground 6-7 yards downfield. Weber and Brooks hold their blocks, too. Knowles reads his blocks well. VERY well executed play.
-Sky gets sacked for a 7-yard loss on 1st and 10 from the Stanford side of the field. It isn't on the OL. He had a nice pocket, and he had options to get rid of it, including Wright. But he was waiting for something he liked downfield, outside of camera, so no way for a TV viewer to know what he did or didn't have. But you have to get rid of it. Now we are off-schedule.
2nd and 17: We get three on on a short little out to Brooks on the field side.
3rd and 14: Empty backfield, Deuce in the slot, trips on the field side, wide splits. Bhebhe had is man beat by two steps on the seam, and Sky is locked in on him all the way, but underthrows him. Bhebhe got his hands on the ball, and almost made a great catch, but it was just too low, and forced him to stop his route and slide to attempt the catch. Replay shows Brooks was open on his out route, and Weber was well-covered. HUGE missed opportunity there for an (almost) SURE TD. We punt, Stanford starts at their 10.
First Defensive Possession:
-Stanford goes back to the inside counter off-tackle, we bottle it up for no gain. Horne blew up the play. JMac and Fletcher beat blocks to make the play.
-2nd and 10-Cincere Mason was clearly playing heavy nickle, and blitzes, nearly getting a deflection. McKee goes out to his WR on the field side at the LoS, and Tee Denson reads the play and makes the tackle for a loss of 5. . GREAT play. Nick Allen and Amaris Brown were on the field for that play.
3rd and 14-McKee drops back in the EZ, but heavy pressure from the 3-man rush forces him out, and he scrambles for an 11 yard gain. Green took himself out of position there, leaving the middle open after Hennington picked up the RB leaking out of the backfield. Stubby and TJ Smith comes up to force McKee to slide. Stanford punts, and Nick Allen negates a huge Brooks return with a hold.
Second Offensive Possession:
-We start on our 29. Sky goes deep to Garber on first down, but again well underthrows him, floating it short and outside. Garber never did get a step, though he drew the PI (not sure I agree with that flag--looked like Garber was pushing off, even grabbing, as much as the defender, to protect an underthrown ball).
-1st and 10, Deuce gets stuffed in the backfield for a loss of 4. That play was a mess. Jax didn't get a great block on the shooting LB, and Noah just looks like his legs are caught in cement, and I'm not sure what our scheme was, but i don't think he, or anyone on the right side blocked anyone.
-2nd and 14 goes to Ervin, who has no room. The LB beats Johnson, who's late to react off the snap, to blow up the play. Duffie got beat badly, too, though, so not sure there'd have been much for Ervin either way. Loss of 3, but it's not on Joe. That LB who blew up the play (and the last one) was selling out on the run, which suggests our formations are really giving us away here. He had his ears pinned back from the snap. Single back set with a TE, with Knowles and Brooks on the field side, and Weber on the other. Knowles didn't even bother to run a decoy route, or block. I think we are telegraphing things. Leveston REALLY struggled on both of the first two plays.
-3rd and 13-Deuce is loose for the 59 yd TD. REALLY good seal blocks by Johnson, Leveston and Duffie on the right side, and Rivas on the backside to spring deuce, who makes one move on the attacking safety, and is gone. 14-0 Cats.
Second Defensive Possession:
-Stanford starts at the 21.
-Runs off-tackle to the right on first down, nothing there, cuts back into Yeast and Mason who have the backside covered for a gain of 4. I'd like to have seen Mason attack that play a bit, could have been a gain or 2 or 3 instead.
-West has plenty of time to throw against the 3-man rush; fieldside corner (EBD) releases the WR (not sure why...read run?), who draws Yeast on the post, leaving the sideline open for the TE Tremaine to find space. Pretty sure this was a coverage bust, and once EBD released the WR, that left Khalid Duke (who was lined up as an outside LB) to run with the TE, but he just let him go. Really good recognition by Stanford. Klanderman is going to have to be careful putting Duke in that role...that's at least the second or third snap he was lined up as an outside backer at this stage in the game, and I think you can expect every team to exploit that. He runs pretty well, but that's not a position we want to put him in. Fans might want to blame Yeast, but there was nothing he could do there...he had to pick up the WR. 27 yards.
-West throws INC on the sideline...play was there with a sharp, well-timed and accurate throw. He was late, and high.
-Screen to Jones for a 20yd gain. Anudike got sucked in, and West threw right over him to the RB, with the FB making a nice kick-out block on Elder and the backside guard coming out to kick-out Green, who then flew back in to make the play downfield. Green showed a lot of fight to come back and make that play. Dude is a warrior.
-Fletcher makes a HUGE sack on the well-disguised blitz. DL got a great push from the interior, and the edge, by Spencer Trussell, to box West. Loss of 7. REALLY BIG PLAY on this drive; Stanford had 1st and 10 from our 33. This drive was headed for points.
-West misfires on an attempt to hit his TE, who sat on a quick button route hoping to get a little of the sack yardage back. Trussell read the play, and dropped back a step and into the lane, blocking West's vision and forcing him to throw a little wider than he wanted to, leading to the Yeast pick. Yeast made the play, but give Trussell credit, too. Drive STOPPED.
Third Offensive Possession:
-Sky hits Deuce on a play-action rollout. Faked to a motioning Brooks on the inside reverse. Stanford LB did a REALLY nice job of picking up Deuce and keeping it from being a big play. Gain of 5.
-Same formation, same play-action. Mark Helfrich (color announcer) said Sky missed a WIDE OPEN Jax Dineen on a wheel route...TV camera didn't show this. Sky scrambles for the first down.
-Short pass to Brooks nullified by Deuce's chop block. Now first and 25.
-Sky has great protection, but can't find ANYONE, and scrambles for a gain of 6.
-We are clearly in clock-killing mode here, content to go in at half up 14. Deuce runs for 2 to end the half.
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-We start at the 25 after the touchback
-1st and 10-Deuce runs inside for about 4. Jax gets another big hit on a LB.
-2nd and 6-Knowles lines up in the backfield with Wright, and gets the call on a counter-sweep with an inside handoff. Rivas, Wright and Beebe make the key blocks to spring the play for a 30 yard gain. Rivas is pancaking his guy into the ground 6-7 yards downfield. Weber and Brooks hold their blocks, too. Knowles reads his blocks well. VERY well executed play.
-Sky gets sacked for a 7-yard loss on 1st and 10 from the Stanford side of the field. It isn't on the OL. He had a nice pocket, and he had options to get rid of it, including Wright. But he was waiting for something he liked downfield, outside of camera, so no way for a TV viewer to know what he did or didn't have. But you have to get rid of it. Now we are off-schedule.
2nd and 17: We get three on on a short little out to Brooks on the field side.
3rd and 14: Empty backfield, Deuce in the slot, trips on the field side, wide splits. Bhebhe had is man beat by two steps on the seam, and Sky is locked in on him all the way, but underthrows him. Bhebhe got his hands on the ball, and almost made a great catch, but it was just too low, and forced him to stop his route and slide to attempt the catch. Replay shows Brooks was open on his out route, and Weber was well-covered. HUGE missed opportunity there for an (almost) SURE TD. We punt, Stanford starts at their 10.
First Defensive Possession:
-Stanford goes back to the inside counter off-tackle, we bottle it up for no gain. Horne blew up the play. JMac and Fletcher beat blocks to make the play.
-2nd and 10-Cincere Mason was clearly playing heavy nickle, and blitzes, nearly getting a deflection. McKee goes out to his WR on the field side at the LoS, and Tee Denson reads the play and makes the tackle for a loss of 5. . GREAT play. Nick Allen and Amaris Brown were on the field for that play.
3rd and 14-McKee drops back in the EZ, but heavy pressure from the 3-man rush forces him out, and he scrambles for an 11 yard gain. Green took himself out of position there, leaving the middle open after Hennington picked up the RB leaking out of the backfield. Stubby and TJ Smith comes up to force McKee to slide. Stanford punts, and Nick Allen negates a huge Brooks return with a hold.
Second Offensive Possession:
-We start on our 29. Sky goes deep to Garber on first down, but again well underthrows him, floating it short and outside. Garber never did get a step, though he drew the PI (not sure I agree with that flag--looked like Garber was pushing off, even grabbing, as much as the defender, to protect an underthrown ball).
-1st and 10, Deuce gets stuffed in the backfield for a loss of 4. That play was a mess. Jax didn't get a great block on the shooting LB, and Noah just looks like his legs are caught in cement, and I'm not sure what our scheme was, but i don't think he, or anyone on the right side blocked anyone.
-2nd and 14 goes to Ervin, who has no room. The LB beats Johnson, who's late to react off the snap, to blow up the play. Duffie got beat badly, too, though, so not sure there'd have been much for Ervin either way. Loss of 3, but it's not on Joe. That LB who blew up the play (and the last one) was selling out on the run, which suggests our formations are really giving us away here. He had his ears pinned back from the snap. Single back set with a TE, with Knowles and Brooks on the field side, and Weber on the other. Knowles didn't even bother to run a decoy route, or block. I think we are telegraphing things. Leveston REALLY struggled on both of the first two plays.
-3rd and 13-Deuce is loose for the 59 yd TD. REALLY good seal blocks by Johnson, Leveston and Duffie on the right side, and Rivas on the backside to spring deuce, who makes one move on the attacking safety, and is gone. 14-0 Cats.
Second Defensive Possession:
-Stanford starts at the 21.
-Runs off-tackle to the right on first down, nothing there, cuts back into Yeast and Mason who have the backside covered for a gain of 4. I'd like to have seen Mason attack that play a bit, could have been a gain or 2 or 3 instead.
-West has plenty of time to throw against the 3-man rush; fieldside corner (EBD) releases the WR (not sure why...read run?), who draws Yeast on the post, leaving the sideline open for the TE Tremaine to find space. Pretty sure this was a coverage bust, and once EBD released the WR, that left Khalid Duke (who was lined up as an outside LB) to run with the TE, but he just let him go. Really good recognition by Stanford. Klanderman is going to have to be careful putting Duke in that role...that's at least the second or third snap he was lined up as an outside backer at this stage in the game, and I think you can expect every team to exploit that. He runs pretty well, but that's not a position we want to put him in. Fans might want to blame Yeast, but there was nothing he could do there...he had to pick up the WR. 27 yards.
-West throws INC on the sideline...play was there with a sharp, well-timed and accurate throw. He was late, and high.
-Screen to Jones for a 20yd gain. Anudike got sucked in, and West threw right over him to the RB, with the FB making a nice kick-out block on Elder and the backside guard coming out to kick-out Green, who then flew back in to make the play downfield. Green showed a lot of fight to come back and make that play. Dude is a warrior.
-Fletcher makes a HUGE sack on the well-disguised blitz. DL got a great push from the interior, and the edge, by Spencer Trussell, to box West. Loss of 7. REALLY BIG PLAY on this drive; Stanford had 1st and 10 from our 33. This drive was headed for points.
-West misfires on an attempt to hit his TE, who sat on a quick button route hoping to get a little of the sack yardage back. Trussell read the play, and dropped back a step and into the lane, blocking West's vision and forcing him to throw a little wider than he wanted to, leading to the Yeast pick. Yeast made the play, but give Trussell credit, too. Drive STOPPED.
Third Offensive Possession:
-Sky hits Deuce on a play-action rollout. Faked to a motioning Brooks on the inside reverse. Stanford LB did a REALLY nice job of picking up Deuce and keeping it from being a big play. Gain of 5.
-Same formation, same play-action. Mark Helfrich (color announcer) said Sky missed a WIDE OPEN Jax Dineen on a wheel route...TV camera didn't show this. Sky scrambles for the first down.
-Short pass to Brooks nullified by Deuce's chop block. Now first and 25.
-Sky has great protection, but can't find ANYONE, and scrambles for a gain of 6.
-We are clearly in clock-killing mode here, content to go in at half up 14. Deuce runs for 2 to end the half.
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