Can someone with a better football Xs and Os background than I explain our defensive strategy on 3rd and short?

[LVH]

This is pretty much what we did the entire first half on 3rd and short against obvious run situations. I am not sure why the go to scheme was 3 down linemen, then everyone else at least 5 yards off the ball, including 2 linebackers 7 yards back and 3 deep safeties, unless there is some underlying reason to go about it this way.

 

[CountryFrog]

There's no way they'd ever run the ball on 3rd and 3 is there? With a QB who almost exclusively runs the ball? In a situation where they were clearly totally ok with just running clock and getting into the half?

Nah, pass play all the way. And probably a deep ball.

 

[Boomhauer]

This is pretty much what we did the entire first half on 3rd and short against obvious run situations. I am not sure why the go to scheme was 3 down linemen, then everyone else at least 5 yards off the ball, including 2 linebackers 7 yards back and 3 deep safeties, unless there is some underlying reason to go about it this way.

Would love to hear JG explain the methodology here

 

[BrewingFrog]

There's a strategy?

 

[hometown frog]

There's a strategy?

It’s the HP defense. Hope and pray

 

[Ranidaphobia]

We've got picture evidence now. Things are that bad huh?

 

[y2kFrog]

This is pretty much what we did the entire first half on 3rd and short against obvious run situations. I am not sure why the go to scheme was 3 down linemen, then everyone else at least 5 yards off the ball, including 2 linebackers 7 yards back and 3 deep safeties, unless there is some underlying reason to go about it this way.

They only explanation I could come up with is if we actually wanted to play downhill, but we are probably back pedaling at the snap.

 

[tyler durden]

There's no way they'd ever run the ball on 3rd and 3 is there? With a QB who almost exclusively runs the ball? In a situation where they were clearly totally ok with just running clock and getting into the half?

Nah, pass play all the way. And probably a deep ball.

Well to be fair, Kendal Briles wouldn’t, at least not in the red zone.

 

[dawg]

It’s the “spread your cheeks and bite the pillow” defense.

We are laughably bad.

 

[campdavid23]

This is pretty much what we did the entire first half on 3rd and short against obvious run situations. I am not sure why the go to scheme was 3 down linemen, then everyone else at least 5 yards off the ball, including 2 linebackers 7 yards back and 3 deep safeties, unless there is some underlying reason to go about it this way.

Easy to see why they were 10/13 on 3rd down and averaged 7.5 yds per play…

 

[Froggy Style]

Amazing that the only person who doesn't understand the X's and O's is our DC...and he is allowed to keep giving up 600 yards per game doing the same crap over and over.

 

[BleedNPurple]

I’m thinking Coach Sonny needs to hire all of us as assistance to Coach J so we can teach him how defense works. One thing for sure is 3:3:5 defense works sometimes and then spits the bit other times.

 

[Double V]

The strategy is there is no strategy. We out here playing some mental chess on these mutherfuckers. Meanwhile, their checker-playing asses just run the ball right down our throats like "king me, [ hundin]!"

 

[Horny4TCU]

He's scheming base 3-3-5, then refuses to make adjustments, bring pressure, or disguise coverage.

There were like 4 defensive plays in the third quarter, where he brought pressure and it worked. Then he goes back to being basic.

Everything a 3-3-5 is supposed to be good at, he throws out the window and let's the other team get 600 yards against us.

 

[LisaLT]

I wish he would comment on why he thinks this scheme is right for this defense. He should have to answer to this embarrassment. And so should the HC.

 

[More Frogs the Better]

Based on the premise of your post, I don't know my qualifications to answer. If I'm just giving an opinion, I would say that the DC has a passive philosophy and a unilateral adherence to his base concepts that is not compatible with the multiple concepts that are employed by effective defenses in college football and is completely over his head at this level to scheme and adjust to his peers on the offensive side of the ball.

 

[Horny4TCU]

We clearly don't understand what is going on with the defense. What about getting help? Anyone think we could steal Tony White from Nebraska? Or what about getting an analyst named Gary Patterson (would he even entertain it)?

 

[FrogByBirth]

This is pretty much what we did the entire first half on 3rd and short against obvious run situations. I am not sure why the go to scheme was 3 down linemen, then everyone else at least 5 yards off the ball, including 2 linebackers 7 yards back and 3 deep safeties, unless there is some underlying reason to go about it this way.

It's the Joe Gillespie SAASOFH Defense. He's run it for 2 years now at TCU.


STUPID AS A SACK OF FCKN HAMMERS
It worked in the AAC...............against Univ of Temple and Connecticut

He's a football genius

 

[helcap]

We seem to play with a "bend but don't break" philosophy. But we only achieve the first part of that approach

 

[Limey Frog]

We seem to play with a "bend but don't break" philosophy. But we only achieve the first part of that approach

We're running more of a "bend over, don't cry" philosophy.