[Husker] Callahan play calling (red zone) (fwd)

Mike Nolan nolan at romaine.tssi.com
Sun Oct 2 14:41:40 CDT 2005


> If the red zone problems were just an occasional mistake, I'd agree,
> but when it becomes a pattern, the play calling is the problem.  

No, it's an inherent limitation of the WCO.  It works best when there are 
30 or more yards to work with downfield, because it depends on finding 
holes in the pass coverage.  With the ball on the 10, there aren't as many 
places for holes.  

NFL and college teams that run the WCO successfully tend to have a great 
field goal kicker, because they NEED to have one.

(I also think the WCO is why the hash marks in the NFL are closer together,
that's a case of the people who write the rulebook helping their teams.)
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Mike Nolan



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