[Husker] Cozgrove: We were lucky the first 3 quarters

[Scott R Lawson]

Well I don't know, as much as I think the guy's a dope, he does make a
valid point here- if Texas was able to figure that blitz out early,
McCoy would've thrown about 6 touchdowns in the first half. But, that's
the gamble when running that type of scheme. After all, aren't most
gamblers relying on a lot of 'luck'? My guess is (and I had not seen
Longhorns all year prior to this game so this is purely a guess) the
Texas offense had problems picking up blitzes, either by certain
offensive linemen or their running backs, so the coaches noticed this in
film study. I know the fans want to think the coaches went balls out
last week because they had no alternative, but that is seldom the case
regardless of the teams' record- it's usually based largely on something
they noticed about Texas on film when preparing the game plan.

Scott in NY 

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Skylar Dodds
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:32 PM
To: husker at tssi.com
Subject: [Husker] Cozgrove: We were lucky the first 3 quarters

Speaking of coaches comments:

On 1620 today, they said Coz spoke after practice about the recent
defensive
performance.  He said that anytime you blitz that much there's always a
chance for big plays. We got lucky the first 3 quarters.

When asked why they blitzed so much, he said we wanted a very up-tempo
defense and it was working early. He also said hopefully we don't have
to do
that to motivate them every time.

The man just flat out doesn't get it, methinks.His defense played the
best 3
quarters of the year and his comment is "We were lucky", hmm.

His reactions/comments/strategies really just leave you scratching your
head
sometimes.

--
Skylar
mailto: sklarbodds at cox.net



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