What will be the first offensive play?

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What will be the first offensive play?

Post by sam tingey » August 30th, 2021, 7:44 am

Quick throw to the slant for 6 yards.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by LarryTheAggie » August 30th, 2021, 7:47 am

Does a Scarver kick return for a TD count?
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by slcagg » August 30th, 2021, 7:47 am

A punt 😁



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by Roy McAvoy » August 30th, 2021, 8:37 am

Just please be anything but a slow developing read option hand off up the center for a 1 yard gain.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by hickaggie » August 30th, 2021, 8:45 am

Roy McAvoy wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:37 am
Just please be anything but a slow developing read option hand off up the center for a 1 yard gain.
If it were me I think I would run that in a play action and try to freeze the safety and isolate Scarver on a post. The easiest route for him to catch. I suspect it will be an RPO handoff though. Please no bubble screen.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by Roy McAvoy » August 30th, 2021, 8:48 am

hickaggie wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:45 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:37 am
Just please be anything but a slow developing read option hand off up the center for a 1 yard gain.
If it were me I think I would run that in a play action and try to freeze the safety and isolate Scarver on a post. The easiest route for him to catch. I suspect it will be an RPO handoff though. Please no bubble screen.
That is 100% the play I would call first. The DB’s won’t be expecting Scarver’s straight line speed.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by aggies22 » August 30th, 2021, 9:21 am

hickaggie wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:45 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:37 am
Just please be anything but a slow developing read option hand off up the center for a 1 yard gain.
If it were me I think I would run that in a play action and try to freeze the safety and isolate Scarver on a post. The easiest route for him to catch. I suspect it will be an RPO handoff though. Please no bubble screen.
I've seen them run bubble screens but Coach Cefalo has them blocking a helluva lot better than they had the last two years.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by hickaggie » August 30th, 2021, 9:38 am

aggies22 wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 9:21 am
hickaggie wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:45 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:37 am
Just please be anything but a slow developing read option hand off up the center for a 1 yard gain.
If it were me I think I would run that in a play action and try to freeze the safety and isolate Scarver on a post. The easiest route for him to catch. I suspect it will be an RPO handoff though. Please no bubble screen.
I've seen them run bubble screens but Coach Cefalo has them blocking a helluva lot better than they had the last two years.
I just remember when the Zoobs pretty much knew Wells would call that and/or Chuckie gave it away on the 1st play in the game he was hurt and their OLB timed the snap count jumped it for pick 6. Its not a bad play at all if blocked and executed right. But its not a play to start a game off with. You want to set it up a bit IMHO.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by AGGIEinIOWA » August 30th, 2021, 9:40 am

If it's Bonner, I think they run a slant to a slot receiver.
If it's Peasley, I think they run rpo handoff or qb keeper



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by LoveMyAggies » August 30th, 2021, 10:44 am

I have no inside info, I predict Peasley will get the first group of downs, and then Logan B. will get the second set of downs unless there's an exploit matchup that was missed and becomes apparent, and a TD is scored. I was curious if screen passes will be part of this offensive set of plays.

I hope they use the screen game sparingly. It just seems like it's only effective against teams that are over-stacking the box and blitz very often. So we'll see.

I hope the qb's can read the defense sets, and they run a lot of play-action and can take advantage of some blocking schemes to get some runs going.

I vote, that the first play we see is an option read with Peasley, kinda like the old Chuckie days. We'll see how good he is at selling the run.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by dogie » August 30th, 2021, 11:33 am

I remember there was a lot of discussion on this board in 2005 about the first play under new coach Brent Guy in a road game against the Utes. No one guessed delay of game. In hindsight, it should have been obvious.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by Aggie84025 » August 30th, 2021, 11:33 am

Slant to Thompkins for 7 yards.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by CaptainChaos » August 30th, 2021, 11:34 am

Anything but a "QB draw" whether it be by design or not. I thought we were better than this as a program ever since LJ3 and then last year happened. Once or twice a game is acceptable when plays break down- 2-3 times ever 4 downs is a disaster.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by ViAggie » August 30th, 2021, 11:39 am

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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by ViAggie » August 30th, 2021, 11:40 am

slcagg wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 7:47 am
A punt 😁
The first play? Did we hire back Dave Arslanian??? That would be "attack punt"
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by BearLakeMonster » August 30th, 2021, 1:29 pm

dogie wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 11:33 am
I remember there was a lot of discussion on this board in 2005 about the first play under new coach Brent Guy in a road game against the Utes. No one guessed delay of game. I hindsight, it should have been obvious.
And then the first play of 2006 at home against said Utes was a screen pass jumped by the defense and returned 20 yards for a touchdown.

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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by CaptainChaos » August 30th, 2021, 2:22 pm

ViAggie wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 11:40 am
slcagg wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 7:47 am
A punt 😁
The first play? Did we hire back Dave Arslanian??? That would be "attack punt"
That's what I call fast pace offense. I thought this was a Coach Guy strategy as well. I think I remember in all seriousness punting on 3rd down, maybe more than once. It was especially effective because we had the LJ3 show who was the starting QB and punter.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by ususports » August 30th, 2021, 2:50 pm

CaptainChaos wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 2:22 pm
ViAggie wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 11:40 am
slcagg wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 7:47 am
A punt 😁
The first play? Did we hire back Dave Arslanian??? That would be "attack punt"
That's what I call fast pace offense. I thought this was a Coach Guy strategy as well. I think I remember in all seriousness punting on 3rd down, maybe more than once. It was especially effective because we had the LJ3 show who was the starting QB and punter.
It is so effective that every college team spent extra time in fall camp giving their starting QB reps punting the ball. You are going to see this a lot in college games across the country this season. By next season, it should be a major factor in the NFL.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by ineptimusprime » August 30th, 2021, 2:52 pm

What it will be: a slow developing run play for a one yard gain.

What it should be: a bomb to Scarver off of play action.

I don’t so much care about win or loss against WSU, I just want to see a competent, well-coached team on both sides of the ball that I can have faith in to compete in MW play.

We were impotent on offense last year and completely lost on defense.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by IdaAg93 » August 30th, 2021, 3:10 pm

slcagg wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 7:47 am
A punt 😁
Attack punt, of course!! haha

I bet a run up the middle (between the guards). We are going to come out with a run focused game.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by Yossarian » August 30th, 2021, 3:30 pm

A runningback dive to the A gap.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by ustate98 » August 30th, 2021, 3:39 pm

As long as it isn't a fumble I'm good with any play.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by ususports » August 30th, 2021, 4:41 pm

ustate98 wrote:
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As long as it isn't a fumble I'm good with any play.
Interception? ;)



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by Imakeitrain » August 30th, 2021, 5:10 pm

aggies22 wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 9:21 am
hickaggie wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:45 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
August 30th, 2021, 8:37 am
Just please be anything but a slow developing read option hand off up the center for a 1 yard gain.
If it were me I think I would run that in a play action and try to freeze the safety and isolate Scarver on a post. The easiest route for him to catch. I suspect it will be an RPO handoff though. Please no bubble screen.
I've seen them run bubble screens but Coach Cefalo has them blocking a helluva lot better than they had the last two years.
I've always liked when our receivers could block. I seem to remember Matt Austin being able to land a few key blocks that would help people like Kerwynn or Joe Hill get massive plays. I also seem to remember Eric Moats being a good blocker, same with Stanley Morrison (although he was a RB)... maybe I'm misremembering and focusing too much on that time Turbin took it to the house first play against BYU. That play doesn't happen without Moats and Morrison. I just seem to get hyped up about key WR/RB blocks that stand out more than anything else.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by BigBlueDart » August 30th, 2021, 5:12 pm

I thought Morrison was a WR that sometimes threw the ball after catching a lateral?



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by 3rdGenAggie » August 30th, 2021, 5:49 pm

BigBlueDart wrote:
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I thought Morrison was a WR that sometimes threw the ball after catching a lateral?
Morrison was a jack of all trades that primarily lined up at WR, but was often a part of trick plays and occasionally ran the wild cat.

I remember one game when our QB's were hurt or something and he played like a whole half at QB/Wildcat.
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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by QuackAttackAggie » August 30th, 2021, 5:57 pm

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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by ViAggie » August 30th, 2021, 6:20 pm

All I know is that our starting QB is a mystery to WSU and we will ambush them in Pullman. I hope. :)


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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by crazywookie » August 31st, 2021, 8:55 am

Post route to vanluewen (sp?) for a 1st down.

I have no idea really the difference in where he plays as a part of the receivers but he's shown out he's money let's call his name on the first play.

In reality? 12 men on the field penalty :devil:


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Post by SwaggieAggie » August 31st, 2021, 9:26 am

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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by Aggie_CEE » August 31st, 2021, 1:54 pm

Fumbled snap that we recover for a 5 yard loss.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by Yossarian » August 31st, 2021, 1:59 pm

crazywookie wrote:
August 31st, 2021, 8:55 am
Post route to vanluewen (sp?) for a 1st down.

I have no idea really the difference in where he plays as a part of the receivers but he's shown out he's money let's call his name on the first play.

In reality? 12 men on the field penalty :devil:
Didn't we have a delay of game penalty on the first play of the game one time in the Guy years?


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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by elcheque2 » August 31st, 2021, 2:21 pm

Big pass play called back because of some bogus penalty.

Let's not forget that we'll be at the mercy of PAC12 refs.

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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by El Sapo » August 31st, 2021, 6:08 pm

Peasley fakes a QB sweep, put's his head down and turns the corner, then rises up and completes a bomb to Thompkins for a TD.



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Re: What will be the first offensive play?

Post by USU78 » August 31st, 2021, 6:10 pm

El Sapo wrote:
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Peasley fakes a QB sweep, put's his head down and turns the corner, then rises up and completes a bomb to Thompkins for a TD.
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