Film Study - PSU Redzone Offense vs. UW

[CaliLION79]

PSU RED ZONE O vs. WASHINGTON

See link above. Wanted to find answers why the Red Zone Offense was night and day different in the span of 7 days. Obviously, having 3 different QBs under center for the 5 RZ TDs was different, but otherwise it just seemed to be slight alterations to concepts Kotelnicki has rolled out previously. Codutti didn't address it specifically, so I am curious why Washington seemed to be so hung up on Allar on a lot of these plays where he's flexed out of the formation since there hasn't been much on film in Sept. and Oct. to make defenses pay extra attention to him.

 

[Safety Blitz]

Down near the goal line, I really liked the old T-Formation set used the prior season or two. Two TEs, QB under center, three in the backfield (often Singleton, Allen, Warren).
Lots of power in that set with lots of options (left/right, inside/outside, run/pass). And there were likely a few we never saw.
My recollection is it was very successful. I don’t recall seeing it this year. I would have attacked OSU with that series from inside the five-yard line.

 

[bvillebaron]

Down near the goal line, I really liked the old T-Formation set used the prior season or two. Two TEs, QB under center, three in the backfield (often Singleton, Allen, Warren).
Lots of power in that set with lots of options (left/right, inside/outside, run/pass). And there were likely a few we never saw.
My recollection is it was very successful. I don’t recall seeing it this year. I would have attacked OSU with that series from inside the five-yard line.

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[lazydave841]

I don’t recall seeing it this year.

I think we lined up in it once vs Washington and then shifted to another formation. To my best recollection, that was the first time we saw it under AK.

Yurcich seemed to abandon it after Illinois blew it up last year.

Vs OSU, I would have gone with the play we used on them in '22: line up in the T, shift to a 5 wide look with Warren isolated on the right (we ran a quick slant for a 1st down on the play) with Singleton behind the other 3 eligible receivers (think they were in a diamond set with an easy screen pass setup).

This way, you have OSU in a run heavy defense, but spread them out with the shift and force coverage. At least make them call a time out this way.

As for Allar, if he's going to be out wide and not do anything, put him in those Tennessee splits against the sideline and just play 10v10 or maybe they leave him uncovered.

 

[LMTLION]

I think we lined up in it once vs Washington and then shifted to another formation. To my best recollection, that was the first time we saw it under AK.

Yurcich seemed to abandon it after Illinois blew it up last year.

Vs OSU, I would have gone with the play we used on them in '22: line up in the T, shift to a 5 wide look with Warren isolated on the right (we ran a quick slant for a 1st down on the play) with Singleton behind the other 3 eligible receivers (think they were in a diamond set with an easy screen pass setup).

This way, you have OSU in a run heavy defense, but spread them out with the shift and force coverage. At least make them call a time out this way.

As for Allar, if he's going to be out wide and not do anything, put him in those Tennessee splits against the sideline and just play 10v10 or maybe they leave him uncovered.

Yeah, I think the effectiveness of the T formation began to lose its effectiveness and we abandoned it. You don’t really see it that often, and I’m not really sure how effective it truly is in the modern era of football.