ADVERTISEMENT

detailed look at what the Cal D (particularly the DL) did the first 3 quarters

moonpod

What a Bonanza!
Jan 1, 2008
20,154
16,776
113
West Hollywood, CA
7-0 Cal

3 yds over right tackle. Vanilla 4-3 defense (I THINK 3 LBs)
incompletion with straight 4 man rush. Looney and Wilson with MILD pressure
3 man rush, Saffle breaks free late, too late 20 yd completion
bobbled snap loss of whatever
delayed blitz LB, hit on the QB, incomplete but late hit on DB on incompletion
4 man rush, maybe saffle was coming free bad pass interception

ineffective drive by Cal
punt

11 yd gain. Davison stares at the RB going by him—like didn’t even try to tackle him
Looney busting free, pressure, incomplete in the flat
Dive for a yd to get the first. Vanderbilt made contact but got pushed back
3 or 4 yd gain, B gap on the left. Cal had a run blitz on the OTHER side
quick hit slant for 7
Cal faked run blitz on the right, and backed out and Hawaii follows the LB backing up for a 5 yd gain
3 man rush, NO pressure, big gainer over the middle
3 man front, blitz 2, quick hit to the flat 2 missed tackles for a long TD. The bad one was the first missed tackle ?allensworth?--this should have been a 3 yard gain

7-7

Cal touchdown 14-7

YIKES HORRIBLE facemask by Cal on the Kick Coverage.
2’s DL is in
3 man front 8 yd gain—there was a fumble but recovered by Hawaii
delayed blitz, no pressure 8 yd pop.
Run Blitz in the B gaps Bequette and Manley get split in the A gap and I think the safety misses a tackle and St Juste is gone

14-14

Cal Field Goal

17-14 2nd q

pass pressure 4 man rush manley (?) and Wilson incomplete almost picked
blatant hold on saffle long pass completion
loss of outside contain (Wilson and Davison) QB keeper for 7? Fell for RB up middle
blatant hold on saffle again incomplete. #3 was beat (CB)
Wilson just gets his ass kicked 5 yd pickup. Kunaszck took a bad angle
3 man rush. No pressure. Threw into double coverage. Incomplete
mekari gets pressure incomplete
jailbreak. I think it was a draw. Loss of 5

punt—pins Cal deep

Field Goal Cal 20-14—Cal has trouble running against the Hawaii 7 and 8 man front but somehow still tries to. Penalty on punt kept drive alive

Fumble on kickoff Cal recovers

Touchdown Cal 27-14

Run for 3 Davison tackle
Four man rush, looney with late pressure 8 yd completion
Missed screen, but more from execution. Too fast to say anything else
Corner blitz run up the middle, Looney tackles the rusher at about 3 yds
4 man rush, under pressure incomplete Westerfield and Mekari

punt

Touchdown Cal 34-14

Prevent defense in. Saffle gets held like crazy rush for 12 against 3 man front prevent D

Halftime

Saffle nails the QB and Downs and turner misses tackle and makes a 4 yd completion into a big gainer
Off tackle to the right 2 yds. Rambo with tackle Davison and Kunazyck in neighborhood as well
Quick hitter for 4. Pocket was collapsing, but ball out really fast
QB RPO, keeper, beats Kunazyck to the first down marker (short yardage)
PI by Franklin. Pocket was clean.
Ball out fast, but receiver out of bounds. Wilson was pushing tackle into QB. No stunts. Blah
QB keeper and gets crushed
Mekari and Wilson get pressure when QB holds ball and Franklin with a pass breakup

Field goal 34-17

Touchdown Cal 41-17

Vanderbilt and Downs with a weak tackle effort turns a 7 yd gainer into a 12 or so yarder. Trap worked great against Wilson and mekari for a big hole.
Play action holds the linemen, 3 yd completion (2nd string DL in again)
Westerfield being brutally held (same guy holding saffle all day) incomplete.
Poor discipline. Johnson and Westerfield overrun the QB. Bad tackling by Vanderbilt. Big pass completion
Weird looking play on the DL side. Somehow RB gets 7 yds, but looks like Zeandae, Westerfield and I think Kunazyk all had shots at stopping him at about 3 yds
Man Hawaii got away with a lot of holding. Westerfield and ?Bequette? being held to keep pocket clean. Incomplete.
Westerfield crashes down line and stops RB for 2
4th and 1 hawaii spreads field. 4-2 lineup for Cal, BIG hole between Manley and Bequette, 1st down
counter trey essentially works like a charm. Johnson sucked inside pulling guard from other side cleans out LB 5-6 yd gainer
Ones back in. some weird screen something play 2 yd gain
3rd and 1 dive barely gets the yard
good pocket, 4 man straight rush. Incomplete. Good coverage
kunazyck takes a TERRIBLE angle and the RB gets 12 or something. Saffle got crumpled
Dive for a couple
2nd and goal at the 3, easy dive for the TD

Cal 41-24


4th Quarter was garbage for the Defense, I'm ignoring that for now.
DL starters actually did ok. No, they didn't dominate, but they didn't actually get run on all that badly at all. Also the pass pressure was better than initial impressions. The 2nd string DL OTOH was friggin atrocious. The long gainers on the ground that REALLY skew the yds/carry were against the 2's. The 1's actually were ok. The 1's actually got ok pass pressure as well, but not much in the way of sacks to show for it. Hawaii DID do a good job of not holding onto the ball for long. Bequette and Manley as a combo got KILLED in Run D. Kaufman isn't going to be able to do the wholesale substituting he did against Hawaii against some of the other teams we play unless Bequette and Manley improve vastly against the run. At couple times Bequette and Westerfield got ok pass pressure on, but Hawaii could hold without penalty, so.... The 3 man front/dime look was terrible for us. pretty much everytime we were in dime, Rolo made a call that we didn't defend well. The LBs had a terrible game. The more I watch this, the more appalled I am by the poor angles and tackling by the LBs in particular.
 
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • Member-Only Message Boards

  • Exclusive coverage of Rivals Camp Series

  • Exclusive Highlights and Recruiting Interviews

  • Breaking Recruiting News

Log in or subscribe today