the Bruins are giving up a sack once every 7.8 passes in 2010.
Or consider this: only Cal has thrown fewer passes in the Pac-10 this season than UCLA, 132 to 133, yet only one conference school, Washington State (22), has given up more sacks than the Bruins’ 17. And the Cougars have thrown 78 more times than UCLA.
By comparison Oregon has given up just two sacks on 178 passing attempts or once every 89 passes.
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What can be attributed to this stat?
I guess what I am asking is how can the filthy five do so good with the run but not the pass protection?
not unheard of IMO
that a Oline be good in one facet of the game but bad in another. example: the Oline for the Patriots and Broncos are bad at run blocking but pretty decent at pass blocking
the other thing is working out who is to blame for the ball not leaving the hand quicker
is Prince at fault for not recognizing danger? are the running backs not doing a good job of picking up the blitz? are receivers so bad at getting separation that Prince never has anyone to throw to? etc. (answer: all of the above)
by britishbruin on Oct 13, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's a bit of a perfect storm at the moment.
The O-line, backs, WR’s, and QB are all failing. I also assume that the offensive coaches are not preparing for the blitz schemes that they see on Saturdays.
A simple answer for the difference in run block vs. pass block is athleticism is required for pass blocking, while zone run blocking (what we have been primarily doing all year) simply requires a brute moving the brute in front of him. Frankly, our brutes have done well in run blocking because they are large and strong. They did not do well against the two 3-4 fronts when they had to move to the second level more often. The filthy five is large and strong, but do not move very well in space.
by AllHailMightyBruins on Oct 13, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
not to mention the defensive scout team
not accurately replicating the defenses we are seeing – on passing plays our QBs only know how to sit in the pocket against a 3 man rush and wait for someone to come open for an 8-12 yard gain…
by britishbruin on Oct 13, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
As our starting D
as a whole has been unimpressive, to say the least, wouldn’t it follow that since our scout team players aren’t good enough to make the depth chart, they’re even more generous? Having them match the scheme of the upcoming opponent has some benefit, I know, but if our D is among the worst in D-1, then the scout team is probably at about a D-3 level. Every school’s scout team is lesser than their starters, of course, but I’m starting to think our starters (outside of the few studs, of course) may be equal or worse than many opponent’s scout teams. Going from playing against a weak D’s third- and fourth-stringers in practice to an average D-1 starting defense on Saturdays may be a portion of the explanation why our offense seems so slow to develop anything other than (at times) a quick handoff.
Roses are red, violets are blue...f*** $C.
sure
we’re saying similar things… I’m just trying to infuse it with irony with Prince and Brehaut looking like Peyton Manning against a scout team version of the patented “Base Bullough” defensive scheme….
by britishbruin on Oct 13, 2010 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
You hear all the time about "the clock"
That needs to be running in a QB’s head when he takes the snap. I can’t help but think that inconsistent amount of protection our quarterbacks get makes developing that internal mechanism nearly impossible.
Have to consider Oregon an outlier
Their offense is designed to get the ball out quick, plus they use an extremely mobile quarterback who as always shifting the pocket. You don’t see much drop back and pass from them.
6 of those 17 sackes were against Cal.
Prince 5 times, Brehaut once.
In one game we have 6, in the remaining games we average less than 2 sacks per game.
Not sure that tells us as much as the author thinks, other than we have a terrible passing game against cal with plenty of blame to go around.
by silverlakebruin on Oct 13, 2010 7:53 PM PDT reply actions
let me correct my own math
11 divided by 5 is not less than 2, it is 2.2
And to think I do math for a living….
by silverlakebruin on Oct 13, 2010 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
It may also reflect that the run was not working against Cal.
So we tried passing more, leading to more sacks. When we’re running all the time, the sacks will be very low I would think.
Go Bruins!
the stat being quoted was sacks-per-pass-attempt
by britishbruin on Oct 14, 2010 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions
interesting per attempt stat
Brehaut has been sacked once every 12.7 attempts
Prince has been sacked once every 6.7 attempts.
some of that is oppotent, some is qb play
by silverlakebruin on Oct 14, 2010 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Brehaut's time
2 garbage time spells in defeats and a full game against a garbage WSU team? Think it’s hard to say very much credible with this comparison.
by britishbruin on Oct 14, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
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