Film Review: Illinois Offense vs Nebraska Defense, 2021

A high level look at Illinois Offense vs Nebraska Defense, 2021

Illinois

Under center trap pass. Simulate power, TE crosses the formation and catches ball behind WILL. Space cleared out by post-wheel pic.twitter.com/EUyrFKpQBL

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Illinois vs Nebraska

Stretch right. RT misses backside drag hand. Hand needs to fit under armpit on inside peck. RT gets too far from DE and arm has no leverage/power. With RG covered, no inside support

DE able to win inside with a spike, redirect vertical to cutoff stretch pic.twitter.com/lgs0pRLOyl

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Nebraska RDE.

Lags the zone block. Hands feel and swim over 1st blocker, avoiding getting redirected. Perpendicular to 2nd block, gets inside knee and shoulder low. Once he feels 1st blocker leave to 2nd level, gets vertical penetration to avoid getting reached pic.twitter.com/0RB8pQmXYi

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Illinois

3-man Crease concept. 12 yard square in comes wide open with vertical/bender taking the safety and flat route holding the underneath. Missed throw pic.twitter.com/l5BYq9NZJe

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Nebraska.

Light box run stunt. DTs widen and get vertical to cut off outside. MIKE plugs A gap to take center. Jack and DE fold inside as free hitters. Guess is both edge guys have read on if they stay outside or fold pic.twitter.com/vbbuOMarmG

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Think this is also called a “Slide” check for bunch

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

TEs are not FBs. Sure, they can moonlight, but the next time I see a TE work through the A gap to the LB here will be the first

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Nebraska

Defending trap pass. Illinois runs drive and chase. TE fails to gain depth. Apex to 2 WR side doesn’t carry vertical and ILB does well to robot into crosser pic.twitter.com/QRF5QaZKcD

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Nebraska.

LOLB bull rush. Sell speed, convert to power. Extend into chest and attack pic.twitter.com/QXMbQh2Ci2

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Nebraska

2-trap. Great way of adding box numbers from boundary away from alignment. Gets end inside, adds number from CB pic.twitter.com/mPxeEqDNGL

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Illinois

Power Bonus on 3rd and 1. Need to check vs 2 outside weak when you have two man surface. RT can get a bit broader on hinge block, but path to downhill run too short. Need to keep H back backside or check out (or find way to add a read) pic.twitter.com/E2UB2xeK4S

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Illinois

Crack T Lead. Crack down with Nasty aligned TE. Pull TE up and through pic.twitter.com/7CqYxR8GeP

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Illinois vs Nebraska

Modified Spacing concept overloading the Quarters Box bunch check. The modification to run a slant instead of sit/center route allows “1st inside” defender to drift. QB tries to force window and overthrows pic.twitter.com/ipPQPJ8yni

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Illinois

4 strong wall screen. #3 is up and runs a corner, #2 and #1 run snag routes at different depth. RB runs an arrow route to the flat pic.twitter.com/Vw9EWNm1ue

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Nebraska

LDE hurdles the cut block on split flow. Potentially saves a TD. Nebraska has exchange on the backside. Cut is in effort to prevent defender from squeezing the backside further in pic.twitter.com/6fUJc2Cobm

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Illinois

3-man CUJO concept (Curl-Flat with a bender from #3) vs Quarters Box bunch check. Curl breaks in front of 2nd out coverage while post clears inside support pic.twitter.com/Y0oBlOxhMm

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

I’ve always called it “spiking” inside until I learned FAT stunt today, which I love and will use from now on

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Illinois

Fake split zone end around. H back bluffs and wraps up. Good constraint for teams that try to spill the split block pic.twitter.com/2qN1Nq1SF2

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Illinois

Have fun in film when you don’t follow your blocks pic.twitter.com/8KcasVDOB3

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Illinois

Fake sneak quick pitch pic.twitter.com/vx9aI8Yckj

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Illinois

Fake OZ Double Arc Jet Sweep pic.twitter.com/313UjPYDOV

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Nebraska

Watch 42 (ILB on the right) mirror RB and then fall back with him, and stick pic.twitter.com/izeN8DoD0p

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Illinois

Spider 2 Y Banana pic.twitter.com/Oj9NYr1XQv

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Nebraska

Watch 93 (1 technique) scrape to this play (LG can at least give a stiff arm here on his way to climb) pic.twitter.com/mXFPkHzPCi

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Illinois

Center - Use of circular force to throw a player past. Feel him leaning to try to keep hat in front, get drag hand under his armpit and throw him past the play pic.twitter.com/t9717FRChQ

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Nebraska

Slant into zone. Ricochet and get vertical. Nice swim move by the NT. Some less than stellar blocking by the OL pic.twitter.com/gl0u80H2T0

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022

Illinois

4 min drill. Same formation as Power Bonus. This time they keep second H back to hinge. Get RB on CB pic.twitter.com/40yjtZ3oez

— Space Coyote (@SpaceCoyoteBDS) January 19, 2022