Did we dump the 3-3-5 for good?

[UNT86]

We didn't run the 3-3-5 a single play tonight.  We were primarily in a 3-4 front. Lots of man in the secondary.  We did run some nickel, but it was 4-2-5 with the extra DB being an extra corner.

 

And we finally stopped the run. Coincidence?  I think not.

 

Don't know who made the change, but it gives me hope.

[cousin oliver]

Just now, UNT86 said:

We didn't run the 3-3-5 a single play tonight.  We were primarily in a 3-4 front. Lots of man in the secondary.  We did run some nickel, but it was 4-2-5 with the extra DB being an extra corner.

 

And we finally stopped the run. Coincidence?  I think not.

 

Don't know who made the change, but it gives me hope.

Good eye noticed that as well.  Caponi is living on borrowed time it appears.

[peanuts104]

2 minutes ago, UNT86 said:

We didn't run the 3-3-5 a single play tonight.  We were primarily in a 3-4 front. Lots of man in the secondary.  We did run some nickel, but it was 4-2-5 with the extra DB being an extra corner.

 

And we finally stopped the run. Coincidence?  I think not.

 

Don't know who made the change, but it gives me hope.

If I'm not mistaken, didn't Odom run the 3-4?

[GMG_Dallas]

 

UTSA folks noticed too

 

[Venson]

It appears we did. 

5 hours ago, peanuts104 said:

If I'm not mistaken, didn't Odom run the 3-4?

Maybe Odum is the new guy running the D and we have reassigned Caponi. I don't know any of that, but the D looked a lot better playing 3-4 than they did playing 3-3-5. I don't know who made the change, but it was for the better. If we continue with that look, the guys should get much better as they get more comfortable in that scheme.

[Hunter Green]

2 hours ago, Venson said:

It appears we did. 

Maybe Odum is the new guy running the D and we have reassigned Caponi. I don't know any of that, but the D looked a lot better playing 3-4 than they did playing 3-3-5. I don't know who made the change, but it was for the better. If we continue with that look, the guys should get much better as they get more comfortable in that scheme.

Morris stated in his post game interview that it was agreed upon that they would put their best eleven men on defense. Depth at LB dictated that.

[GMG_Dallas]

21 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

Morris stated in his post game interview that it was agreed upon that they would put their best eleven men on defense. Depth at LB dictated that.

Whatever it takes. 

[Old Eagle]

Thank God, whatever the reason!

[TIgreen01]

Maybe Morris getting embarrassed in front of his old Tech buddies did the trick to wake him up?  Whatever it took, I just hope we don’t revert back.

Edited 3 hours ago by TIgreen01

[Meangreen Fight]

1 hour ago, Hunter Green said:

Morris stated in his post game interview that it was agreed upon that they would put their best eleven men on defense. Depth at LB dictated that.

I think the flow of the game impacted those rush numbers also.  It would have been very interesting if Wyoming didn't kill their first drive of the second half with a big loss on a fumbled snap.  They followed that up with a punt that might as well been a turnover, field position wise.  And offense kept the pressure on by scoring. 

[TheColonyEagle]

Whatever it was. That 2nd half D was deserving of those uniforms…..

[3_n_out]

And it appeared we had some semblance of a pass rush with the new scheme we were running. 

[Venson]

Being a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, I approve of the 3-4 defense.

[SilverEagle]

1 hour ago, TheColonyEagle said:

Whatever it was. That 2nd half D was deserving of those uniforms…..

...AND if they keep improving, they might actually earn the right to be called the MEAN GREEN.  But they have a long way to go from that 66-68 group.

[golfingomez]

1 hour ago, Meangreen Fight said:

I think the flow of the game impacted those rush numbers also.  It would have been very interesting if Wyoming didn't kill their first drive of the second half with a big loss on a fumbled snap.  They followed that up with a punt that might as well been a turnover, field position wise.  And offense kept the pressure on by scoring. 

Regardless of the"flow"... The defense held them to about 50 yards in the second half last night...

[Big Z]

They brought in a dump truck to practice last week 

[Glory to the Green]

20 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

Regardless of the"flow"... The defense held them to about 50 yards in the second half last night...

I think they had 0 yards in the 3rd quarter.  ZERO!

[El Paso Eagle]

28 minutes ago, Glory to the Green said:

I think they had 0 yards in the 3rd quarter.  ZERO!

It seems the defense made adjustments at halftime that stepped up their game.