4th & 1 foot again?

[Black Saturday]

I'd like to see Frazier in on obvious up the gut calls.

YES! If we are not going to use him in those situations, when ARE we going to use him?

I mean really? Not taking away anything from Miller Time's nice runs, but Frazier is much larger and stronger and gives us more power when everyone knows where we are going to go. I thought Frazier had some decent runs up the gut in the game.

[87ASUgrad]

When was the last time App ran a play under center? The shotgun is great in teh spread, but not too good on 4th and short IMO.

[fjblair]

When was the last time App ran a play under center? The shotgun is great in teh spread, but not too good on 4th and short IMO.

I don't get it either. Supposedly it not practiced hence a higher chance for fumble, etc. Well then practice it. It's pretty simple really and pro teams switch back and forth all game long. I'm sure some colleges do as well. It may telegraph a run because the drop back does take practice but still......

[RockyApp]

3rd or 4th and 1...or when the ball rests on your 1 yard line

this is the time to go with a 2 TE set Power I (under center)
and you can still call a play action pass!

we solve this riddle and we may never punt again

[Appsolutely]

Michael Frazier is an excellent athlete. If we are not going to use him as an LB, we should damn sure be using him in short yardage situations--and I am NOT criticizing Miller.

[ASUMountaineer]

I agree completely and I can't believe we're still doing this. It happened at least twice again tonight. This will cost us a game we should win. WHY start 5-7 yards behind the line of scrimmage when you need a foot? Use your 6-3 QB for a sneak and pick it up EVERY TIME! I don't mean this as a slight to the little guy, but Miller has NO CHANCE on 4th and 1 up the middle when everyone knows it's coming. He LOST 5 yards on the last one. It's not his thing. PLEASE QUIT DOING THIS, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. Ok, I'm done too. Great win over the Griz!!! Finally!

The conservative playcalling could be a result of young players in big situations. It's easy for us to second guess after the fact when we haven't been working with these players daily. I don't think anyone can debate that the playcalling is vastly improved this year and will win us games.

Not to get in a spitting war but I really could not tell ANY difference in this years play calling and last year's play calling yet. I thought Montana's play calling really outshined ours. I loved the flip pass to the big stud for a huge gain. They also ran crossing patterns that got receivers open many times. Not to say our's was bad at all but it was not night and day from last years, IMO...

I like that you included the "but," which basically negated not getting into a "spitting war." So, to strive for that goal, I will simply say that I saw some plays the past two weeks that showed me things are changing. So, I'll simply disagree.