In this tenth installment of approximately a 12 play analysis, we're going to look at a touchdown pass to Robert Jordan against a cover 2 defense.  In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, and Part IX.

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Here's the situation.  Cal faces a 3rd and 9 in their own territory.  They are utilizing 11 personnel (3 WRs, 1 TE, and 1 back).  There are trips WRs right and the TE (Stevens) is left.  Because the TE is on the opposite side of the WRs and not covered, he is an eligible receiver.  Forsett is in the weak position since he is on the opposite side of the TE. 

Note that Air Force is defending with a 4-2 nickel defense.  Note the 4 down linemen (the AF defenders with the red dots on the LOS) and the two linebackers behind the 4 down linemen.  Also note that AF's 3 CBs (cornerbacks) are playing man coverage on the trips and showing one deep safety.   The other safety is playing down in the box to help stop a run should the play be a zone read.

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In this ninth installment of approximately a 12 play analysis, we're going to look at a deep pass to Robert Jordan against man coverage.  In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII and Part VIII.

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In previous posts, we've seen AF playing a lot of zone coverage schemes to defend against the Cal air attack.  We've also seen a lot of Cal completions against AF's zone defenses.  This begs the question: is Air Force ever going to go to man?  Well, it appears as if the AF defensive coordinator finally started giving in to the idea of playing man.  On this play, he did.  And after we see the result of this play, I think we might have an answer as to why the AF defensive coordinator didn't want to play man if he had to.

Below is the post-snap image.  Because ESPN was showing some ad or something just prior, I couldn't get a clean grab of a pre-snap image.  So we'll just have to use the post-snap image. 

The situation is a 1st and 10 in Cal's own territory.  Cal is using base personnel (2 WRs, 1 TE, 2 backs) in a strong-I formation.  The formation is strong because the fullback is behind the tackle to the side of the TE.  Air Force is defending with their 3-4 defense and appears to be showing man coverage - note how the AF CBs (cornerbacks) are playing press coverage on the Cal WRs.

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In this eighth installment of approximately a 12 play analysis, we're going to look at a touchdown pass to Robert Jordan against a cover 2 defense.  In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, and Part VII.

Let's begin.

Here's the situation.  Cal is in the redzone with a first and 10.  Cal is using base personnel (2 WRs, 1 TE, 2 backs).  The formation is a strong-I formation with twin WRs to the opposite side of the strength (the strength is right because the TE is right).  Air Force is defending with their 3-4 defense again.  Note the AF SS (strong safety) appears to be playing man coverage on the Jordan the slot WR. 

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[Ed Note:  HydroTech is busy preparing another concession speech, imploring his loyal voters to throw their support fully behind Kevin Riley, as he will also do.  The media felt the first speech was self-serving due to his "deranged narcissism."]

In this sixth installment of approximately a 12 play analysis, we're going to look at a pass to Robert Jordan and how the resulting completion was due to Riley going through his reads and moving defenders with his eyes.  In case you missed the previous installments, here is Part I, Part II, Part III , Part IV , and Part V .

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