Monday September 11, 2006

The Boston College Game Worksheet

Offensive Goals Made:
More than 27 points- 33
More than 225 yards passing-343
More than 20 first downs-23
Better than 60% pass completions percentage-62.5
Less than two turnovers-1
Red Zone Scoring-80%-83%
Less than 3 sacks per game-2

Offensive Goals Missed:
More than 150 yards rushing-136
More than 4 yards per carry-3.3
Red Zone-60% touchdowns-50%

Defensive Goals Made:
Less than 125 yards rushing-110
Less than 3.5 yards per carry-3.0

Defensive Goals Missed:
Less than 18 points-34
Less than 200 yards passing-212
Less than 18 first downs-22
Less than 55% pass completion percentage-57%
More than two turnovers-1
Red Zone-40% touchdowns-42%
Red Zone Scoring-70%-71%
More than 3 sacks per game-2

Misc. Goals:
Penalty yardage less than 50 per game-55

Overall Report Analysis-Grades and Comments on:

Offense-Rushing
Interior running game-Good. The Eagles did a nice job of limiting the Tigers to 136 yards but Clemson was able to run effectively inside.
Perimeter running game-Good. The Tigers did not try a lot of perimeter running plays.

Option game-None

Draws—This was not a big part of the game plan.
Short yardage running game-OK but the 1st and goal at the three really hurt. Spiller run for minus four yards was one of the biggest plays of the game.

Yards after contact-OK. I thought BC tackled pretty well.

Offense-Passing
Pass protection-Great. The offensive line did a fantastic job of protection Proctor.

Underneath passing game-Excellent. Proctor did a nice job of picking up his receivers and connecting on the short routes.

Intermediate passing game-Excellent-Proctor hit the slant in between the BC zone all day. He looked great and the receivers caught the ball well.

Vertical passing game-Again, fantastic. The TD to Grisham and the post corner to Taylor were great plays.

Screens-The swing pass to Spiller that turned into an 82-yard touchdown was fantastic.

Drops-The Tigers limited their drops. Grisham had one that I remember.
Yards after catch-Again fantastic especially Spiller’s long one.
QB throws on time-I thought Proctor threw it on time and also held onto the ball when he had to wait a little longer for receivers to get open.

Offense-Overall
First down yardage-Good. I thought the Tigers were solid on first down.
Third down conversion-9 of 18 is a very good percentage on the road.
Big Plays-The Tigers had some big plays on offense from Spiller, Taylor, Grisham, Stuckey, and Proctor.
Trick plays-Not really a factor.

Defense-Overall
Tackling-Poor. Whitworth broke too many tackles. This was a disappointing part of the defense.

First down yardage-Average.

Third down conversion-This was not a big part of the picture from Saturday.

Limit of Big Plays-The defense did a nice job of limiting the Eagles big plays.

Defense-Running game
Interior running game-Average. As the game wore on the Eagles were able to take advantage of the poor tackling.

Perimeter running game-Clemson did a nice job here.

Option game-N/A

Draws-Clemson did Ok here. They limited the big plays here.

Short yardage running game-BC converted most short yardages.

Yards after contact-Poor. Again, I saw way too many missed tackles.

Defense-Passing Game
Pressure-Non-existent. The Tigers had zero pressure in the first half. This was a big disappointment.

Underneath passing game coverage-Poor. Ryan hit underneath guys all night.

Intermediate passing game coverage-OK. The Tigers limited BC here for the most part.

Vertical passing game coverage-Good. BC did not hit a long one.

Screens-Good pursuit.

Passes broken up-The Tigers only batted down a couple of balls.

Open field tackling-Open field was OK but interior was poor.

Special Teams
Kickoff returns-Blocking, returners-Average. Spiller needs to hit the hole harder.

Kick off coverage-Poor. Why continue to kick to Smith? Poor, Poor, Poor.

Punt return/block-Blocking, returners-Poor. Ford needs to catch the short ones to limit the roll.

Punt coverage-Snap, protection, punt, coverage-outstanding. Cole Chason punted the ball very well (40.2 YPP).

Field Goals/extra points-snap, hold, protection, kick-Obviously poor.

Overall Team
Energy, Enthusiasm, Leadership-I thought the team came out flat but energized itself.

Coaching
Emotionally prepared-Flat.

Game plan-Offensive game plan was aggressive. The Tigers passed the ball very well. Defensively I knew they would not be too aggressive.

Adjustments-OK. Neither defense strayed from their zone package.

Personnel-Davis should have been in the game on 1st and goal at the three in overtime.

Time outs-Not really a factor.

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