The House of Blue

Focus on stuffing the run and blitzing Bridgewater as much as posible. Hopefully, that will equalize things for our young secondary. If Teddy is always trying to escape and make a play, he'll be just off target enough to give our cornerbacks the time to adjust. Gotta do a lot of crazy stunts/blitzes etc to confuse him though, so that ol' "Teddy Heisman" never knows where it's coming from. Also, tell Bud Dupree before the game that his one and only duty is to take Bridgewater's head off!

On offense, I think we just need to start with short passes, screens, and tight end dump offs to spread out the field. Balance that with a solid run game, which will require a steady mixture of Coshik and Mobely IMO, and we will open up an occasional homerun pass downfield. Essentially, make our offense look as much like the 07 offense as possible.

Of course we've gotta be able to put some points on the board, but the key is in the D. If we nuetralize UL's offense, we stay in the game to the end and have a great chance to win. Getting an early lead would bode well for us if Mobely is truly ready to run it up the middle and move the pile. I know they have a lot of talent, but I feel like UL's linebackers are suspect, and won't be able to stop a big back like Mobely. If we can get a lead and wear some clock, it could be a long day for the tardinal birds.

I start by driving the ball down thier throats. I would use heavy doses of Mobley, George, Taylor, and Williams..get behing Matt Smith and Larry Warford..and pund the ball. Then when I get the safties in the box I let Max Smith throw it deep to King,Robinson,Sweat..whoever..I come back in the 2nd half and change it up..I sling the bll all over the place with screens to backs and short bubble screens to our playmaking WR's. But 1st..I would just whip them up front, pound on thier Lb's and Db's to set things up for our faster backs and recievers.
On D..its simple..Bridgewater is a dual-threat...you have to be careful with blitzing because he can gash you running. I would use delayed blitzes..or blitz my DB's, and have my LB's hang back. Bridgewater isnt going to burn you deep to often..I would apply careful pressure..but I would pressure him every down. Yo have to hold containment with a running Qb, but I see If we cant just whip the 'Tards OL. Dupree and our DE's need to live in the 'Tards backfield. If you can rattle Bridgewater..Gameover.
Back to offense...it really depends on our young OL..if they mesh with Warford and Smith..I allow Max Smith to sling the ball on them..only after we've softened them up by pounding the ball down thier throats..

Make their offense one dimensional. We can'thave them running the ball like they did last year. Limit their big plays in the passing game. When we bring pressure we have to at least get in Bridgewater's face.

On offense we need to control the clock with the running game and hit a big play or two to keep them from loading the box. Wouldn't mind seeing a trick play just to keep them on their heels.

I really don't see that big of a talent gap overall between the two teams. I think they are better than us at QB, WR, and the defensive backfield. In the college game a playmaker at QB makes a world of difference and Brigdewater has certainly been billed as such. If he is as good as the hype it will be tough for us to pull out the win. If he has a rough day then we have a very good shot at upsetting them.

Either win the battle or hold our own for at least 3 quarters in the trenches (offensive and defensive line) and don’t turn the ball over; and get 1 or 2 scores off of special teams and we have a slight chance of pulling this one out. I still look for UL to win by 13. Go Blue!

On offense establish the run. Then run play action when the defense starts creeping up. That keeps UL O on the sidelines and keeps our defense fresh. On defense keep everything in front of us and keep containment of bridgewater. Rely on our dline to get pressure and help the secondary.

On offense, score more points. ;)

On defense, send people away on stretchers. :)

Post game brag your ass off.

On O, we need to get creative (motion, sets) and send the TEs and RBs out into flats to move around their LBs. We need to dictate pace and scheme... No vanilla ground and pound. Get to edges.

D. I trust Minter at being more exotic than anything I could recommend or even comprehend... So no comment.

With all of the fans saying this game is a must win, one must approach the gameplan with that mentality. The Playbook must be opened up and no gimmick left untouchable.

On defense, a basic cover two will do. There's no reason to give the Cardinals man to man with any consistency or the young DBs will get whipped. Have Bud Dupree utilize a QB spy position. If Bridgewater steps out of the pocket to tuck and run, Dupree needs to be right there to lay the lumber. Otherwise, he can keep the short dumpoffs to the TE in check if Cobble and crew can get in the pocket.

On offense, I would definitely use Smith and either Newton or the freshman dual threat QB. This game could play out very similarly to the UT game last year. Our stable of RBs should be able to open up some playaction looks as the game wears on. If there are a handfull of gimmick plays available, than use them.

The bottom line is this, if The Cats can score three touchdowns or more, than UK will certainly make things interesting. If not, than that puts a remarkable amount of pressure on our D to keep a productive Cardinal offense out of the endzone.

Should be a "Barn-Burner!"