when the play is called with a junior or senior Brady Quinn under center as opposed to a freshman Jimmy Clausen, particularly when that freshman has Bruce Davis coming at his blind side. You're looking at a much higher risk of a sack or interception just to gain one yard.

I'd call them inadvisable, but I would argue that's different. In fact, this is actually a better example of Weis wanting to run "his system" (contrast with the idea of him refusing to hand Golden Tate the ball 43 times a game, no matter what), instead of just doing what should be easy. Against a very good team, I think the strategy is more defensible than if we are using it against the dregs of our schedule.

1st & Goal against UM. Hughes scored on a stretch play.

There were nine 1st and Goals from inside the 5.

2 passes. One TD. One incompletion. Same play. Worked against Purdue, didn't work against Syracuse. It was the play action pass from a Ride/Sprint fake (hard to tell at times), and a route I have seen described as a Pop. It's what worked with Samardzija so often. The receiver fakes the block, then pops into the middle.

7 runs.

3 runs were stretch plays. All three scored, from the 2-, 2-, and 4-yard lines.

One was a toss play from the 5 (against Hawaii). This lost 7 yards.

One was an inside zone play with the back-ups in against Navy. Dever was destroyed on the right side, and Gray lost 2 yards.

Two are a different kind of run that we often run out of the Two Tites look. The QB always opens up away from the RB, then pivots toward him. It's not a counter though. It's usually some type of dive play inside the guards. One lost 1 yards, and the other picked up 3 yards and the TD as Schwapp blocked two guys on two levels. One of the best plays in his career.

the tiny little cymbals. No matter what you say, they'll just keep banging away on those tiny little cymbals.

Edited to say: I need to remember my own advice.

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