Advantage Bylthe

[JCloned]

When ISU lines up against the Rebels Saturday night Todd will enjoy a distint height advantage. Two starting corners are listed at 5' 9" and 5' 11". Safeties are 5' 10" and 6' 1". Nickel Back is also 5' 10". The rebels gave up 288 yards passing to Idaho State last weekend.

Look for a big night from Todd and the rest of the receiving crew.

 

[chuckd4735]

UNLV Has a very weak defensive line and linebacking core, so knowing Mac, I think he will use Hicks alot as well....

 

[JCloned]

UNLV Has a very weak defensive line and linebacking core, so knowing Mac, I think he will use Hicks alot as well....

See post on oline test....

 

[EggMcClone]

But will they throw it to him?

It seemed like he wasn't used like he could/should have been last week. Whether that's Meyer's or Mac's fault it really wouldn't kill us to send him deep a couple of times just to see what happens.

 

[JCloned]

While slight of build, one of the corner backs is a junior transfer from USC and is highly touted. Eric Wright is 5 11, but is by all reports a good db. Nonetheless ----Advantage Blythe

 

[Kyle]

From what I heard on the radio one of their corners started on USC's championship team two years ago.

 

[ISU_Clone_28]

not to disagree with the statement that he's good... but If he is so highly touted, as mentioned, then why is he playing for UNLV? I agree that we need to hit ol #1 more for some passes... If u have an offensive weapon, why not use him for time to time. Its not like u have to show your whole playbook to give a star receiver the ball a few times. thats just my thoughts though.

 

[bootcy]

That corner Eric Wright started for USC before transfering to UNLV due to off-field issues.

 

[jay moe]

Although I do agree with all of you about throwing to Blythe more often, I like a balanced attack. The calling of plays could be better in certain situations, but I think for us to be truly effective, we need to be able to be unpredictable in our choice of plays. If we do have a distinct advantage on the edge, then it needs to be exploited, just like if we are able to run through their d-line. I am all for whatever works.

 

[ISUFan22]

Lets not forget...that also means advantage Davis and Hamilton. I'd love to see Hamilton showcase his abilities.

If we only threw a few passes to Blythe and a large number to Hamilton...I'd be happy.

I really think this kid has the ability to replace Davis this season if he shows us what he can do on the field.

 

[ISU_Clone_28]

I completely agree with having a balanced attack but so far as of now, it hasnt been balanced in the sense that we only hit up Blythe a couple of times throughout regulation and hit other recievers numerous times. I have confidence in all of our recievers as I believe they are one of the best recieving corps in the big 12, I would just like to see our star reciever with some more game impact... I think if we have him, we should use him.

 

[ISUFan22]

I completely agree with having a balanced attack but so far as of now, it hasnt been balanced in the sense that we only hit up Blythe a couple of times throughout regulation and hit other recievers numerous times.

This is where I am going to body-slam you with facts. The receiving stats from Toledo....

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
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Blythe,Todd 5 93 2
Flynn,Austin 4 53 0
Davis,Jon 3 30 0
Sumrall,R.J. 2 50 0
Barkema,Ben 1 5 0
Nickel,Walter 1 4 0
Hicks,Stevie 1 -1 0
Total.......... 17 234 2

ESPN.com link to OT drive chart

In OT...

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
-------------------------------------------------
Blythe,Todd 2 54 2
Flynn,Austin 2 14 0

So the regulation stats look like...

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
-------------------------------------------------
Blythe,Todd 3 39 2
Flynn,Austin 2 39 0
Davis,Jon 3 30 0
Sumrall,R.J. 2 50 0
Barkema,Ben 1 5 0
Nickel,Walter 1 4 0
Hicks,Stevie 1 -1 0

Now tell me...who did Meyer throw to "numerous times" instead of Blythe in regulation? Just curious...

 

[benjay]

Stop making sense 22. We're here to complain!

 

[ISU_Clone_28]

haha, Well I guess I stand Corrected. Thnx for those numbers... Thats odd cause I was at the game and watched every play and I thought it looked like Davis and RJ were seeing more passes comming their way. but I stand corrected... I will now sit and shut up. lol

 

[ISUFan22]

No one asked you or anyone else to shut up. That wouldn't be right or any fun.

However, just know the facts when ya make an arguement...it works real swell!:Happy:

 

[ISU_Clone_28]

Oh I know that nobody was telling me to shut up... I was just joking around. But one thing that I did see numerous times (not sure if anyone else saw this) But I noticed that there was numerous times that Meyer tends to lock onto a reciever and watch him the whole way instead of scan the field... there were quite a few times that I saw that Meyer had recievers wide open and still took off on a run instead of hitting the open recievers. dont get me wrong I'm not trying to tell Meyer or any other members of the team how to do their job... Meyer and corps are great players that know what they are doing, I'm just saying I would like him to scan the field a little more from time to time. But thats something that will prolly develope as the season progresses. Afterall, all the critisism and opinions have mainly been based on the one game that has been played this season... Thats just my opinion though.

 

[ISUFan22]

Meyer does do that...it's a negative mark against him.

I'd like to see Fitch setup a camera at the end of the field facing Meyer...lock it on his eyes and then have him run passing plays. Review the tape after and see where he's looking and then coach where he should be looking.

This is something that Peyton Manning did this off-season a lot in order to improve his game.

 

[ISU_Clone_28]

That would be nice to see... perhaps u should go and Talk to good ol' JP and see what he thinks.

 

[ISUFan22]

I already dropped an e-mail to Coach Fitch about it.

Coach Fitch,

First, I wanted to thank you for the excellent demonstrations and QB session you gave back in April at the coach's clinic. I benefited from it greatly and have used many of your drills/techniques in coaching my young QB's this fall in the West Des Moines 'Lil Pro Youth Football League.

Enjoyed the game Saturday and the high-powered passing attack. Can't wait to see this blossom even more as we get deeper into the season!

I wanted to pass along a suggestion, for whatever it's worth. It's not something I conjured up, it's something I read about that the Colts were doing with Peyton Manning. Most of the summer during various drills and passing plays, they had a video camera setup at the end of the field and locked it on Peyton's eyes. They did this because they felt he may be staring down his #1 target on a given play too much. After practice, they would review the tapes and coach him where he should be looking to throw off the defenders.

I know this is a "supposed" negative mark toward Bret Meyer and watching him Saturday, it did seem he was doing some of that. I just wanted to pass this along, again, for whatever it's worth. I'm sure you likely get many e-mails each day with hair-brained ideas!

Enjoyed seeing Meyer tear up the defense with his feet last week - you weren't lying at the coach's clinic when you said you'd be coaching him more on that this fall!

Best of luck to you and the entire team this fall.

GO CYCLONES!

 

[Wesley]

The problem we had was Toledo controlled the ball for long stretches of time against our defense.
So the balls that were not caught went to whom? I know Blythe knocked one down thrown by Bret to the opposition in order to avoid an interception.
The three regulation catches by Blythe was still low when you had corner coverage by one person. It was almost like Cyclones did not want to open up the gameplan unless needed. Over in Lincoln with a big lead, Bill C totally opened up the playbook. A difference of management I suppose.