Saturday, September 22, 2007

prevent thyself a victory

iowa goes 29 minutes in the first half vs. wisconsin and can't do more than piss on the football, then in one minute they go the length of the field and score a TD. why? because wisconsin was playing a soft prevent.

it's not like i'm rooting for wisconsin or against iowa. i'm just watching a football game because it's on. but i've seen this scenario play out time and time again, both in college and in the nfl. why doesn't the coach just continue to use the defense that has worked the whole game? why does he let the opposing team dictate what they will do on defense? and so i ask the question: when will a coach rise up and say "no, i will not use the prevent defense, because it sucks."

dumb

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am also watching this game because it's on. It was pretty boring for pretty much the entire first half, but it's gotten better.

the happy ninja said...

i thought this was going to be a video game review, as in a game summary of a game that you played on xbox. as for the prevent defense, it works on inexperienced quarterbacks more often than not. think of how many games have ended with an interception. those interceptions happen because there are 7-8 guys playing prevent zone.