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Spotlight on the Deep Pass


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The Wisconsin defense has been very solid all year up until the B10 Championship. Despite their major beat down at the hands of the Buckeyes, the Badger defense is still No. 4 in total-defense. Some of their success on defense has to do with the caliber of offenses Wisconsin faced but they did hold their opponent to 23 percent below their yardage average for the season. One area Auburn should be able to exploit is the Badger pass-defense. The Wisconsin pass-defense is No. 108 nationally allowing big pass-plays (25+) every 12.4 pass attempts. The Auburn pass-offense is No. 7 nationally in generating big pass-plays every 9.7 pass attempts.

The play...

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Against Alabama, Auburn faced a very good defense that was exceptional against the run. Gus Malzahn's plan of attack was to challenge the UAT secondary deep, which often played man-coverage. The plan was solid and the Auburn offense did a very good job executing the game plan. Nick Marshall was 6 of 9, throwing the ball deep for 272-yards and 2 touchdowns.

On this play Auburn faces a 2nd & 12 from the UAT 34-yd line. Auburn comes out in a 4-WR with Sammie Coates and Duke Williams split on the boundary side. Nick Marshall will play-action with Cameron Artis-Payne, while reading the boundary safety. Coates and Williams break off the line, running vertical routes. Williams will cut inside on a deep square-in, while Coates runs a fly-route. The boundary safety commits to Williams over the middle, leaving Coates 1 on 1 with the corner. Marshall delivers a perfectly thrown ball that Coates is able to haul in for the touchdown.

Play #2:

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This is basically the same play, though circumstances are different. Auburn faces a 2nd & 3 from their own 32-yard line with under 1:30 remaining in the first-half. Once again Auburn comes out in a 4-WR set with Coates and Williams aligned to the boundary side. At the snap, the two WR's run vertical routes with the boundary safety committing to the deep pass over the middle (Williams). Once again, Sammie Coates has the corner beat 1 on 1 and Marshall hangs a deep ball that Coates is able to run under for the touchdown.

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Too bad that we did not have anything close to a decent defensive effort for the 2nd half of that game. If this would have been the case, we walk away the victor. Next season, bammer will not be so lucky. Saban knows this & knows his time is coming to an end. The Gus bus is gonna roll all over him in 2015.

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Its hard to believe that if this offense turned all those FGs into TDs, they would've been in the 70s...this 2014 season and offense is gonna have to unfortunately remain a what if for me

Nope. 64 points, not in the 70's.

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Its hard to believe that if this offense turned all those FGs into TDs, they would've been in the 70s...this 2014 season and offense is gonna have to unfortunately remain a what if for me

Nope. 64 points, not in the 70's.

Ah well it would've been enough to win nevertheless

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Its hard to believe that if this offense turned all those FGs into TDs, they would've been in the 70s...this 2014 season and offense is gonna have to unfortunately remain a what if for me

Nope. 64 points, not in the 70's.

Ah well it would've been enough to win nevertheless

44 points and over 600 total yards should always be enough to win a football game. That game was on the D.

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