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Post by K2Aztec73 on Jul 14, 2017 2:03:14 GMT -8
There was a great line I recall from an interview with an Aztec player (Leon Van Gorkum comes to mind, but I'm not 100% on that) during the 1969 or 1970 season, I believe it was in the Daily Aztec. The player was asked what the game plan was for the opponent that week. His response: "On offense, we're going to ram it down their throats, and on defense we're going to jam it up their @ss!" ... and as I recall, they did just that. That was pretty much just what we did in the Coryell days. Most people don't remember that the Coryell defensive teams were extremely good. They were a big part of the reason the teams were able to score so much. The defense got the ball back quickly or scored themselves. Of course, a huge part of that was Claude Gilbert's defense... always solid, and often dominating. He used what they called a "flip tackle" as one of the linemen... usually an undersized guy with quickness who would line up anywhere in the line or as a linebacker, sort of like the way Rocky uses his "Aztec" and "Warrior" positions as wildcards, and would blitz or help overload one side of the line, or shadow one of the RB's. Those guys could really create havoc, especially when we were playing with a lead and could afford to gamble a bit on defense, which was most of the time with those teams.
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Post by longtimebooster on Jul 14, 2017 4:43:12 GMT -8
"Dad -- I've not only read your book, I wrote your book ." Fanhood to AF1 - 2017 With apologies to Gen. Patton in reference to Gen. Rommel.
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Post by fanhood on Jul 14, 2017 5:13:16 GMT -8
"Dad -- I've not only read your book, I wrote your book ." Fanhood to AF1 - 2017 With apologies to Gen. Patton in reference to Gen. Rommel. "You magnificent bastard!"
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Post by AzTex on Jul 14, 2017 7:54:01 GMT -8
That was pretty much just what we did in the Coryell days. Most people don't remember that the Coryell defensive teams were extremely good. They were a big part of the reason the teams were able to score so much. The defense got the ball back quickly or scored themselves. Of course, a huge part of that was Claude Gilbert's defense... always solid, and often dominating. He used what they called a "flip tackle" as one of the linemen... usually an undersized guy with quickness who would line up anywhere in the line or as a linebacker, sort of like the way Rocky uses his "Aztec" and "Warrior" positions as wildcards, and would blitz or help overload one side of the line, or shadow one of the RB's. Those guys could really create havoc, especially when we were playing with a lead and could afford to gamble a bit on defense, which was most of the time with those teams. Couldn't agree more. And before Claude there was John Madden coaching the defense. I've always said that a large part of Don Coryell's coaching genius was his ability to get truly outstanding assistant coaches. Just take a look at the Coryell coaching tree. The number of NFL head coaches tjat were Coryell assistants or players is amazing.
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Post by aztecbb on Jul 17, 2017 9:22:38 GMT -8
"he be further back"
Well thought out response by UNLV D-lineman after getting torched by Aztec Offense
Reporter: What is the main difference in defending the shotgun?
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Post by uncledougy on Jul 17, 2017 10:51:38 GMT -8
"There's no room for trickery in college football" - Al Luginbill after Air Force beat us on a "Fumblerooski" play (don't recall the year) Are you sure that wasn't Tollner? I always thought it was Tollner who said that but I could've been wrong all this time Agree....doesn't sound like a Lugi quote. Lugi pulled all the stops on occasion.
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