YAC

[jimotis4heisman]

http://dispatch.com/football/football.php?story=dispatch/2005/10/28/20051028-E7-00.html

i found this little tid bit interesting in todays dispatch

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YAC attack

For the past two weeks, receivers have piled up the YAC (yards after catch), turning short throws into long gains.
Against Michigan State, Troy Smith had three long touchdown passes, two of those the result of Santonio Holmes and Ted Ginn Jr. breaking tackles after relatively short passes.
Last week at Indiana, the trend continued. Smith completed six passes of 20 yards or longer, totaling 156 yards. The passes traveled 42 yards, with 114 yards coming on receivers’ runs after a catch.
The breakdown: Holmes 23 yards (throw 4, run 19), Holmes 28 (throw 3, run 25), Ryan Hamby 27 (throw 5, run 22), Ginn 27 (all throw), Ginn 25 (throw minus-1, run 26), Holmes 26 (throw 4, run 22).
"That’s something we try to do, get yards after catch," Ginn said. "The most important thing is to catch the ball, and then try to get (additional) yards."

 

[Pheasant]

Good find.

Ginn 25 (throw minus-1, run 26)

Does that really cound as a pass?

 

[hoat]

That's what talented receiver's are supposed to do. The short passes are usually the ones that break for the big gain. Not many teams use the throw it deep offense.

Of course with tOSU throwing a lot of short passes they may need to start going over the top of the defense since most of your DC's in the Big Ten will start jumping the short routes, or running alot of underneath zones. The speed at wideout at tOSU makes me believe they'll see more of the underneath zone calls with help over the top. Which should open the run, kinda curious how Saturday plays out now. :)

 

[bucknut11]

Good find.

Does that really cound as a pass?

Assuming Troy was more than one yard behind the line of scrimmage (a fairly safe assumption), yes.

 

[Pheasant]

Assuming Troy was more than one yard behind the line of scrimmage (a fairly safe assumption), yes.

Color me dipshit. I wasn't even thinking of that
I also spelled count with a "d".

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Well this is what we were hoping for all year and it is finally here. Smith is getting the guys the ball with space to move.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

It's nice to see all that YAC, but you don't want to rely on short passes being your big-gainers. I'd like to see some more down-field passes (15+ yards).

 

[smith403]

Good Point! The big-gainers haven't been real accurate!

 

[timBUCK2]

It really adds a whole other element to the offense (now we just need 2 or 3 more :tongue2:)

It's good we're finally starting to spread the D out effectively.

 

[gregorylee]

when I first looked at this thread I figured that it needed to be merged with all of those alcohol threads in the open discussion forum....


I do like the fact though that our recievers are taking advantage of the opportunities presented, and takin it to the house.