Formation Notes: Michigan used this balanced formation that I called “Gun Wk Demis”, where the TE and H are both demi-flexed:
Iowa had a Tite shift when they expected a counter run where they lined up in a 4-3 with the NT head up on the center. I called it “4-3 Odd” but it’s Tite vs 2TEs really.
Iowa also had a quasi 3-3-5 passing downs package that defies conventional labeling, where they pull a DT and an ILB for two hybrid DE/OLBs, a “Rush DE” who’s 6-2/248 and a “Leo” who’s 6-4/236, plus their normal hybrid hybrid space player who’s 6-1/205:
I called this package “Rush.” One time they were all standing around not getting set before it and I called that “Rush Amoeba.” Finally, this didn’t need a title but I called it “4-7 Over” anyways.
…not to be confused with the 8-1.
Who’s having fun yet? We having fun? WCIDDIS. Last game I kept having to throw points at OSU’s WR’s doing insane shit. This week my excuse for the numbers not lining up is Well-Coached Iowa Defenders Doing Insane Shit, or “Wakiddis,” which put a serious hamper on Corum’s day especially, and also accounted for a lot of the pressure that McNamara faced for the first time all year. It’s very jarring after a month of teams coached by former Ralph Friedgen assistants and Ryan Day to chart against such fundamentally sound defensive players. [After THE JUMP: Fun with tight ends]