Hokie Hitter: BC

What an outstanding night in Blacksburg!  The Hokies were made for Thursdays on ESPN and they proved it against BC!  Great job by the coaches and players in their preparation off a bye week and tremendous execution in all three phases.  This week I'm taking a look at two of the many scoring plays the Hokies had in this game.  The first is the Tuten 83 yard Touchdown run which a great example of using motion and formation to make execution easier.  The second play, is the Drones to Tuten pass at the end of the first half.  This play shows how our players are playing with confidence within the system and making plays in space with a little improvisation!

GO HOKIES!

This play is a display of everything Hokie fans have been longing to see out of the Tech run game.  It combined the breakaway ability of Tuten, with PERFECT blocking execution by the offensive line.  This is a buck sweep concept, utilizing the H-back as the kick out block and and the backside tackle as the wrap linemen, whose job is to block the second level at the point of attack.  Tech’s formation at the snap got the BC defense spread out and used motion to get the defense to shift into the play allowing the blocking scheme to be executed perfectly.  Great playcall and great execution by all involved.

One thing that has drawn my attention over the course of the season, has been our use of the scramble drill when blocking breaks down.  Usually the deep routes will work in and the short routes work deep to create confusion.  On this play, against a two-high safety look, the Hokies ran a DIPO concept to the wide side of the field.  This along with the sail concept on short side, drew the entire secondary away.  Bhayshul Tuten on this play, was assigned a flare route as a checkdown and used to draw the Mike linebacker out of the middle of the field.  When Drones is forced out of the pocket and has to escape, Tuten does a phenomenal job of improvising and wheeling up the sideline allowing Drones to hit him in stride for the score.  Great job by the offense of improvising on a busted play and taking advantage of our athleticism at the skill positions!