Vanier

[AngeloV]

Steve Burratto has done a terrific job with that UBC offence as well, OV. Looking forward to what he has in store for Maciocia's Carabins on Saturday.

Battle of the GOB's?

[OV Argo]

Battle of the GOB's?

Moochacha is the HC at Montreal wheras Burrato is just the OC for UBC, so that sort of negates that direct gob battle; not sure either team has any other card carrying gob types on their staffs. Plus - both teams run the ball with intent to work a ground game as a key to their offence and/or display balanced offence, so that is totally non-GOB like; so, no.

[AngeloV]

Moochacha is the HC at Montreal wheras Burrato is just the OC for UBC, so that sort of negates that direct gob battle; not sure either team has any other card carrying gob types on their staffs. Plus - both teams run the ball with intent to work a ground game as a key to their offence and/or display balanced offence, so that is totally non-GOB like; so, no.

I'd run the ball a lot too, if I had an O-line that dominated 75% of the defences I faced.

[OV Argo]

I'd run the ball a lot too, if I had an O-line that dominated 75% of the defences I faced.

So, would you pass the ball a lot if you had an O-line that was porous and had trouble protecting your QB? - see a LOT of CFL offences from the past decade or so.

Football offensive game-planning & calling has so many options; lots of ground game and some balance on offence is a choice of the offensive coaching of the team. IF you have a strong O-line and a very good RB (or two, or three), then maybe you chose lots of run play calls. If you are a GOB however - you treat the run game as ultra secondary or just a once in awhile tendency breaker, and you defer to mostly pass play calls. ALL teams in an 8 or 9 team league running the same basic offence and play-calling tendencies = boring and predictable football often IMO. Glad there is CIS ball to watch to see at least some different thinking on offence in Canadian football.

[ArgoRavi]

So, would you pass the ball a lot if you had an O-line that was porous and had trouble protecting your QB? - see a LOT of CFL offences from the past decade or so.

Football offensive game-planning & calling has so many options; lots of ground game and some balance on offence is a choice of the offensive coaching of the team. IF you have a strong O-line and a very good RB (or two, or three), then maybe you chose lots of run play calls. If you are a GOB however - you treat the run game as ultra secondary or just a once in awhile tendency breaker, and you defer to mostly pass play calls. ALL teams in an 8 or 9 team league running the same basic offence and play-calling tendencies = boring and predictable football often IMO. Glad there is CIS ball to watch to see at least some different thinking on offence in Canadian football.

But it's former CFL coaches doing much of this "creative thinking" in the CIS. How can this be?

[OV Argo]

But it's former CFL coaches doing much of this "creative thinking" in the CIS. How can this be?

Just FYI - Machocha is the HC & DC of the Carabins; and Burrato is the OC of UBC; so who are all these other GOB heroes of yours Ravi who are dominating CIS ball with their incredible one look only CFL offences ?

Did I hear you calling for Nill or Ptaszek or Constantin to get CFL HC jobs after they won Vaniers with strong teams and diverse offences? - no, eh; funny how that works.

[AngeloV]

So, would you pass the ball a lot if you had an O-line that was porous and had trouble protecting your QB? - see a LOT of CFL offences from the past decade or so.

Football offensive game-planning & calling has so many options; lots of ground game and some balance on offence is a choice of the offensive coaching of the team. IF you have a strong O-line and a very good RB (or two, or three), then maybe you chose lots of run play calls. If you are a GOB however - you treat the run game as ultra secondary or just a once in awhile tendency breaker, and you defer to mostly pass play calls. ALL teams in an 8 or 9 team league running the same basic offence and play-calling tendencies = boring and predictable football often IMO. Glad there is CIS ball to watch to see at least some different thinking on offence in Canadian football.

Well, Saskatchewan, Montreal and B.C. ran the best of all teams this past season. How did that work out for them?

[OV Argo]

Well, Saskatchewan, Montreal and B.C. ran the best of all teams this past season. How did that work out for them?

Why don't you check the offensive stats from a recent GC game that saw the Riders destroy the Pussycats with one of the highest scores and biggest margin of victories in a GC in years ?

[AngeloV]

Why don't you check the offensive stats from a recent GC game that saw the Riders destroy the Pussycats with one of the highest scores and biggest margin of victories in a GC in years ?

That's your problem OV. You look at stats with no explanation of how final stats are the way they are. The game was a blow out. I'm willing to bet that of the last 20 offensive plays the Riders ran in that game, 17 or so were running plays because they had such a big lead.

Are you watching this Vanier Cup game? What is the pass to run ratio for UBC? Seems to me their GOB offence is producing pretty good.