Texags + Bubble screen = delusion/comedy

[jose_medina_de_jesus]

so here we are hating the Bubble screen, and texags dedicates a thread to the awesomeness of the bubble screen. texags delusion states this play is good for 4 - 7 yards every time its run, even against the texas secondary.
http://texags.com/main/forum.reply.a...119&forum_id=5

[tropheus]

quan was great at it, goodwin could be explosive at it. we should run it more, I bet it's good for 10-80 yards on the A&M secondary.

[RunRickyRun]

There are plenty of teams that have had greater success than Texas with this play. I would presume that the skill players at A&M could be fairly effective running it. They have WRs that are plus blockers and a couple that have some quicks.

[THujone]

[PatrickMcHorn]

I love the x's and o's pic. "This play is good for 4-7 yards as long as no one is within 15 yards of the slot receiver."

[TheTexasHammer]

It doesn't work well when 3/4 of the plays you call are two yard outs and so all 11 defenders crowd the line.

[Longhorn94]

to be fair, Texas rarely runs a "bubble" screen. Most of the time, we run "tunnel" screens that wind up going for 2+ yards due to the standing start of the receiver in the tunnel screen versus the running start in the bubble screen.

[Bottlecap]

is that Kwame? Cos he was the tunnel screen fuckin master.

[6th Street]

It doesn't help when 5'11, 120 lb James Kirkendoll is the lead blocker.

[JimbAround]

What's the difference between a bubble screen and a slip screen?

[THujone]

is that Kwame? Cos he was the tunnel screen fuckin master.

indeed.

[MaximumBarnes]

is that Kwame? Cos he was the tunnel screen fuckin master.

He was good, but I think Wane McGarity was just a little more money.

[THujone]

What's the difference between a bubble screen and a slip screen?

Actually I have no idea.

[eldodroptop]

Slip screen is a basic screen to the RB.

[GSU&UT]

Didn't we run a couple of these against Rice for a few yards? Definitely something I like seeing when teams can block real well.

[neonmoon44]

I have no idea what we run. It is a mix between a tunnel screen and a hitch route. A traditional tunnel screen is where the WR runs toward the QB and receives the ball, and the other WR or TE blocks for him. Our WR never run toward the QB.

A hitch route is where the WR runs 2 yards like he is running down the field, and stops and catches the ball.

The Texas Fail Screen is where our WR does nothing and the QB immediately throws the ball to him, hoping the other WR might throw a block or that our WR can get past the two men in front of him.

[eldodroptop]

The Texas Fail Screen.

I HATE that play.

[Dr Drunkenstein]

He was good, but I think Wane McGarity was just a little more money.

McGarity was crazy fast. I still remember him catching that floater from James Brown and outrunning a couple of Neb DBs in the first Big 12 title game. One had a great angle on him and still couldn't close.

[Bottlecap]

mcgarity wasn't our screen guy. kwame was.

Crazy to think that the best option at WR around that time was a converted RB. Man, times have changed.

[Steel Shank]

My greatest fear in life is that aggy uses that against us with extreme prejudice and wanton disregard. We will be utterly destroyed.

DESTROYED I TELL YOU!!!

[DBtv]

Doomed.

[Doc Holliday]

Gilbert hikes the ball, drops back, 3 steps, throws to the sidelines, Goodwin catches the ball, Goodwin is tackled. That play was good for 1 yard. 3rd down.

[Bottlecap]

Gilbert hikes the ball, drops back, 3 steps, throws to the sidelines, Goodwin catches the ball, Goodwin is tackled. That play was good for 1 yard. 3rd down.

sweet fan fiction!

only it is too real :(

[THujone]

He was good, but I think Wane McGarity was just a little more money.

Not on the tunnel screen he wasn't. McGarity was our deep threat. At all of 5'8".

[numbereleven]

Bubble screens can keep bats out of your stadium.

True story.

[ConfusingJazz]

I always thought it was supposed to be a check play that you called at the line when the QB noticed that the CB or safety were playing deep on a receiver.

However, I was wrong. Greg Davis taught me you were supposed to throw it when the CB is on the line getting ready to jam the receiver, after a 3 step drop, on 3rd and 8.

[Fico]

We rune many similar plays.

Quick hitch, usually on run plays, QB raises up and hits WR and the inside receiver block the outside defender. We average 10 yards a pop on this according to Saban last year.

Bubble screen the slot WR "bubbles out" to the outside while the outside receiver blocks the man over him. We ran this to Shipely a lot.

Tunnel screen the inside receiver blocks CB over the outside receiver and the outside receiver releases inside, behind OL who are releasing down field. This is what we run to Goodwin.

[offshore ag]

i thought bubble screens were what the mormons cover pictures of hott with to make pr0n?

[Rocko20]

What's the difference between a bubble screen and a slip screen?

GD would like to know that as well.

[cam4mav]

We rune many similar plays.

Quick hitch, usually on run plays, QB raises up and hits WR and the inside receiver block the outside defender. We average 10 yards a pop on this according to Saban last year. (this was the quan special)

Bubble screen the slot WR "bubbles out" to the outside while the outside receiver blocks the man over him. We ran this to Shipely a lot. (especially with ship as the "flex TE")

Tunnel screen the inside receiver blocks CB over the outside receiver and the outside receiver releases inside, behind OL who are releasing down field. This is what we run to Goodwin.

the tunnel screen is going to get stuffed, we will all bitch, then the next game goodwin will take it 80+ for a score. With our talent this will be a good play for us.

[TheTexasHammer]

It seems to be critical to every GD offensive scheme that no matter what play is called, on 3/4 of plays it is crucial the receiver be standing still when the ball is caught.

[ThaShark316]

No matter how great anyone can make a bubble screen (or any half-decent play, except for the zone read) look, ol' GD will make it look like Eastern Michigan ran it.

[MissingInAction]

My friends and I will always call it the Kwame Cavil play.

[Man Stoner]

Gilbert hikes the ball, drops back, 3 steps, throws to the sidelines, Goodwin catches the ball, Goodwin is tackled. That play was good for 1 yard. 3rd down.

later the play almost got a TD, if a foot stays in play, the TD is scored.

[mstrat]

The Texas Fail Screen is where our WR does nothing and the QB immediately throws the ball to him, hoping the other WR might throw a block or that our WR can get past the two men in front of him.

Great name for it. I'll update the Wheel of Davis with this.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand]

My friends and I will always call it the Kwame Cavil play.

aggies hear "bubba screen" and start whooping like a pack of monkeys.

[Smoozzee]

But, screens work in NCAA '11!

aggies hear "bubba screen" and start whooping like a pack of monkeys.

Nicely done.

[The Dude]

is that Kwame? Cos he was the tunnel screen fuckin master.

absolutely

[purplefaiz]

any play named after a squirtle attack is bound to fail.

[Vic Mackey]

I HATE that play.

Greg Davis thinks otherwise.

[SpiralOut]

Running the bubble screen isn't a terrible thing. If you do it only once or twice a game. When you run it over, and over, and over in rapid succession like we do, well....

[ChrisApplewhite]

Texas hasn't ever run the bubble screen as far as I can remember. If we did it was a long time ago.

The jailbreak/tunnel screen is the one we ran against Alabama a lot.

The quick pass to Quan out of a run play is just an automatic out of a run play with too many guys in the box. It's a long handoff. Run through an arm tackle and get 9 yards. He was built like a running back and was very good at it. Nobody we've had since was, and it hurt our offense last year.

[qwater25]

V-Tech tried to run it all over Boise State on Monday
Pretty effective if we use Goodwin and get him in open space to break some tackles.

[MissingInAction]

any play named after a squirtle attack is bound to fail.

HA! + rep for you.

[hpslugga]

Texas hasn't ever run the bubble screen as far as I can remember. If we did it was a long time ago.

Yep. 2001 RRS, as a matter of fact. Texas lined up in a balanced 4-wide set under center, Simms was literally looking at BJ Johnson (lined up in the slot to the right if you have access to the replay), he took 4 spastic baby steps after taking the snap, whipped him the bubble screen, and the corner (don't recall who) easily fought off the block of the Z and made the tackle 2 yards behind the LOS. I don't remember Texas running that play any more after that.

[PatrickMcHorn]

Yep. 2001 RRS, as a matter of fact. Texas lined up in a balanced 4-wide set under center, Simms was literally looking at BJ Johnson (lined up in the slot to the right if you have access to the replay), he took 4 spastic baby steps after taking the snap, whipped him the bubble screen, and the corner (don't recall who) easily fought off the block of the Z and made the tackle 2 yards behind the LOS. I don't remember Texas running that play any more after that.

PSA: Do not look for this on youtube. 1. Its not there. 2. Just the preview images that come up for Texas - ou 2001 are depressing.

[capnamerca]

the tunnel screen is going to get stuffed, we will all bitch, then the next game goodwin will take it 80+ for a score. With our talent this will be a good play for us.

And if that happens 90% of this board will still bitch that "GD just got lucky and it's still a shitty playcall."

Shaggy is not what you'd call results-oriented sometimes :). Or to be more specific, shaggy is oriented to the wrong results sometimes.

[bizzle]

The quick pass to Quan out of a run play is just an automatic out of a run play with too many guys in the box. It's a long handoff.

Same with the throw to Swope. SFA refused to walk their OLB down the line so we kept throwing it. Swope is going to catch a hell of a lot of balls this year and he's a better athlete than people think. Noracist.

[ATX_INTELLECT]

And if that happens 90% of this board will still bitch that "GD just got lucky and it's still a shitty playcall."

Shaggy is not what you'd call results-oriented sometimes :). Or to be more specific, shaggy is oriented to the wrong results sometimes.

So you honestly think a play is a good play just because it works one time? Even though it failed twenty-million times before?

[hpslugga]

PSA: Do not look for this on youtube. 1. Its not there. 2. Just the preview images that come up for Texas - ou 2001 are depressing.

Yeah, I don't think it's on youtube either. I've only seen it on full-length replays on ESPN the week of the current RRS. I don't remember the exact point in the game that it happened, other than I do remember UT was going left to right (towards the tunnel). I was wrong about one thing, which was the yardage gained/lost on the play. The play-by-play summary lists 2 catches by BJ that fit the description: a 3-yard loss and a 1-yard gain. The 3-yard loss happened on the 4th play of the game (Texas was defending the North goal, so that fits). The 1-yard gain happened on the 3rd play of Texas' opening possession of the 4th quarter (happens right after OU got a roughing the passer penalty). If anyone has access, the 2nd play I mentioned is at around the 12:00 mark of the 4th. But my point was just that 1: it was indeed a bubble and 2: it was a fucking disaster. But you won't find it on youtube because compared to Texas' other disastrous offensive plays, this one was very minor (plus the tackle wasn't at all spectacular).