The GOAT Nebraska Analyst, Black Flash 41 Reverse, just posted his Cincinnati Review

[biscuitgaze01]

2025 CINCINNATI RECAP: Aesthetics vs. Reality

An uneasy game obfuscates some quantifiable improvements for the Huskers and highlights some definite areas of concern

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This is the best analyst in the Nebraska media ecosystem. He has access to Nebraska’s all-22 film from his former contacts in college football, charts every game, and shares his insights. Some of you might know him. Ball-knowers will appreciate him.

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this dude, just love his content.

 

[Irv]

“It was a, frankly, ridiculous defensive gameplan.”

I wonder if it was really Cincy’s “plan” to be in three safeties most of the night, or if they were just responding to our inability to hurt them in the run game.

And, while it may have been ridiculous, they almost won the game, so that’s not entirely comforting.

Thanks for sharing that. It was a good read (the part it let me read).

 

[biscuitgaze01]

“It was a, frankly, ridiculous defensive gameplan.”

I wonder if it was really Cincy’s “plan” to be in three safeties most of the night, or if they were just responding to our inability to hurt them in the run game.

And, while it may have been ridiculous, they almost won the game, so that’s not entirely comforting.

Thanks for sharing that. It was a good read (the part it let me read).

The following should shed light on why they did it.


“Dylan Raiola Played Great

I wrote extensively last season about the Rutgers through UCLA stretch of games where opposing defenses really frazzled Raiola with heavy, umbrella zone coverages tied to rotation on the back-end and “simulated” pressures up front that dared him to get the ball out of his hands fast to his blitz-beating short outlets.
A Cincinnati defense Thursday, then, that hung out with three deep safeties, played 44 reps with eight or more players in pass coverage — 75% of those zone coverages — and tied both to heavy sim pressures and twisting up front was a gameplan that seemed intentionally designed to press on the weak spots of Raiola’s play in 2024.

Raiola took that gameplan and shot it into the sun. On 34 gradeable passes, I had him going to the correct/understandable spot with the ball on 28 of them. That rate on decision making was almost 20 percentage points better than his cumulative rate last season and better than any individual game he played outside of Northern Cockeye (when basically every NU receiver was open on every play). What we just saw was a young quarterback having the best operational performance of his college career against a junkball defense designed to exploit everything he showed on film that he was bad at last year. That should be really exciting.”

 

[Kaladin]

The following should shed light on why they did it.


“Dylan Raiola Played Great

I wrote extensively last season about the Rutgers through UCLA stretch of games where opposing defenses really frazzled Raiola with heavy, umbrella zone coverages tied to rotation on the back-end and “simulated” pressures up front that dared him to get the ball out of his hands fast to his blitz-beating short outlets.
A Cincinnati defense Thursday, then, that hung out with three deep safeties, played 44 reps with eight or more players in pass coverage — 75% of those zone coverages — and tied both to heavy sim pressures and twisting up front was a gameplan that seemed intentionally designed to press on the weak spots of Raiola’s play in 2024.

Raiola took that gameplan and shot it into the sun. On 34 gradeable passes, I had him going to the correct/understandable spot with the ball on 28 of them. That rate on decision making was almost 20 percentage points better than his cumulative rate last season and better than any individual game he played outside of Northern Cockeye (when basically every NU receiver was open on every play). What we just saw was a young quarterback having the best operational performance of his college career against a junkball defense designed to exploit everything he showed on film that he was bad at last year. That should be really exciting.”

Ooohhh I don’t know

Some tPBers have been critical of DR15

Cause reasons

 

[BIGSTICK67]

Thankful for people on here with good football knowledge.

 

[machupichu53]

2025 CINCINNATI RECAP: Aesthetics vs. Reality

An uneasy game obfuscates some quantifiable improvements for the Huskers and highlights some definite areas of concern

open.substack.com

This is the best analyst in the Nebraska media ecosystem. He has access to Nebraska’s all-22 film from his former contacts in college football, charts every game, and shares his insights. Some of you might know him. Ball-knowers will appreciate him.

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this dude, just love his content.

what is all 22 film?

 

[doublewing]

what is all 22 film?

It is game film that is only Doug DuBose highlights.

 

[machupichu53]

also, if anyone has a premium membership on the black 41 flash reverse site can you send the full offensive plays google sheet?

 

[BradWesley]

It is game film that is only Doug DuBose highlights.

Drug DaNose. Man he was good, but could have been incredible.

 

[Quint]

what is all 22 film?

It’s game film with all 22 players visible at the same time versus the crap we see on TV where you’re looking at what the camera man is. Usually miss out on the important things and that leads to a lot of the misconceptions fans have about what’s going on on either side of the ball.

 

[machupichu53]

It’s game film with all 22 players visible at the same time versus the crap we see on TV where you’re looking at what the camera man is. Usually miss out on the important things and that leads to a lot of the misconceptions fans have about what’s going on on either side of the ball.

thanks. makes a lot more sense now.

 

[Quint]

thanks. makes a lot more sense now.

It’s also a version of what the coaching staff(s) use to scout and do internal grading and film study with.

If you type in ‘All 22’ in YouTube, just spend a few minutes watching one of the clips with the sound off. If you’ve never seen it before, you’ll be amazed at how much isn’t seen in a typical broadcast game.

 

[machupichu53]

It’s also a version of what the coaching staff(s) use to scout and do internal grading and film study with.

If you type in ‘All 22’ in YouTube, just spend a few minutes watching one of the clips with the sound off. If you’ve never seen it before, you’ll be amazed at how much isn’t seen in a typical broadcast game.

you're exactly right, thanks so much man.

Here's a Nebraska game from a few years ago as an example

 

[biscuitgaze01]

Here’s a cut up from the article showing Jeudy on skates.

 

[Quint]

you're exactly right, thanks so much man.

Here's a Nebraska game from a few years ago as an example

It really is invaluable when you’re analyzing what other teams do.

You see how the line up based on your formation and personnel, how they react to pre-snap motion and can quickly figure out defensive assignments post snap, if they’re trying to shade something.

Beats the hell out of the old film I grew up with where we had to stop the projector, rewind, play, stop the projector, rewind, play. Film sessions today are so much more productive, available to the players and easier on the staff.

 

[Quint]

Here’s a cut up from the article showing Jeudy on skates.

He didn’t do much of anything right on that play.

I’m sure he enjoyed the coaches comments on Sunday.

 

[machupichu53]

it also is highly beneficial for the casual fan, in my opinion. gives us more of an idea of what kind of plays we are actually running, instead of guessing based off of what the TV angle gives you.

 

[Bootleg11]

what is all 22 film?

Coach's tape

 

[Bootleg11]

Here’s a cut up from the article showing Jeudy on skates.

I remember seeing that stunt in real time and thought...good Lord Jeudy.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I remember seeing that stunt in real time and thought...good Lord Jeudy.

Old boy be stunting when the OL shot out like a piss missile and that's what you get