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The rest of the session was devoted to short-yardage and to goal-line plays. The first began with the ball placed on the 40, and the team ran through a sequence of 3rd-and-short situations. The first offense got a good and consistent push and won most of these matchups. They were facing the 2nd defense on most of the downs. The roles were then swapped, with the 2nd offense taking on the 1st defense, with the defense taking the majority of downs. When the first O met the first D, the ratio was closer to 50:50, but the offense still won more than they lost.
-- They make the extraordinary ordinary, part II: While the offense and defense were working on goal-line plays, Ray Sherman took his receivers to the 50 and had them practice catching balls which were thrown directly over their heads. Sherman showed great skill in dropping pass after pass into the receivers bread baskets. When the wideouts showed they could handle these throws, Sherman upped the ante, asking each of them to make over the shoulder grabs one handed. By drill's end, half of these throws were being completed.
* The Pioneer PR-8210A and the Pioneer LD-1100 can be used as alternate laser disc players for Cliff Hanger or Goal to Go. To see how this conversion can be performed, see Robert DiNapoli's LD Conversion for Cliff Hanger. For more information on how the PR-8210 communicates with the games, check out the PR-8210 / PR-8210A doc.
A lot has been made in the last two weeks about Missouri's goal-to-go success level, or lack thereof. Against both Oklahoma and Nebraska, the Tigers failed to punch it in despite facing first-and-goal from the 1. Obviously this cost us -- against Oklahoma, Mizzou settling for a field goal allowed the game to stay within one possession for a while longer. Against Nebraska, it allowed Mizzou to only cut Nebraska's lead to 14 in the third quarter instead of 10. We now have anecdotal evidence that Mizzou struggles in this area. Overall, how much of a problem is this?
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