Stallion wrote:with Rickey Dobbs its a little bit more complicated than just who takes the QB-Rickey Dobbs will run at every gap on the field. Usually you think of the option QB with the option to keep or pitch depending on what the DE does. Watch a Navy Game-Dobbs runs behind Center, runs at the guard gap, runs at the tackle gap and then he options to the back or runs around end. Dobbs loves to run the interior of the line which what makes him so hard to defend.
very true, and they have added a few wrinkles aforementioned with the line; Dobbs is a perfect fit for Ken's version of flexbone. this Navy offense is a little different in design (than what PJ did last 3 years there), more like early Wagner years at University of Hawaii. Playing this team straight up makes for along night. The staff understands this. Also, Ken was and always has been a fan of Dutch Meyer, he develops some of the bread/butter plays of the flexbone a little differently.
SMU will need to be discliplined on both sides of the ball to beat this Navy team. Hopefully they will keep focus, but remember what happened in Annapolis last year and play 4 qtrs. It will be hard to rattle Dobbs, but as mrydel suggested, he needs to experience more than wear and tear in this game. I imagine that Yenga will have double duty depending on the play call, and Davis/Reed will get some quality reps. Flemming and Fleps have skill sets that fit well for situational downs.