Thing is, their defense will be so young it might not matter what we run or how we run it. Won't be close!
Question: Who's running the no-huddle this season?
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Yep, me too. I come to this board about 15 times a day at is seems everyone wants to talk about A&M's QB. No, there is no need for us to resort the hurry up. We are going to score almost every time we get the ball. Why hurry that up? We just need to grind up the clock on offense and snuff the hurry up on D.I think this board is ready for some real footballI know I am.
The odd thing is that they didn't run that much speed option, but we still had it dxed and defended perfectly, trailer covered and all. The split second of indecision on Colt's part when he saw that and decided he'd have to run it himself is when Dareus hit him from the right when he was looking left...
In the bone/option type Os the D calls the plays. If the D doesn't make a mistake it will shut them down most of the time.
Yep, the object in defending is to designate the ball carrier and where he can go...
I watched the '92 NC replay last night on UTube. It was amazing what we were able to do running the ball that night against such a good defense. It was even more amazing to see the disparity in the size of line players compared to now when that was even considered the modern era. We ran the ball beautifully that night. I really believe a creative running game is the best medicine for playing against a team built around the HUNH.
I will say one thing. There was a lot of knowledge lost about how to run the ball when Coach Moore died... Even as good as we are now, I still think Coach could have taught our present coaches about the creativity in running the ball. RTR! Coach Moore.
I will say one thing. There was a lot of knowledge lost about how to run the ball when Coach Moore died... Even as good as we are now, I still think Coach could have taught our present coaches about the creativity in running the ball. RTR! Coach Moore.
Yeah I went back and watched that game last week. It was the Lassic and Sherman shake show!
Still though that defense held them to 6 points! Two field goals! Punt returns just haunt Bama for some reason though.
In answer to the original question of who's running the HUNH spread, it's anybody who doesn't think they can match up man for man against more than half of their schedule. It gives the best chance of an upset in a single game....it doesn't give anywhere near the best chance of a championship season.
Plus, it's even more QB-centric than most offenses. We in the Deep South tend to overrate its overall effectiveness because we've seen Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, and Johnny Manziel up close. The fallacy there is that each was a Heisman winner, and each team rode that one horse to whatever success they had that year.
If you want to build your program around winning a championship every time one of your quarterbacks wins the Heisman, be my guest. Meanwhile, in the other 49 of 50 years, old-man football will kick your hindquarters the significant majority of the time.
Plus, it's even more QB-centric than most offenses. We in the Deep South tend to overrate its overall effectiveness because we've seen Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, and Johnny Manziel up close. The fallacy there is that each was a Heisman winner, and each team rode that one horse to whatever success they had that year.
If you want to build your program around winning a championship every time one of your quarterbacks wins the Heisman, be my guest. Meanwhile, in the other 49 of 50 years, old-man football will kick your hindquarters the significant majority of the time.
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I get your point, but that can be said for any offense. If the defense doesn't make mistakes, the offense will struggle.
I did a search to see if I could find which teams were running the spread, spread-option, pistol, Wishbone, Pro Set and etc. but could only find data from two years ago. It would be interesting to know. I wish my football magazines would list the type of O being run.
Almost. The bone or spread picks the flow direction. Then the D can dictate the gap. Much much different than the I, split back, empty, or even the pistol.
Funny, but when I first read this thread heading, my first thought was "Well, it's always the guy on the sideline with the flash cards..."
I think every team in this conference will be running some form the spread offense uptempo, no-huddle within a year or two with a few exceptions. LSU, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama will stay in pro-style offense but use tempo variation on occasion. Everyone else is going to try to use some type of spread-to-pass (Air Raid Mumme/Leach school) or spread-to-run (Northwestern/Meyer/RichRod school) with tempo to down the giants of the conference.
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