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This is a fantastic read on football concepts and the recent evolution of offenses and how defenses are combating things.
This is a fantastic read on football concepts and the recent evolution of offenses and how defenses are combating things.
When Mike Gundy first became Oklahoma State’s offensive coordinator in 1994, his Cowboys operated out of the I-formation and offset-I. Sure, his Pokes would attempt a little bit of misdirection out of this, and they threw more than some other I-formation teams. But that formation was the standard of the day. It was especially the standard for Gundy’s mentor and head coach, Pat Jones.
The game began to change, however, and Gundy, out from under Jones’ wing, began to change with it. When he became his alma mater’s head coach in the mid-2000s, he began to find extreme value in changing before it.
“We’ve been on the cutting edge on no-huddle, on hurry-up offense, on nutrition, on hydration, on sleep, on cutting back on physicality in practice,” Gundy says. “We’re not scared to take chances.”