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If You Were In Charge Of The Offense

Statue of Liberty, Flea Flicker, Fake Spikes, Hook and Ladder, Double Passes, Fake Punts and Field Goals.
 
To get serious in this thread, Johnson's offense is right with what I have thought CU should do.

Something that takes advantage of a mobile QB, because I think that wins in college and guards against an injury or poor passing sinking a season.

Something based on a big OL that goes forward, because I think that's what the in-state preps produce the most of and it also takes advantage of altitude by wearing teams down. (Plus, give the fans what they want. Physical football is what CU fans like, not finesse ball.)
 
Ground and pound. 60% run, 30% play action pass, 10% drop back pass. Focus recruiting on massive office of linemen, tight ends and big running backs with decent speed.
 
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Sykobuff said:
The Clemson offense with bama talent and georgia talent sprinkled in.
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fify.

We need the OL to step up including a couple key new guys.

It's amazing how they style of offense matters less than the guys running it and especially the guys doing the blocking.
 
No one wants a niche offense like the option offense?
 
Jalapeno said:
No one wants a niche offense like the option offense?
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No. Those offenses are typically reserved for teams who can't recruit the talent it takes to run an actual offense, hence why the Academies run it. Obviously, there are exceptions out there, but the vast majority of teams who compete on a national stage run some kind of "normal" offense (Pro, Spread, Air Raid - although very few can pull this one off).
 
As Nik mentioned I like what Jay Johnson/Tucker's stated philosophy for the offense will be. I'm hoping that a majority of this offense is out of the gun/pistol with the tight end being a major disruptor for most defenses due to positioning and mismatches. I know high school QB's that can run the RPO effectively so I'd prefer that this offense goes about 70% RPO design base with the other 30% being specifically designed plays. My personal preference is that the balance would end up being 55/45 pass to run but if it's a heavy RPO, it entirely depends on the QB and if he's making the proper reads.
 
Are we talking about triple option out of the gun, under center, or both? Anyway, I just want to see a balanced attack. If we see many games where we are throwing it 50+ times, chances are, we probably aren't doing well. A solid running game would be Montez's best friend, take some pressure off of him. If we are gonna see more of a Georgia type O, we'll see emphasis on the running game. I don't care if they want to pass to set up the run or vice versa. That's coaching to figure out how you go about it, based on what you have to work with.
 
Uncle Luko said:
Are we talking about triple option out of the gun, under center, or both? Anyway, I just want to see a balanced attack. If we see many games where we are throwing it 50+ times, chances are, we probably aren't doing well. A solid running game would be Montez's best friend, take some pressure off of him. If we are gonna see more of a Georgia type O, we'll see emphasis on the running game. I don't care if they want to pass to set up the run or vice versa. That's coaching to figure out how you go about it, based on what you have to work with.
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Can be both. Georgia Southern used to run the flexbone which has the QB under center all the time while in FCS ball and now their triple option operates out of the shotgun most of the time if not all the time. The triple option does not have to be run heavy and you can even do it 50-50...the only problem is the ground game version has been so effective most of the time that the play action passing game isn't needed as much.

Given that Tyson Summers, the new CU DC, was the Georgia Southern head coach when he tried to move the program away from the triple option; I'm not sure what Tucker could do in this case.

TSchekler said:
No. Those offenses are typically reserved for teams who can't recruit the talent it takes to run an actual offense, hence why the Academies run it. Obviously, there are exceptions out there, but the vast majority of teams who compete on a national stage run some kind of "normal" offense (Pro, Spread, Air Raid - although very few can pull this one off).
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It wasn't always like that and even if you have access to the talent out there as Georgia Tech did, it still can be run pretty well. It isn't that much different from the Air Raid offenses. In the flexbone, the running backs on the outside would be akin to the inside WRs of the Air Raid. Those jet sweeps were used in those flexbone offenses as well and even in the offenses from pre-WWII.
 
The Annexation of Puerto Rico....(yes I know its a serious thread now)


I'm agree with Nik and Bread, Especially with where Bread put the Pass/run percentages, if not slightly higher 60/40.
 
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