Florida's plays (good video)

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Good clips of some of Florida's different plays. You should see some familiar concepts employed.

Having only watched them a couple times this year, I didn't realize how many formations they use. They really screw with your defense moving guys around like they do. Helps when all your skill guys are versatile. What's funny is how often they only have 2 guys really split out with 4 skill guys in the backfield (like us but in different formations), yet people think CPJ is crazy for using the term Spread when referring to his O, but Florida is the Mecca of Spread teams. (I actually wish CPJ wouldn't call it Spread just to be different but I see his point.) Anyway, enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10npou2LW90
 
Interesting. I could see now how we really could morph into a run shoot offense too as Florida moves often toward our playbook.
 
BerryGT said:
Good clips of some of Florida's different plays. You should see some familiar concepts employed.

Having only watched them a couple times this year, I didn't realize how many formations they use. They really screw with your defense moving guys around like they do. Helps when all your skill guys are versatile. What's funny is how often they only have 2 guys really split out with 4 skill guys in the backfield (like us but in different formations), yet people think CPJ is crazy for using the term Spread when referring to his O, but Florida is the Mecca of Spread teams. (I actually wish CPJ wouldn't call it Spread just to be different but I see his point.) Anyway, enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10npou2LW90
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If you look around, there's an article that says Urban Meyer called up Paul Johnson while he(Meyer) was at Utah and asked Johnson a bunch of stuff about how he ran his offense. So in a way it is Meyer who should change the name to be different :D
 
Nearly all those plays on that video look very familiar in their basic construction.

Lots of ______ option. It seems that there was no triple, though. Imagine having a guy like Demps, Rainey, or Harvin at A-Back...wow...
 
Their "veer" just looks like a single option read. The veer usually has multiple options...

Plus the veer isn't run from shotgun.
 
Liebs, I like the way you think.

AK, Smart football is definitely one the best blogs out there. He does have a high regard for CPJ.

Fatty, Harvin is probably the prototype of an A-back if he can block.
 
If the old running offenses of yesteryear, in reflecting earlier times, were like punishing boxers who engaged in matches where the biggest and strongest won, then offenses like Johnson's and Meyer's, in reflecting their times, are like martial arts: without sacrificing either strength or power, they punish you but also use speed, quickness, and cleverness to hit you where you do not expect and probe to find your weak spots, and to exploit them, without mercy.
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My favorite quote from that article. PJ-sahn!
 
GTKyle said:
Their "veer" just looks like a single option read. The veer usually has multiple options...

Plus the veer isn't run from shotgun.
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The shotgun veer isn't a true triple option, as in that even when it's run to perfection there is still a defensive player not optioned off in the play.

From that article:

I am not going to spend much time on the zone-read-triple option, which to me is a nice but ultimately unsatisfactory play. It's a nice wrinkle on the base zone-read, but unlike the traditional triple option, it is not designed in such a way that the offense is correct every time. (That is because the initial read is of the backside defensive end; but even if he stays put, the success of the playside inside zone play still depends on however the blocks turn out, as opposed to the true triple, where you know it will be a success because you have double teamed everyone and the only threat is the man you're optioning off of.)
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I absolutely love our new offense. In our previous offense, we knew that Choice (or PJ before him) would get the ball or we'd drop straight back to pass. That's it. Easy to follow. Never fooled me. Half the time, I knew what play was coming by the way we lined up. Even at times I'd say "Choice off tackle right" or "here comes the fade to Calvin" or "draw play, Reggie"

Now, I will find myself disappointed that Nesbitt got tackled on the corner for no gain only to see Dwyer getting up after a 10 yard gain up the middle - because I totally bought that Nesbitt kept it. I am probably fooled 8-10 times during a game as to who has the ball.

I described it to my non-Tech friends, who think that we run the (here we go) "high school" offense that it is more like going to the Cirque Du Soleil.
Our offense has lots of confusing movement, misdirection, everybody having a strict assignment every play, everyone moving as fast as possible on every play, anyone without the ball aggressively seeking out the defense to hit them. I really like it.

I like that our offensive linemen are athletic. Last year, teams like Miami had huge offensive linemen - 330+. Big, fat, slow offensive linemen that are there only to get their fat butts in the way - Miami's strength numbers I have seen on their scout board are pathetic. I like our stronger, athletic, more aggressive O-linemen.

I like watching the wideouts and runningbacks block. I realize a lot of wideouts won't come to GT because we expect them to be football players that play every play. Many wideouts just want their 4 catches a game and to be able to halfheartedly run diversion patterns the rest of the time - they aren't for us.
 
The best play in college football is the shuttle option. It is in fact a triple option, but instead of having a fullback get the ball first, an H-back is there for the pitch. Also, on many of the QB powers, they put a WR in motion first. Notice that many times, this player is uncovered. Somewhere down the road, the ball will be thrown to him.
 
They don't cut block like we do out of the flexbone. The Centers and Guards cut block out of the base formation. The Tackles get out to the second and third levels to block down field for the A-backs and B-backs.
 
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Wow, I haven't watched many UF games, but I'd hate to be a DC planning for that offense. I hope Willie Martinez is updating his resume.
 
JJacket said:
I described it to my non-Tech friends, who think that we run the (here we go) "high school" offense that it is more like going to the Cirque Du Soleil.
Our offense has lots of confusing movement, misdirection, everybody having a strict assignment every play, everyone moving as fast as possible on every play, anyone without the ball aggressively seeking out the defense to hit them. I really like it.
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Nice! I really like that analogy!
 
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