How many can you name...

[stinger78]

How many pure pro-style offenses in college football can you name that have been consistently successful since 2000?

 

[hiveredtech]

How many pure pro-style offenses in college football can you name that have been consistently successful since 2000?

Ohio St.
SoCal
UGA
Wisconsin
Arizona State
Tennessee
Va. Tech
Rutgers

 

[goldmember]

Ohio St.
SoCal
UGA
Wisconsin
Arizona State
Tennessee
Va. Tech
Rutgers

How are you defining pro style offense? Not sure some of those fit, specifically uga and vt.

 

[beej67]

UGA and VT most definitely fit. I'm more curious how he's defining "consistently successful."

It's hard to find any offense that's "consistently successful" 8 years running.

 

[floridajacket]

USC and UGA came to mind immediately. If you have the personnel to run it, namely an accurate QB, pro-style offenses are devastating.

 

[76tornados]

Ohio State? Weren't they running a spread with whats his name QB a few years back?

 

[gth816f]

Troy Smith.

 

[GTMensLax&SoccerD1Soon!]

Georgia Tech thought they were under Gailey...

 

[GTKyle]

It's hard to find any offense that's "consistently successful" 8 years running.

qft

 

[gsu_paintballer]

It's hard to find any offense that's "consistently successful" 8 years running.

Yea, you have to do SOME passing.


:hsugh::hsugh::hsugh:

 

[stinger78]

UGA and VT most definitely fit. I'm more curious how he's defining "consistently successful."

It's hard to find any offense that's "consistently successful" 8 years running.

Geeze. I should have known that beej would ask the key question.

What is "consistently successful?"
Well, I would define consistently successful as consistently at or near the top of their conference, and ranked nationally, MOST years over that span. Any team can have a bad year or two, even Green Bay under Favre.

Why 8 years?
Because that would require two QB transitions for most programs. We all know that a pro-style O is heavily dependent on the QB (well, all maybe except Gailey).

My thesis?
Less than 10% of colleges are consistently successful running a pro-style offense.

I'm trying to get a sampling from you all as to where to start my research. What teams do you all see as candidates for those criteria.

 

[hiveredtech]

Ohio State? Weren't they running a spread with whats his name QB a few years back?

Troy Smith may have been athletic with a rocket arm...but Tressel never runs a spread attack.

Ohio State let Smith do more athletic things out of the pro-style offense...but at the end of the day the formation was pro-style.

Heck...spreading out those massive OSU offensive lineman may cause them to go into cardiac arrest!