Spread Offense

JoeCakeEater

JoeCakeEater

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This is the immediate future of college football. Auburn switched to it and went 13-0. Clemson switched to it and is talking about winning 10 games next season. Why don't we and our measly offense give it a shot? It isn't necessarily a passing offense. It is simply lining up with 1 back, 3 or four wide outs and making the defense spread out to cover all of the men or you'll simply throw short passes all day... a la Utah. It also takes men out of the box allowing for a running game with fewer possible tacklers, and more green to hit for long runs. All of these new high powered offenses are running some form of it(USC, Lousville, Tx Tech, Fla, USpurrierC, Auburn). I play golf and my golf coach always tell me that If I don't trust something then instead of laboring with it, change it. No one trust our offense so a change needs to be made. We may be ahead of the curve in the south if we go ahead and switch and can sneak up on a few people with an offensive attack for once.

Go Jackets!!!

P.S. I know we got our arses whipped in the bowl game, but not all is lost. This website is a Tech fan site and if you are going to be a negative punk then we don't want you or need you posting. I am tired of getting online everyday and the only thing I can read about is how we are heading down the crapper. I hate to play y'alls mommy, but seriously, if you can't say anything nice then don't say anyhting at all. All negative comments need to be e-mailed to the AD, not posted for fans who want to get behind their team to be burdened with. Thanks.
 
It may be in the future for us but I do not believe it can be with this staff. It would take a new offensive coordinator that would differ dramatically from Chan's style. Remember if Chan wanted to build around the spread offense he had the building blocks to begin to do so before O'Brian left. I believe that once Chan gets an offensive line with experience and depth put together he can win with his system. This is not to say that I am against the spread offense I am just saying I do not believe it is a fit with Chan's system thus we probably will not see it.
 
If we were going to do it we would have to have a QB that is accurate. So you're asking the staff to totally change their offensive philosophy AND bench a 3 year starter.

I also don't necessarily believe it's the future of college football. To say Auburn runs a spread is a real stretch. I can't think of any in the top 10-15 who run a real spread. Feel free to point one out if I've forgotten them, but what most teams do is show some spread with other formations.
 
Clemins has had the spread offense since Rodregez was OC. Nothing has much changed since.

I like the spread offense. Rodrigez (UWV HC now)says you only need one good block from the offensive line to have a decent play, with the spread offense. He says that you need 5 very good blocks to have a successful play with systems run like CG's.

Maybe Fridgemover can chime in...
 
Given CG's philosophy and his history as both an OC in the NFL and a HC/OC at the college level, there is no way that he would ever implement the spread offense or power spread.

CG prefers to contol the ball through utilization of a strong running game. He would have to change his way of thinking, from both a stylistic standpoint and a recruiting standpoint.

IMO GT will never have a high-powered offensive attack under CG, which is why I was not a big fan of his hiring to begin with. I preferred the more open offensive attack GT employed under GO'L/RF. True, the defense was not as strong then as has been the past couple of years.

I am a fan of defensive football, but I cannot stand the weak offensive output that GT had this past year. I have to honestly say I do not see the O improving that much with RB at QB. Some may consider that a comment of a 'negative punk' who can't say anything 'nice' (there was nothing nice about losing 38-10 to the Utes) but it's the way I feel and I've had three years to watch it unfold.
 
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If we were going to do it we would have to have a QB that is accurate. So you're asking the staff to totally change their offensive philosophy AND bench a 3 year starter.

I also don't necessarily believe it's the future of college football. To say Auburn runs a spread is a real stretch. I can't think of any in the top 10-15 who run a real spread. Feel free to point one out if I've forgotten them, but what most teams do is show some spread with other formations.

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Auburn's offense is more of a West Coast offense than the spread. Texas, Oregon, Penn St (a big part of Penn St's resurgence this season was that they copied the spread offense Texas runs with Vince Young) and West Virginia all run the spread as well as Texas Tech and Florida.

I've always felt that as long as Reggie Ball is going to be our starter it would be best to run a spread offense. If you look at Vince Young's development as a QB over the last three seasons, I think a lot of it had a lot to do with playing in an offensive system that catered to his athletic strengths and allowed him to progress as a passer at his own pace.
 
not sure I understand the subtle differences between the spread and the west coast. Can somebody summarize? Reggie would be a hell of a spread offense QB if he could throw the ball accurately. He can't. Reggie's best fit IMO would be an option running attack, something he has no experience with (apparently). Reggie should/could be a hell of a scrambler like Fran Tarkenton used to be (from an old timey pro-set) but he doesn't have the composure for it. He's even bad about backing out of the pocket and throwing the ball moving backwards instead of stepping up into the protection of the pocket but I think part of that is being able to see better too.
 
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But isn't a key to the spread an accurate passer?

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Yep, I can't tell you how many times I lept from my seat this year and screamed "He's open!". Probably 15 times.

Mostly, it seemed like James Johnson or a TE that was open, FWIW.

I don't think a spread would have made a bit of difference for us this year.
 
The spread is a fad and to will pass. As long as there is football it will be about defense, running the ball, and special teams. Four of the five examples of the spread have lost so far. Plus none of the offenses looked good in losing.

Our problems are an administration that is not interested, an AD that is inept and looks physically ill, and a QB that cannot hit open guys. I cannot honestly form a Chan opinion until he recieves the full support of everyone in power on campus. Flunkgate and probation are his problems to deal with but not his cause.

But I know you are a great guy because you play golf!!
 
You are wrong as far as the administration goes but are dead on when talking about the special teams. I personally believe special teams may have cost us 2 games this year. If there is a change to be made on the staff, and I am not saying there needs to be one, it would be special teams coach.
 
Why do you say the administration isn't interested? Lots of people post that but with all the money we've sunk into the program I just don't see it. Now they may not be making it easy for us to continue to get kids into school who can't graduate (ala O'Leary) but what is it that you see to make you think they don't care?
 
As a defensive guy (what I played and what I coach) I do not mind playing and coaching against a spread offens but cannot stand coaching against a West Coast offense. A good quarterback in the West Coast scheme can really tire a defense down. The spread requires a quarterback to have more time in the pocket and thus can be sacked. A defense with good corners that can rush the passer doesn't mind playing against the spread offense.
 
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