The triple option won't work in big-time football

[gsu_paintballer]

No, no. I think it WILL work. I know you've heard it. I have heard it from all my friends. Have they given you any reasons?

From mine -
-Defenses are too fast.
-If everyone maintains their assignments, its 1-on-1 and he can just tackle him.
-Defenses know what the offense is going to do.

As PJ said, don't they put fast people on offense? One-on-one means make one guy miss and it's a touchdown. How do they know? There are.....how many options? I forget :hsugh:

 

[gt23eric]

This is what i hear a lot. The triple option wont work so i say why. Then i get a um follwed by someone saying it just wont. Or my favorite the tech defense wont be able to stop anybody now that they run the option.

 

[JacketDan]

I've been thinking about the defense and personally I think practicing against the offense has a really good shot of making the defense top to bottom more disciplined than you see in a lot of CFB teams.

Think about it. Everyday they practice against an offense that turns little slips of discipline into 15-20 yard plays and breakaway touchdowns.

 

[knoxjacket]

1. The triple option is one play in this offense.
2. It will work.
3. CPJ has other plays that are going to work as well.

I hope defenses are coming into games against us looking for just the 3O because when CPJ reverses it or calls for the option pass they are gonna get burnt bad.

 

[cyptomcat]

I've been thinking about the defense and personally I think practicing against the offense has a really good shot of making the defense top to bottom more disciplined than you see in a lot of CFB teams.

Think about it. Everyday they practice against an offense that turns little slips of discipline into 15-20 yard plays and breakaway touchdowns.

On the other hand, the disadvantage is the defense doesn't do as many passing scrimmages, so they could be lacking in experience in that.

All of this comes down to the coach. The coach sees what the disadvantages are and should fix them. I trust in CPJ.

I don't understand the recruiting talk either. Rushing stars in high school would be dying to join CPJ's offense since they can get a lot of yards. Sure, we won't get the best receivers, but we need best rushing not receivers.

 

[floridajacket]

Does anybody know how exactly the TO died in the college football? Did teams like Miami start having a lot of success with pro offenses and everybody else just thought they should copy them?

I'm asking because the main argument seems to be that the TO simply isn't used anymore by BCS teams.

 

[ncjacket]

Football runs in cycles. Everyone was running some kind of option and defenses were focusing on finding ways to stop it. Some offensive coaches started experimenting with different approaches, had some success and teams started copying them. If you look around college football today, more and more teams are copying RichRod and others who have had great success with their versions of the spread. PJ is simply one guy who instead of dumping what worked in the TO concentrated on developing it further and making it much more than it was in the 70s and 80s. Bottom line is anything can work if done well. It's just that it was easier for people to move with the hot new thing rather than trust to what they knew.

 

[Yukonwreck]

Football runs in cycles. Everyone was running some kind of option and defenses were focusing on finding ways to stop it. Some offensive coaches started experimenting with different approaches, had some success and teams started copying them. If you look around college football today, more and more teams are copying RichRod and others who have had great success with their versions of the spread. PJ is simply one guy who instead of dumping what worked in the TO concentrated on developing it further and making it much more than it was in the 70s and 80s. Bottom line is anything can work if done well. It's just that it was easier for people to move with the hot new thing rather than trust to what they knew.

See Dodd, Robert L.; series, belly. Another fairly successful offense that relied almost totally on QB read-then-option. (also see Mitchell, Wade; Tibbetts, Marvin; Teas,Billy)

 

[swampsting]

More than anything else, PJ and his staff have seen just about every defense that can be thrown against their offense. They'll have the players ready for it, too. Back at Georgia Southern, the players took a written test every Friday on their assignments on certain plays.
Besides, once the season starts, the defense won't practice against this offense again. Some folks will run similar stuff, but not quite like this one. They're probably getting pretty good looks at other stuff already anyway. I wouldn't worry too much.