If anyone caught the just completed game between Youngstown State and Samford they would have seen the spread, "Air Raid" offense *cough Bob Stitt cough* get stomped by a more traditional, balanced power game. Spread offenses are fun to watch, and can get points on the board quickly versus inferior competition, but I am yet to see it work consistently at the college level. I was having PTSD flashbacks of 3-and-outs a la Stitt and Co. Offense can't stay on the field, defense gets gassed, can't climb out of a hole. Glad we have a coach that at least seems to appreciate giving your defense a chance in the second half.
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Spread offense vs More traditional offense
- Thread starter MTGRZ
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I mean, the fact that Youngstown is just a much better team with better players is probably a more likely explanation for Samford's struggles today.MTGRZ said:
I think that we’ll see a very balanced attack from the Griz once they get the offensive line woes figured out. Hope that’s this year.
mtgrizfankb
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MTGRZ said:
The fact of the matter is...there is not one system that is better than the others. Its all about execution and the spread is by far more complex. It is more complex to run and more complex to defend. If you have the players to run it and they run it at a high rate...then you will be succesful. Great teams have run the spread. Oregon, Clemson, FSU, Texas Tech, Texas AM. It is not about better than the others. A pro or mutliple type system is far easier to run and easier to scheme against. However, again it comes down to...can my players our execute you on the play. we can all know im going to run the ball on a HB iso to the B gap. If my oline our hedges your DT and they can turn the shoulders...its game over...doesn't matter. You see more teams run the pro style because it requires less athletes ...want and drive plays a bigger part.
This being said. superior athletes win out on individual situations and football has a lot of individual situations. NDSU doesn't beat FBS teams because all their players are better. They win because the execute their system better than the other team can execute the defense. Then in the 1-1 situations they know how to utilize guys that are flat out better than their defender. they might have a handful of them and they know it and they use it. You will see us do that a lot this year. Bobby has always been able to do that with players. he will find ways to get Akem the ball. He will let Akem just beat players. He allowed Sneed just to beat players last year. He will allow Sulser to just beat people with speed. There is not one system or style that is the answer. Coaches know that..fans often don't understand that.
casewinter13
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bgbigdog said:
He didn't say spread option, he said spread offense. Spread offenses can be run OR pass first.
So is Clemson. They seem to do alright.kemajic said:
Youngstown State would obviously defeat both Clemson and Alabama because of their inferior spread offenses. Fucking Stitt!
