With all the talk about the need to establish the run…and a few who shockingly say “I thought the spread was a pass first offense”, I offer this…which has been on this board before.
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Aloha,
Great find. If I understand it correctly, CCM needs to find some quick smart guards and a smart athletic dual-threat QB to best make his power spread work. If true, I don’t think we have them on campus yet.
GHG!
Thanks for posting that. A valuable resource for understanding this Offense.
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Thanks for posting that. A valuable resource for understanding this Offense.
[/quote]We’re certainly not as strong or skilled as Clemson was 4 or 5 years ago. But, it’ll be fun watching the growth and maturation this season and next.
People who don’t understand football (I guess) seem to think Gus’ offense is a passing offense. As Clay once aptly said, what Malzahn really likes to do is get you out of position with formation and motion, then run it down your throat…and laugh.
Clemson ran it under Chad. He didn’t quite have the horses at SMU. But they ran it pretty good too.
What we ultimately need…aside from great line play, which is always a constant…is a great point guard of a QB. DeShawn Watson was the prototype. Not many of those wandering around.
But Ty is probably closer to that than Cole…especially given his propensity for study.
And Ty looked almost nifty a couple of times last week!
Indeed, running the football is always a key to success of any offense, no matter how many times you want to do it
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But Ty is probably closer to that than Cole…especially given his propensity for study.
And Ty looked almost nifty a couple of times last week!
[/quote]I’ve been a CK proponent however, his release appeared slow to me in contrast to Ty’s throws last week. I’m hopeful that CK can quickly improve this element of his game, on the other hand, he’s already had eight months to work on this.
Sometimes it is not the ability of the QB to actually run but to get the team into the correct play a the line of scrimmage. As CCM said part of our running game problem against EI was that the QB’s missed pre snap reads. That comes from playing so hopefully that improves as the year goes along.
Lot of intricacies in this offense that requires not only good athletes at certain positions, but smart athletes at positions.
I am still looking for the offense that has a lot of motion and great trap blocking. When I say motion, I am talking about a flanker or end in motion and a running back both meeting the quarterback at the snap of the ball.
I first witnessed this offense when Malzahn was coaching at Springdale. I marveled at how precise the offense was. They were high school kids but they looked like a precision machine. As far as it being a pass only offense, it should be noted that Malzahn had one back that surpassed 1,000 yards rushing. There were others who ended up gaining big yards on the ground. With everything going on and the defense confused, the Wildcat was a sure thing for about 20 yards.