College Football 2016 Week 4 running thread

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Georgia Tech's offense is the very definition of diminishing returns. It's become a convienent crutch to explain poor recruiting and it can't win consistently in a league where several programs have started getting themselves together again.

 

Hey Paul Johnson: You run an outdated offense in a pro town, your brand-new AD is in the house, and you're getting boat-raced on national TV. Have a nice day!

 

I wonder if the rise of the spread option has limited how effective the triple option can be. Used to be, teams would never see an option-heavy offense and Georgia Tech could be effective running it because of the lack of prep time in-season. Defending it is all about discipline and maintaining your assignments. Now, with so many teams running some form of option, they see a variation of it almost every week and defenses at least get lessons in the principles of it more often.

 

I think a big difference is the offensive line. Look at the O-linemen for the service academies ... not as big, more mobile and of course, lots of cut blocks.

At other programs, your prototype offensive lineman is 6-foot-5, 300 pounds or more and drilled in pass protection more than firing out.

Of course, it helps to have QBs with the smarts and skills of Keenan Reynolds ... and those guys don't come along very often.

 

When I played high school ball in the 1960s, every team in my conference state of Delaware ran the same offense, the Delaware Wing-T, natch. Then we'd play a school from Pennsylvania and Maryland that didn't, and boy would they kill us.

 

I know several loyal Tech fans that would suffer through a season's worth of games like last night if it meant the new AD would show Paul Johnson the door. As others have said, I think the secret is out on the triple option, and Johnson's creativity with it only extends so far. Calling for a running back pass on first down deep in your territory that went for an easy interception? Smacks of desperation.

 

Yeah, but if it had been caught all we'd have heard about was how "Genius!" it was and how Tech's offense set it up.

 

He always has a place to land back at Georgia Southern. They revere the triple option, old school buses, gnats and stagnant water, and get upset when anyone wants to introduce a pro set, Grayhounds, pesticides and a Life Straw.

 

Coaches should always run the genius plays and never run the ones that get stuffed.

I don't know why you think that's so hard to do.

 

Wisc/MSU line is MSU -4.5? That seems low....

 

Stands look 20 percent full at kickoff for SMU in its biggest rivalry game. Good luck with that Big 12 application fellows.