re: The boom and bust cycle of spread offense?

CFB was fun when we had lots of schematic diversity.

I don't think that is going to happen unless they tinker with the rules.

Personally I'd like to see an experiment with something like:

1) Allowing bump and run coverage and less ticky tack defensive holding calls, and

2) Allowing offensive linemen greatly enhanced use of the hands.

Right now the pro set you were talking about is dead in the water as far as running the ball goes, unless the offensive line has better players than the defensive line does.

The spread offenses you mentioned can get running yards even if the offensive line is outmatched by the defense.

One thing that bugs me though, is that spread offenses DO not have to be HUNH. Nevada was a dedicated ball control team, but also ran a spread.

But while tempo does work, it seems like everyone wants to imitate Malzahn's tempo.