Why do people think Auburn runs a spread offense?

its a spread dummy

Because Gus spread Nick and Bert's cheeks so wide they went crying to the NCAA about it

Because we're HUNH

People don't understand the difference

I hope you're trolling.

What do you think Florida ran under Meyer? It's still a spread offense

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Do people not see the FB/TE/HB

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Is there a rule against using these positions with the spread?

It's a Power Spread if you ask me.

Think of it this way:

Georgia Tech and Urban Meyer at UF ran a Triple Option Offense. GT ran it from a normal spread set with their OL. Meyer widened the OL splits and spread the field, but ran the same basic plays (though with Mullen he was far more imaginative with his counters and constraints IMO).

Same offense, different OL formations, stressed defenses in similar yet different ways.

For the record, Oregon uses FB's and TE's and H-Backs religiously. So do a lot of Spread Teams. That means nothing.

Spread usually means you're widening your splits your OL uses to line up. But a lot of Spread teams vary those based on alignment, fronts and techniques being used by the Defensive Fronts. To the point where sometimes they never get as wide as what one would consider a true "Spread Offense" to be a hallmark of. Doesn't mean they aren't a Spread Offense.

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hey are lazy. We run a HUNH with a variety of formations. Sometimes we run out of a spread formation, but not typically.

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this is it, AU runs a variety of formations and the goal is to allow the defense as little time as possible to see the formation before the snap.

I see a lot of 3 Wide sets so I'd consider it a spread. But a "Spreads not a Spread is not a Spread" to qoute Verne and Gary.