re: its years of bad recruiting.

quote:

---

I strongly disagree here. We have 2 full weeks and we're not talking about revamping the entire gameplan, just adding more zone read plays, maybe an option run or 2, a QB draw, something. We had the EXACT same gameplan as if Lambert was in there.

---

Have you ever been in an option oriented offense? It's not something you pick up in a couple of weeks if you are doing it for the entire 2 weeks. Everything is different. Blocking....everything.
Now, to add just a QB draw or something? yes. Possible. But not read/options.

quote:

---

What's more, in 2005 DJ got hurt in the 2nd quarter against arkansas. With no bye week and only 4/5 days of game prep for UF the next week, we had Joe T run like 6 QB sneaks.

---

Yeah. That's possible. A QB sneak? Every offense has that, pretty much. You aren't going from a power style offense to an option style. There are huge differences for every player on the field offensively. To go from a primarily stationary QB scheme to a mobile is not an easy transition. I'm not saying it could NOT be done....just saying ti would be very difficult. And if the coaches felt like it might be a one off situation, they would be very hesitant to change the entire scheme for a single game.

However, what we don't know is if they already had a package put in in case Bauta ever was pressed to play. I doubt they did. In fact, I would be shocked if they did. There is a reason it takes the offense a couple of games to start hitting on all cylinders.

Read option is run from the shotgun with a single back in a shoulder right or left formation. Some call it wing right or whatever. You run the dive play and if the DE looks to crash the backside, the QB can hold the ball and run to the outside where the DE crashed from. You can also run waggle or bootleg type stuff off th package. It keeps th defense honest and having to play more disciplined. You have to have a QB that can read it and pull. The QB, by proxy, even if he hands it off, blocks th DE by forcing his gap/contain responsibility.

We ran that play for years. The QB just rarely kept it. You can run it with zone blocking or whatever.

quote:

---

Ok. that became popular after I left. I was thinking they were talking about where the QB takes the ball and heads down the LOS with the ball deciding to hand to the FB, keep or pitch.

---

No. QB rollouts with a run/pass option would have fit for Bauta. 3-4 times in the 1st quarter would have had the defense worried on every snap if only half of them gained decent yardage.