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re: NON-TROLL Question: Is the Vol offense a "gimmick" offense?
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:51 am to L Kilmister
Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:51 am to L Kilmister
I honestly don't think "gimmick" is the right word.
I'd call their offense a bit one dimensional. Leach's was the same way. What I mean by that is not that they only run or pass, but rather that their offense is dependent upon the plan of the offense working. When it works it's very good. But when it gets stopped they don't really have the flexiblity to change their approach if their base offense is getting stopped.
More "standard" offenses can switch between offensive approaches more easily. UGA can bring in 2 TE and go power-I if the other team is too easily stopping the run, or spread it out if that is what is called for because of matchups. UT seems to be unable to run their offense if the opponent can stop the run without bringing extra guys into the box and they don't seem to have anything they can change to rectify that.
I'd call their offense a bit one dimensional. Leach's was the same way. What I mean by that is not that they only run or pass, but rather that their offense is dependent upon the plan of the offense working. When it works it's very good. But when it gets stopped they don't really have the flexiblity to change their approach if their base offense is getting stopped.
More "standard" offenses can switch between offensive approaches more easily. UGA can bring in 2 TE and go power-I if the other team is too easily stopping the run, or spread it out if that is what is called for because of matchups. UT seems to be unable to run their offense if the opponent can stop the run without bringing extra guys into the box and they don't seem to have anything they can change to rectify that.
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Posted on 8/29/23 at 8:58 am to DawginSC
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UT seems to be unable to run their offense if the opponent can stop the run without bringing extra guys into the box
This could be applied to just about any offense in the country though…
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:02 am to DawginSC
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More "standard" offenses can switch between offensive approaches more easily. UGA can bring in 2 TE and go power-I if the other team is too easily stopping the run, or spread it out if that is what is called for because of matchups. UT seems to be unable to run their offense if the opponent can stop the run without bringing extra guys into the box and they don't seem to have anything they can change to rectify that.
Last year against Missouri, UGA went from a zone running game to a counter/power running game mid-game. We scored on the last 4 drives of the game.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:50 am to DawginSC
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More "standard" offenses can switch between offensive approaches more easily. UGA can bring in 2 TE and go power-I if the other team is too easily stopping the run, or spread it out if that is what is called for because of matchups. UT seems to be unable to run their offense if the opponent can stop the run without bringing extra guys into the box and they don't seem to have anything they can change to rectify that.
Last year, Georgia had 15 5-star and 53 4-star players...
Tennessee had 2 5-star and 23 4-star players. It's amazing how much more flexible your schemes can become when you have significantly more talent than your opponent.
"UGA can bring in 2 TE and go Power I" because they have 4 4-star players that play the TE/H-Back Position. Tennessee has 2 4-star Tight Ends...both true Freshmen. Still...only one team kept UT under 34 points last season...and (as pointed out earlier) that team had significantly better talent across the board.
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