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Option offenses gimmiky
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:17 pm
The variations of the option offense are really starting to seem silly. Especially after watching Navy in Ireland, also Paul Johnson in the first drive. Has anyone ever run that in the SEC and been successful? Excuse my ignorance.
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Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:18 pm to BoonHogganbeck
How, exactly, is it a gimmick?
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:20 pm to BoonHogganbeck
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Has anyone ever run that in the SEC and been successful? Excuse my ignorance.
Bear Bryant won quite a few games with the wishbone.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:20 pm to BoonHogganbeck
Ga Tech usually leads the nation in rushing
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:23 pm to HempHead
not necessarily the spread, but the variation that Navy runs, where it's almost always an option play.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:24 pm to BoonHogganbeck
Every offense besides the option offense is gimmicky.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:29 pm to BoonHogganbeck
I think Nutt used it with Matt Jones.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:32 pm to BoonHogganbeck
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not necessarily the spread, but the variation that Navy runs, where it's almost always an option play.
Do you think that is why they call it the triple option offense?
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:34 pm to BoonHogganbeck
option is the best offense ever....especially one led by JJ
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:34 pm to DaleDenton
You Sir, are right. 
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:36 pm to dkreller
A true wishbone or read based option is not. The problem with most of the teams that do it is they fail to have a throwing game as well, and when you need points, it can be too slow.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:37 pm to Sig
80% of the SEC and SWC used to run the triple option
Posted on 9/3/12 at 7:38 pm to dkreller
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option is the best offense ever....especially one led by JJ
Only if it's to the short side.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 8:22 pm to BoonHogganbeck
What exactly do you mean by gimmick? There is absolutely no trick in the option. However it exposes teams who aren't discipline.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 8:28 pm to Smoke Ring
quote:True triple option in the SEC would be Alabama and Mississippi State. True triple option in the SWC would be Texas and Texas A&M. There were many variations of the VEER/option but few ran the true triple option. Enlighten me!
80% of the SEC and SWC used to run the triple option
Posted on 9/3/12 at 8:34 pm to BoonHogganbeck
Georgia Southern rushed for 300 yards on Bama last year with a triple option offense
Posted on 9/3/12 at 8:42 pm to BoonHogganbeck
Not sure if I'd say the same now, but honestly Paul Johnson was my #1 choice for Bama circa Dec. 2006 (mostly because I didn't think we could get Saban - Jim Grobe was my #2 at the time)
Posted on 9/3/12 at 8:50 pm to Tactical Insertion
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Georgia Southern rushed for 300 yards on Bama last year with a triple option offense
To be fair, if everyone ran a triple option they wouldn't have gotten anywhere near that much yards. It's a very different thing to prepare for and that showed against Bama.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 8:51 pm to BoonHogganbeck
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Has anyone ever run that in the SEC and been successful? Excuse my ignorance.
The wishbone ruled the 1970s and much of the 1980s.
Posted on 9/3/12 at 9:09 pm to BoonHogganbeck
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BoonHogganbeck
Has anyone ever run that in the SEC and been successful?
Here you go. From the night the Bear broke it out for the first time.
Johnny Musso TD vs. USC, 1971
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