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The point is that pass yardage doesn't equal points. If you look at teams that throw it around the field all day - they usually don't win the big games. See WVU the last two weeks for evidence of that.

I agree, but why do spread offenses fail?

RED ZONE PROBLEMS. Any version of the spread offense is going to rack up a ton of yards, but that only translates into points if the offense can switch to a power running attack in the red zone, or strike from outside the red zone.

In the Spread Offense the point is to spread out the defense and make them defend a huge chunk of the field. When the back of the endzone gets closer, the defense has less field to cover. THUS, red zone problems. The spread will work, but not as the exclusive offensive style. See what the NE Patriots do.

Also, the spread works much better in ZONE DEFENSES than man coverage. A team with good DBs an fast LBs can get into man coverage and SHUT THAT BITCH DOWN. That's what LSU did to Jizz Jar Jesus.

The response to a good defense in man coverage? All we could do is hope to get LB v. WR matchups, but ultimately, the receivers have to run perfect routs and and JJJ has to be NFL-dead-to-rites accurate. We couldn't take effective advantage of any of those matchups and JJJ got happy feet, so the offense was much less productive.

Another response (the response I wanted) is to work out of the spread set and get the defense in man coverage in a nickle or dime package. That set is much less effective at stopping the run. LSU was in man coverage, in nickle a lot...WHICH IS WHY WE SHOULD HAVE RUN THE frickING BALL MORE!!!!