A-11 Offense? | TigerFan.com

pjnchamps · Jul 24, 2008

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=825031
http://a11offense.com/

"Initially, the first thought I had was, 'I'm pretty sure that's illegal,' " George said. "I've got to admit I thought it was a little crazy. I think most of the players thought it was crazy. A lot of people were a little skeptical."
And for good reason.
Bryan, Piedmont's coach, and Steve Humphries, the director of football operations, had developed an offense in which all 11 players on the field potentially are eligible to catch the ball. Though they weren't certain it was legal when they first concocted the idea, they were willing to implement it for the 2007 season.
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fanatic · Jul 24, 2008

I like gimmicky offenses if they can work. This may be ok for highschool ball, but you couldn't make this your feature offense in D-1.

TigerKid05 · Jul 24, 2008

looks like a fancy form of backyard football

paducahmichael · Jul 24, 2008

Might be fun to see D1 team line up that way on rare occasions... like the WEIRD formation LSU used in the championship game that confused the poop outa the buckeyes.

Line up weird, quick snap and easy score on a confused D. Sounds like fun to me! ldskule:

red55 · Jul 25, 2008

I see no way, within the NCAA rules, that interior linemen can be eligible for a pass.

fanatic · Jul 25, 2008

Agree. But I watched a video of a high school team running it at the link below and didn't see them going out for any passes. I wasn't really that impressed watching it. Maybe a team with a higher skill level could execute it better?

Deceks7 · Jul 25, 2008

The refs would toss a flag just because they were confused.

pharpe · Jul 25, 2008

It's a contact flag football offense with two blocking backs and one dixie back.

red55 · Jul 25, 2008

I can see where you'd want two quarterbacks in this offense. The QB's would get killed in the SEC.

Bengal Buddy · Jul 25, 2008

I don't see how it would prepare a prospect for playing in college. What effect would it have on his developing his position skills?