@BayouBengal014 OK. If you think that incorporating the spread option attack will give the team more success running the ball and through that keep opposing offenses off the field I can agree with that. The same can be accomplished from any good running game as long as you've got an offensive line doing its job. That's all about ball control, time of possession, etc. which isn't any different than what is being run now, right?
Revert back to the 2007 offense with Matt Flynn. We were able to run the ball with Hester and Scott. A lot of times it was with 3 and 4 receiver sets. And not to mention having a tight end like Dickinson helped out tremendously. I think we only threw to the tight end twice this year and rarely have I seen us in 4 receiver sets this year.
You're thinking more along the lines of a Chad Morris type of approach. Spread formation, running the option is in the playbook, but there's still some physical nature to the blocking scheme. That takes a special quarterback...not easily found.
It has everything to do with a quarterback but I think after Harris spends some time in the weight room and watching film in the off season he could be that guy.
When I read this it piqued my curiosity. My interest wasn't a comparison between how much time Saban spent with Jimbo (no way anyone I know would know that answer,) as compared to Lane, but if there was any difference in the time spent with Lane as compared to Nuss or Mac. I asked three people yesterday what their opinion was: a former DB, a current DB, and a GA working with Tosh Lupoi. They all said he's working with the defensive backs as much this year as he has in the past. I found the GA's stories the most intriguing—logical though. As example, when they were meeting about the game scheme for Auburn this year CNS mentioned early on that he felt our defensive backs would have a hard time covering Cooper on long routes and he felt they'd see the same results if they challenged Auburn deep—especially if they were sending two deep. A lot of that had to do with the decisions the strong safety made in coverage when their safeties were playing zone. Here's a good example of that. It came up in a conversation on my forum about the timing of Blake's release on a TD pass to Coop. Here's a link to the .gif of the play we were discussing: https://vine.co/v/OnDFaXnVhwq That sent me back to the replay to look at what was happening with their secondary. Here's what I saw. Yellow: What Lane is watching. Red: IF SS decides to take Amari. Green: WR still going to be WIDE open.
I was talking with a coach during the Spring, he has friends on the bama staff. He said at one time nick said to Kittens, "You got anything in that playbook that goes to the outside?" Oh, ROT holding........ j/k This is most of what Mett had last year, ready the safeties. Oh, as for Jimbo, run clock.
It sounds like a desperation move for the Huskers. They were too much in a hurry, Riley is a good coach but he won't bring back the Nebraska glory days. http://espn.go.com/college-football...aska-hires-mike-riley-replace-fired-bo-pelini
