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Depends on who is running it. In the beggining it was inferior teams running it against better teams to give them an advantage and it is not as effective any more. However a team with LSU's talent using it to create mismatches against equal or lesser teams it can be highly effective.

 

Nope, the reason the OC left is because he couldn't run his offense, except for a play here and a play there. The spread is not a simple, easy to defense offense when it is run on all cylinders. It is an offense based on very sound principles with many options that can be tailored to the talents of the players, not on gimmicks.

When Tulane ran it under Rich R. they were a predominant passing team, WVU runs more than passes to take advantage of White's abilities, Utah did about 50/50 as far as yardage, about 60/40 in play calling. And it is evidentally still being run very effectively as evidenced by the results, WVU's scoring average has come up each year, is it not as successful as it used to be?

 

WVU's talent level has come up every year too... no one said it isnt effective.. I said its not as effective because so many teams run it... If half the teams in the country were suddenly running the flexbone, do you think navy would continue to have success? No way, because teams would be used to seeing it.

 

I think the teams that have the talented players who are suited for it and the talented coaches to teach it would do very good, just like any other offense around that has been around a while. In other words, once it comes down to it, it is all about execution and playcalling.

 

Agreed, but its will not be AS effective. If you are defensive end that is seeing a team run I-pro every week and you get used to that, then all of a sudden for one week you are given the responsibility of stoping the option, its a big switch. If you see that option for 6 weeks of the year, then you get used to defending it and play it much better. Now, I agree that a perfectly executed option offense is impossible to stop, but a defensive player who is used to seeing it will do a much better job slowing it down.