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The glory days of Gopher football for me were Darrell Thompson and Ricky Foggie. Those were the days. Bring in the coach from Navy or Air Force and run the option. Georgia Tech runs it with success (25-9). Navy and Air Force are in every game they play. This is the ultimate team offense and can keep a defense fresh with ball control.
 

Install the option, get that down pat and work on defense, defense, defense.
 

I assume you mean the veer option versus the spread option. Because all the people who hated the spread would rise up out of the ashes and declare we should be running a pro-style again.
 

There should be some form of option plays in every college football playbook.
 




In an email to the Coach

For the Coach Brewster show, I raised the question could they design a series with Gray running the option? The answer was no, we are a power running game. So the option to option was not on the table at what I think was the second week of the season.
 


Power running hasn't panned out too well. Adding in at least some option keeps the defense guessing.
 



husker70 said:
For the Coach Brewster show, I raised the question could they design a series with Gray running the option? The answer was no, we are a power running game. So the option to option was not on the table at what I think was the second week of the season.
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I'm starting to think Maturi is behind all this power running game crap.
 

monk10 said:
Who would limit their options by not having an the option to option?
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I guess in some coaches eyes limiting their options by not having the option to option is optional.
 

Have a serious option package! Yes!!!

We'd be the only team in the conference running it. A fresh prep for every opponent. It's a good competitive advantage, in the economic sense of the term.
 

That is one of the advantages of the triple option, opponents aren't prepared for it, as they are used to opponents who play more conventional offenses. It's based more on precision blocking and quick decision making than on blasting people off the line. The QB needs to be able to make quick decisions on whether he should hand off to the FB, keep it, or pitch, it all depends on what the defense does. Of course the flexbone formation isn't all triple option, option teams don't run the option on every play.
 



A veer option/flex bone/pistol system would be something that could give the U an advantage.
 

Studwell55 said:
Have a serious option package! Yes!!!

We'd be the only team in the conference running it. A fresh prep for every opponent. It's a good competitive advantage, in the economic sense of the term.
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Meanwhile, the fans fall asleep. Three yards and a cloud of dust.
 


RodentRampage said:
That is one of the advantages of the triple option, opponents aren't prepared for it, as they are used to opponents who play more conventional offenses.
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I think it'd be the same situation as Mason's style: we'd kill inferior opponents with 250+ yard rushing days, we'd beat the lesser Big 10 teams, and yet a truly good, athletic defense like Ohio State or Nebraska or Iowa would have no trouble stopping us enough so that they win the game. If you can't pass effectively then you're not going to win anything big. Has Georgia Tech or Navy or whatever won any bowl game worth anything recently? I know GT's been going to games, but it's not like their offense has them in the BCS or anything.
 

mnsports1 said:
I guess in some coaches eyes limiting their options by not having the option to option is optional.
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What options do we have of coaches who have options in their play book to optionally option at any given option?
 

Just because the option is primarily a running offense doesn't mean it is "three yards and a cloud of dust". That describes a power running game. Many people assumed that since the offense Mason ran was a running offense, that it was three yards and a cloud of dust, with giants going up the gut on every play, but that wasn't accurate at all.

I think the triple option is an exciting offense, football doesn't have to be basketball on turf to be exciting. You don't know if the FB is getting it, if the QB is keeping or pitching, or if they pass out of it and catch the defense with their pants down. If it helps us win games, that it the only kind of excitement that matters. If we lose, no one is going to say "at least the offense was exciting". If you want wacky and exciting, there is the Arena League, all passing and no pesky defense.
 

BeLikeWisconsin said:
I think it'd be the same situation as Mason's style: we'd kill inferior opponents with 250+ yard rushing days, we'd beat the lesser Big 10 teams, and yet a truly good, athletic defense like Ohio State or Nebraska or Iowa would have no trouble stopping us enough so that they win the game. If you can't pass effectively then you're not going to win anything big. Has Georgia Tech or Navy or whatever won any bowl game worth anything recently? I know GT's been going to games, but it's not like their offense has them in the BCS or anything.
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They won a conference championship, and thus got to a BCS bowl game. Georgia Tech has proved that the triple option can work.
 

You mentioned hiring the Air Force coach...A lot of us would love Calhoun. He is a great coach. However, he is unlikely to run the same offense here as he does at AFA. He was the coordinator for the Houston Texans prior to taking his current job. He runs the option at AFA because of recruiting limitations.
 

grunkiejr said:
You mentioned hiring the Air Force coach...A lot of us would love Calhoun. He is a great coach. However, he is unlikely to run the same offense here as he does at AFA. He was the coordinator for the Houston Texans prior to taking his current job. He runs the option at AFA because of recruiting limitations.
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If he came here, he might well start out with the flexbone, get the defense in order and then expand from that as things progress.
 


the option isnt an offense that wins national titles. you either run spread with a few option plays or a pro style offense. other than the eric crouch days i dont really recall a team that won a national title or conf title with the option.

gray might run the option well but i would prefer he was in shotgun all game throwing the ball and sprinkling in a dozen option runs to keep defenses honest.

besides all of that, the option is boring especially the triple option. and if we happen to get down by 2 scores the option isnt getting us back into the game. bring the spread or pro style offense the option blows!
 

Anybody who thinks that the triple option is 3 yds and a cloud of dust hasn't watched it run properly. It is a big play offense.
 

ruralgopher said:
Anybody who thinks that the triple option is 3 yds and a cloud of dust hasn't watched it run properly. It is a big play offense.
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let me know what team runs it properly so i can watch them to see these "big plays"
 

If I wanted to watch the Arena League, I would watch the Arena League. Why should I think that you can't win a national championship with the triple option? If you can win a conference title in a BCS conference, why couldn't you win a national title with it? Army, Navy and Air Force aren't likely to win a national title under any circumstances, regardless of the offense. If we go with the offenses that everyone else uses, we contend with every other school for the same talent. But if we went for the triple option, we would have first pick of athletes with different sets of talents.
 


Question for the board.

Are any of you old enough to remember the old "Wing T" offense? Power Football with numerous options. I am old enough, and we went undefeated for 4 straight years in High School. Between my brother and me at QB, we did it from my Freshman year in HS through my Senior Year in HS.
 

I really like the pistol formation as a base offense. It's a versatile O that can be pass heavy (Indiana) or run heavy with option elements (Nevada).

Gray would be unbelievably dangerous in a pistol formation. It would be tough to game plan against, and because the QB operates out of a short gun, the D has very little time to react.
 

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