Should every College Football Team
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I believe so. To expand on that, I believe that every QB on the roster (after the starter, of course) should have 15, 20, 25 plays that they can execute in a coma. They know all the reads, all the route trees, the blocking schemes, the correct audible to call, etc. If that's all they can do, it's better than what we've seen for years from our backup QBs. If Sheron, Wade, et al could be counted on to plug in and be able to effectively run 25 plays (hell, 15 plays) and look like they know what they're doing, I'd say the staff is doing a great job. Instead, we get backup QBs who can barely hand off most of the time and, if for some reason are called upon to throw, look completely lost. Contrast that to the many, many times an opponent's backup has come in (or started a game) and torched us. I'm betting many of those backups were not running nearly the playbook that the starter would have but have a subset of plays they've practiced and practiced until they're ingrained in their DNA.
I sometimes think Offensive Coordinators try too hard to outsmart their opponents and their team falls short.
For this year, having stone hands and stone hands 2.0 as our starting WR's doesn't help and limits what we can call.
Should have 4-5 plays that attack the defense in various ways from the same formation
Absolutely. So, the backups shouldn't need to know more than 3 or 4 formations and the various options off those formations. The few times our backups ever get in, they spend valuable seconds deciphering their wristband and relaying what is evidently a paragraph or two of info to the huddle before handing the ball off into the A gap. Pretty sure the basic dive plays the backups are allowed to run should be able to be called no-huddle.
This was a Mumme/Leach staple: have a formation/play, and practice that one play for an hour or more.
Mummy’s “stock-in-trade” play his first year . . . that went for TD’s against U of L, IU and UT (and maybe others) was a simple looking pass to a wide receiver near the sideline. The second WR would block at the point where the ball was caught, and the center (Jason Watts, playing against 4-3 defenses without a Nose Tackle) would sprint 15 to 25 yards down the field to block the safety on that side to spring the play for a big gain.
They practiced this against dummies literally 50 or 60 times in a row, until they were bored, so then Watts would to a funny drive onto the safety dummy, and Yeast/Sanford would then hurdle their pile.
Against IU the UK radio color man was amazed when Sanford hurdled Watts and the safety, saying “Sanford should have run high school hurdles.” Sanford had been the 4A State Champion in High Hurdles in high school, but media guides aren’t much read by the media!
Against UT, Tennessee had seen so much film of the play that they simply ran the entirety of their defense hard to the left, the direction of the pass to Kio Sanford. Kio then adjusted, running laterally and behind the original LOS, across the entire field, then turned it up and picked his way 60 plus yards, with Couch throwing a block that helped him score. The play was nominated for a national award, but I think did not win.
Mummy’s “stock-in-trade” play his first year . . . that went for TD’s against U of L, IU and UT (and maybe others) was a simple looking pass to a wide receiver near the sideline. The second WR would block at the point where the ball was caught, and the center (Jason Watts, playing against 4-3 defenses without a Nose Tackle) would sprint 15 to 25 yards down the field to block the safety on that side to spring the play for a big gain.
They practiced this against dummies literally 50 or 60 times in a row, until they were bored, so then Watts would to a funny drive onto the safety dummy, and Yeast/Sanford would then hurdle their pile.
Against IU the UK radio color man was amazed when Sanford hurdled Watts and the safety, saying “Sanford should have run high school hurdles.” Sanford had been the 4A State Champion in High Hurdles in high school, but media guides aren’t much read by the media!
Against UT, Tennessee had seen so much film of the play that they simply ran the entirety of their defense hard to the left, the direction of the pass to Kio Sanford. Kio then adjusted, running laterally and behind the original LOS, across the entire field, then turned it up and picked his way 60 plus yards, with Couch throwing a block that helped him score. The play was nominated for a national award, but I think did not win.
In theory that is a possibility, but reality is the opposing team is doing their best to stop you. If they have someone half a step quicker than the blocker and beats his block it doesn't work. Great defenses all have 2 things in common, they can get off blocks and they can run.
I don't think such a play exists. There is no play that can't be shut down if played correctly.
Pretty much. If a team does have a "go to" play, you have to know that the opponent knows what play that is and is going to scheme to defend it.
In practice when the offense isn't going against a defense, they do execute at crazy high rate. There's a reason for that.
