One of the more frustration parts of our offense over the past few years for me is how dull, boring and easy to defend it was. Not only did we not have superior personnel but we had totally lackluster scheme and coaching. Everything from our run game design, formations, motions/shifts (lack thereof), route concepts etc.
Scheming up a successful offense is incredibly simple. And after speaking with a p5 OC recently it really opened my eyes to just how average alot of these guys are. Most of these guys don't know a hell of a lot more than high school OC's however they just got into the business at the college level, made relationships and worked from there.
A few of the offensive systems that I absolutely love that are schematically elite are Tennessee (basically just Art Briles offense), Kansas State (huge on RB/QB counter run game) OK/USC with lincoln riley and Coastal Carolina. You can take bits and pieces from these offenses that can make your offense well above average and beat better teams.
Here is an example of Tennessee's offensive system which is simply a take what the defense gives you system. This is identical to the fordham offense as well which is why I wouldve loved Kevin Decker or Joe Conlin here.
Tennessee run game with rpo. This coach explains the numbers system great for those not familiar with it.
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Tennessee route concepts
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Lincoln Riley GT counter: Blew my mind we never ran this or GH counter. GH/GT counter is my favorite run scheme and imo the most effective. It is so easy to run and creates a great numbers advantage and blocking angles. Our run scheme just being inside zone at a -1 is laughable as it literally is us trying to say we're better and have more talent than the other team.
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TCU's final TD vs Michigan this weekend: Shallow Screen. Slot receiver to the field side (right side, he is wearing #4) simply just sets a legal pick (as long as wr catches it behind line of scrimmage) on the guy guarding quentin johnston which creates a receiver with no one within 10 yards of him. Then all he has to do is make a safety miss. Why wasn't this run to cruickshank 5x a game?
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There's a lot more out there but here's just a few. I really hope our next OC isn't just trying to run inside and outside zone for 2 ypc and then just keep trying to do so hoping something will change. I hope that our route concepts enter the 21st century as well. It is so easy to scheme receivers open and create easy, quick simplistic reads for qb's. We need to pretend we're trying on offense. What we've seen under sean gleeson and GS's first three years is unacceptable, lazy and incompetent.