Paul in WI
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See? I rest my case.
Anyone else want the option offense back?
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Pedro Guerrero
Team HuskerBoard
At they time we were standing alone in this field. Boyd had people doing things that nobody else was doing. That isn’t the case anymore. Everybody else does what we do so now the playing field is level as far as Strength and Conditioning goes.
For what it worth, I want an offense that allows us to eat up clock, score points and if need be have the ability to allow us to come back from 12 points down. I don’t care if it is “Option” or “WCO” or “Spread” or “Single-Wing” etc. That silly stat that the Mizzou game was the biggest comeback in years is terrible. That right there should show you why we need some form of a passing attack.
Paul in WI
Starter
You can run that offense AND have a passing attack. You need one to help keep defenses honest. I'm not talking about student body right, left, and cloud of dust. Everyone seems to think that is what this is: all one way or another. It isn't.
VA Husker Fan
All-Conference
Husker football was not built on the option. The 70/71 championship teams had a balanced run/pass based out of the I formation, in an offense designed by Osborne. Even when Osborne became head coach we had some strong passing teams with Humm and Ferragamo.
Later in the 70s we moved to a pwer game, running dominated. We only passed to keep teams off balance. Osborne felt that in the Big 8 in November you would hit bad weather and needed to pound the ball. Now I think Tom Brady proved that wrong yesterday, but that's how we evolved towards the power game, and we started recruiting for it with huge linemen, and it became more difficult to find a good passer to come here and throw 8 times a game. So now we've got the problem where if we fall behind, we don't have a good passer. Still, our main plays are designated handoffs or pitches to the I back.
Osborne also put in an option. I can remember this play where the QB would pivot and pause, and after a few years it was way too slow in developing to work against fast defenses. I guess that led to the speed option, which Frazier ran to perfection, and Frost ran well. That became the signature play as we got better at it.
But you're not always going to have a Frost or a Frazier, and a line that absolutely dominates. Sometimes you will have the teams that follow, that went 7-7 or couldn't win a big game. Much like we have now.
You guys don't want the option, you want the 94-97 teams. Does anyone really want the 89-92 teams, or the 98-02 teams? Especially that first set, we used to get hammered by better teams, like Miami in the Orange Bowl.
If we can get the 94-97 level of players, we can win with any offense. But we're going to have a lot of years like the ones before and after that era. Which is where we're at anyway.
Later in the 70s we moved to a pwer game, running dominated. We only passed to keep teams off balance. Osborne felt that in the Big 8 in November you would hit bad weather and needed to pound the ball. Now I think Tom Brady proved that wrong yesterday, but that's how we evolved towards the power game, and we started recruiting for it with huge linemen, and it became more difficult to find a good passer to come here and throw 8 times a game. So now we've got the problem where if we fall behind, we don't have a good passer. Still, our main plays are designated handoffs or pitches to the I back.
Osborne also put in an option. I can remember this play where the QB would pivot and pause, and after a few years it was way too slow in developing to work against fast defenses. I guess that led to the speed option, which Frazier ran to perfection, and Frost ran well. That became the signature play as we got better at it.
But you're not always going to have a Frost or a Frazier, and a line that absolutely dominates. Sometimes you will have the teams that follow, that went 7-7 or couldn't win a big game. Much like we have now.
You guys don't want the option, you want the 94-97 teams. Does anyone really want the 89-92 teams, or the 98-02 teams? Especially that first set, we used to get hammered by better teams, like Miami in the Orange Bowl.
If we can get the 94-97 level of players, we can win with any offense. But we're going to have a lot of years like the ones before and after that era. Which is where we're at anyway.
Vince from ShamWOW
All-Conference
Where is McNeil and the TE play this year? Why isn't Watson calling plays to the TE?
He could not recruit the QBs or I-backs for the offense.
OK, I agree Frank didn't recruit that well. But don't forget he had some bad luck, also. It wasn't supposed to be Lord at QB. It was supposed to have been Carl Crawford, who instead took a MLB contract, and who is still an active and successful player in the major leagues.
OK, I agree Frank didn't recruit that well. But don't forget he had some bad luck, also. It wasn't supposed to be Lord at QB. It was supposed to have been Carl Crawford, who instead took a MLB contract, and who is still an active and successful player in the major leagues.
Pedro Guerrero
Team HuskerBoard
I don’t think McNeil is as athletic as we were made out to believe. He does awesome against similar talent but when we play the better teams he is invisible.
Vince from ShamWOW
All-Conference
Maybe, however they are not throwing the ball nor are they calling plays to the TE. Mix it up, get the ball in various players hands/ direction.
VA Husker Fan
All-Conference
I suspect if Crawford hadn't been heading for baseball a lot of other coaches would've gone after him a lot harder. Could Solich have still landed him?
junior4949
All-American
Let me get this straight because I've been away from the board a couple of days. Everyone now is leg humping Cody Green and ready to throw Lee under the bus. Not too long ago, we were worrying about losing Watson after this season to CU or whoever looking for a head coach. Now, we're ready to giftwrap him and hand him to someone. We're ready to once again go through an offensive tranformation from the WCO back to the running option. We still are saying Solich can't recruit some several years later even though Clownahan inherited more future top 3 round NFL draft picks from Solich than Solich inherited from TO. Do I have all this right?
admo
Heisman Trophy Winner
Pretty much. Plus the refs suck, the fans are too old and quiet while others boo, and ESPN still hates us. Same meltdown on the board from a loss as usual. <_<
Crawford was a great athlete on a SORRY team. He was gonna be a another Jamal Lord. Frazier was a LEADER! Solich could not recruit, who are HIS I-BACKS? The dude had to go to Cananda because for some reason the top RBs did not wanna go to NU anymore. Thunder Collins, was skinny and looked like a WR... He just didn't have the personality to be a HC here at NU and keep the kids coming in. If Gill was older, he would have been the perfect fit before Solich and I highly doubt the program would have crashed and burned. CU would be SMART to get Gill with their self imposed recruiting restrictions they need a guy that can bring in the Texas and California kids that CU used to get.
junior4949
All-American
Is it just me or does anyone else think within the next 10 years that rather than playing with helmets and pads football will be played with belts and flags?
That's it, the 90s NU teams were just to physical and that style of play has been outlawed in favor of the spread offense from INTRAMURAL FLAG FOOTBALL!