Thats very true AND its also the reason BP/Wats wants NU to be able to line up and smash some teams with the run game.Right now everyone is basing and scheming their way to slow down these high powered spread offenses in the big 12.If a team finds a power rushing attack/spread hybrid that they can execute at a high level(see OU) teams lining up to stop the spread will be hard pressed to slow them downThats one reason I dont want NU to go to a full all out spread on offense.If you can somehow have some spread installed in your offense to go along with the power/option game it will be near impossible to stop by teams who BASICALLY are building their defenses around stopping spread offenses.Thats why you see BP /Wats tweaking our offense to the point that they can become a power running team as well as enough option to make teams have to practice for it.ADD that to the spread passing game and you will see an offense thats VERY hard to contain.Mobile QBs simply make it worse on defenses and BP knows that.
He has told Wats things that are very hard to defend as a DC and is having them implement it into our offensive philosophy.I think in about three years we will have an offense that is a combination of Florida and OUs .A hypbrid spread that features power running,options,the zone reads as well as the QB run game.IMHO it will give defense fits.Especially when you have versatile guys like Kyler Reed and McNeil at TE.These guys can be in line blockers as well as being split wide as receivers(think Gresham from OU).If you line up in nickel the bring them on line and run down your throats but if you play base you gotta have LBs who can run with Reed all day.I count count on 1 hand the number of teams who will have guys like that.This offense will have our TEs as walking mismatches.Very similar again to how OU uses Gresham and Florida uses Ingram and the big TE who killed OU in the NCG.