BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
Someone needs to define finesse for me.
That tells me nothing.Someone needs to define finesse for me.![]()
I think people just mean spread when they say that. The philosophy of "going where they ain't" (Tim Beck's offense) instead of "running them over" (Wisconsin/Stanford/Tom Osborne's offense)Someone needs to define finesse for me.
I'm sorry but that is not an accurate characterization of Tom's offense.I think people just mean spread when they say that. The philosophy of "going where they ain't" (Tim Beck's offense) instead of "running them over" (Wisconsin/Stanford/Tom Osborne's offense)Someone needs to define finesse for me.
Every time this comes up, it makes me shake my head at Frank. Early on in his head coaching tenure - after a game where the fullback had more carries than they usually did in a year under TO - he was asked on the radio show why they ran the trap so much. His response was basically "You have to run inside to set up the option outside." Apparently he hadn't been paying attention the previous 30 years. I knew early on he wasn't going to make it.The option with the counter of the full back trap is a perfect example. He would run option and beat them over and over again until the LBs would cheat to the outside. That leaves the defense perfectly vulnerable to the full back trap. The running game and the deep option pass plays are another example. Beat them with the run and bait the defense to cheat too close to the LOS and then run, what looks like, an option play only to have the QB step back and bomb one deep behind the defense.
Spread 'em out, zone blocking schemes, emphasis on 1/1 matchups in space: "basketball on turf"= "finesse".That tells me nothing.Someone needs to define finesse for me.![]()
Most teams zone mostly zone block most of the time, these days--it ain't "mano y mano" anymore, FTMP. Osborne's triple option offense was considered 'smash mouth' since they ran the ball 80+% of the time, as much up the gut as to the edge, and mostly used man on man blocking schemes.The term "Basketball on grass" was first used in the 80s and 90s when talking about florida teams that threw the ball a vast majority of the time on short dink and dunk routes. Now, yes...that creates matchup problems in space with receivers. But, that doesn't necessarily mean zone blocking schemes...etc. And, our offense last year was nowhere close to what Spurrier was running in the early 90s at Florida.
Also, almost all offenses try to create mismatches in space. Our option plays during TOs era loved to have a single DB trying to tackle Mike Rosier on the outside. They created that by sucking the LBs in to stop the FB and the DE had to take the QB. That leaves a poor little DB in space trying to tackle our RB.
We're pretty much 2 deep with quality OLmen--some up and comers. Just gotta get them to perform.It is plain and simple, we need O linemen to come to Nebraska. Were are not known for the option anymore and lost in the carousal of coaches this past decade or so and changes of schollies and rules along the way. Before Devaney came to Nebraska, it had been 50 seasons we were lagging in football (When we entered WWII), will it take that long again to find a HC that can at least keep us in games and win CC's? The walk on program, I hope will have players who are on the offense line.