Offensive Identity

[Landlord]

Also were we under center once today? I didn't notice one.

Dan Hoppen ‏@danhoppen 14h
Nebraska is officially a spread offense - the Huskers ran just 5 plays under center against FAU. Everything else was pistol or shotgun.

No disrespect to Dan, but I disagree 100%. Pistol can be used as a power formation, and that's exactly how we've done it. Just because the QB doesn't have his hands in the center, it does not mean spread.

498 rush yards. 'Nough said.

I think you're mistakenly making a dichotomy out of spread vs. power.

Spread isn't the opposite of power.

 

[Mierin]

but if you use power while trying to spread butter on bread you get disaster. So I have to disagree.

 

[HuskerShark]

Also were we under center once today? I didn't notice one.

Dan Hoppen ‏@danhoppen 14h
Nebraska is officially a spread offense - the Huskers ran just 5 plays under center against FAU. Everything else was pistol or shotgun.

No disrespect to Dan, but I disagree 100%. Pistol can be used as a power formation, and that's exactly how we've done it. Just because the QB doesn't have his hands in the center, it does not mean spread.

498 rush yards. 'Nough said.

I think you're mistakenly making a dichotomy out of spread vs. power.

Spread isn't the opposite of power.

We may not go into the I Formation often anymore, and we hardly use our Fullback, but we use plenty of heavy sets.