Osborne's innovation

[Nexus]

There was an interesting mention of Tom Osborne in the Sports Illustrated story I read the other night. It was a tribute story of sorts to Don Coryell, the football coach who was the first to win more than 100 games at the college and professional levels.
Coryell, who died just a couple weeks ago, was known for his offensive genius. He was once called the "godfather of today's passing game" by Mike Martz.

Well, late in the story (page 6 of 7), it talks about one of Coryell's assistants, Joe Gibbs, who installed Coryell's offense when he became the coach of the Washington Redskins.

Gibbs had plenty of Air Coryell in his offense. But the Redskins probably became best known for their offensive line during the 80s. When you think of those Redskins, you think of the Hogs, the power running game and the counter plays that came with it.

But where did Gibbs get the Counter Trey from? You guessed it. T.O.

An excerpt from the SI story:

The Counter Trey, among the most dominant plays in the game's history, sprang from an unlikely source. "The whole counter started when we saw some film on Nebraska in the early '80s," says Gibbs. "Tom Osborne was doing some really innovative things with his line up front, and we were watching it and thought, God, that's good stuff. So we stole it. We had no pride whatsoever, and really, nobody does in this game. We all steal things."

Indeed, one of the best compliments to a coach, be your name Coryell or Osborne, is when people start stealing your ideas.

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[schuhbdoo]

There was an interesting mention of Tom Osborne in the Sports Illustrated story I read the other night. It was a tribute story of sorts to Don Coryell, the football coach who was the first to win more than 100 games at the college and professional levels.
Coryell, who died just a couple weeks ago, was known for his offensive genius. He was once called the "godfather of today's passing game" by Mike Martz.

Well, late in the story (page 6 of 7), it talks about one of Coryell's assistants, Joe Gibbs, who installed Coryell's offense when he became the coach of the Washington Redskins.

Gibbs had plenty of Air Coryell in his offense. But the Redskins probably became best known for their offensive line during the 80s. When you think of those Redskins, you think of the Hogs, the power running game and the counter plays that came with it.

But where did Gibbs get the Counter Trey from? You guessed it. T.O.

An excerpt from the SI story:

The Counter Trey, among the most dominant plays in the game's history, sprang from an unlikely source. "The whole counter started when we saw some film on Nebraska in the early '80s," says Gibbs. "Tom Osborne was doing some really innovative things with his line up front, and we were watching it and thought, God, that's good stuff. So we stole it. We had no pride whatsoever, and really, nobody does in this game. We all steal things."

Indeed, one of the best compliments to a coach, be your name Coryell or Osborne, is when people start stealing your ideas.

LINK

Huge compliment for TO. It amazes me that the 83 team isn't rated much higher in those greatest teams of all time. No one could stop some of those teams.

 

[Nexus]

There was an interesting mention of Tom Osborne in the Sports Illustrated story I read the other night. It was a tribute story of sorts to Don Coryell, the football coach who was the first to win more than 100 games at the college and professional levels.
Coryell, who died just a couple weeks ago, was known for his offensive genius. He was once called the "godfather of today's passing game" by Mike Martz.

Well, late in the story (page 6 of 7), it talks about one of Coryell's assistants, Joe Gibbs, who installed Coryell's offense when he became the coach of the Washington Redskins.

Gibbs had plenty of Air Coryell in his offense. But the Redskins probably became best known for their offensive line during the 80s. When you think of those Redskins, you think of the Hogs, the power running game and the counter plays that came with it.

But where did Gibbs get the Counter Trey from? You guessed it. T.O.

An excerpt from the SI story:

The Counter Trey, among the most dominant plays in the game's history, sprang from an unlikely source. "The whole counter started when we saw some film on Nebraska in the early '80s," says Gibbs. "Tom Osborne was doing some really innovative things with his line up front, and we were watching it and thought, God, that's good stuff. So we stole it. We had no pride whatsoever, and really, nobody does in this game. We all steal things."

Indeed, one of the best compliments to a coach, be your name Coryell or Osborne, is when people start stealing your ideas.

LINK

Huge compliment for TO. It amazes me that the 83 team isn't rated much higher in those greatest teams of all time. No one could stop some of those teams.

If the '83 offense would've had the '84 defense then there'd be no question.

Statistically, the '84 defense was better than our '09 defense. We held opponents to 9.5 pts./gm. ('09 was 10.4 pts./gm.). We only allowed 2,238 yds. of total offense ('09 defense allowed 3,808 yds.). And we only allowed 13 TDs ('09 was 16 TDs).

 

[VA Husker Fan]

Huge compliment for TO. It amazes me that the 83 team isn't rated much higher in those greatest teams of all time. No one could stop some of those teams.

Not a strong defense though. Certainly one of the greatest offenses of all time.

 

[junior4949]

Miami did, and that's why they're not higher. Everyone remembers the winner, but few remember the first loser. It's unfortunate as a lot of those first loser teams were/are better than some of the NC teams in years before and later.

 

[NUance]

Miami did, and that's why they're not higher. Everyone remembers the winner, but few remember the first loser. It's unfortunate as a lot of those first loser teams were/are better than some of the NC teams in years before and later.

I dunno. NU rolled for nearly 450 yards that night against the Canes. On their home field no less. We just couldn’t punch it in on that sloppy sprinkler soaked mess of a field the Canes had prepared for us.