An option offense is an American football offensive system in which a key player (usually the quarterback) has several "options" of how each play will...
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worry about multiple running options on a single play. For the offense, the decision of who is to carry the ball—which option to use—is made during the play...
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the read option running play to put pressure on both sides of the defense. Similar to the run and shoot offense, passing-oriented spread offenses often leverage...
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Wishbone formation (redirect from Wishbone offense)
three-man back-field triple option offense. Bellard tried to merge his old high school tactics with Stallings' triple option out of the Slot-I formation...
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The Veer is an option running play often associated with option offenses in American football, made famous at the collegiate level by Bill Yeoman's Houston...
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Wildcat formation (redirect from Wild Cat offense)
part of many offenses. For example, a spread-option offense might use the wildcat formation to confuse the defense, or a West Coast offense may use the...
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Look up option or options in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Option or Options may refer to: Option key, a key on Apple computer keyboards Option type,...
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option in the offense is to pass to the strong-side post player on the block who is in good scoring position. From there the player has the options of...
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Shotgun formation (redirect from Shotgun Offense)
the center. Coach Urban Meyer has added elements of the option offense to the shotgun offense he employed as coach at Bowling Green State University,...
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offenses use certain formations much more commonly than the air raid, run and shoot, flexbone, spread, pistol, or option offenses. Pro-style offenses...
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like the triple option, the quarterback will only pass the ball a few times per game, if at all, while the pass-heavy spread offense, as run by schools...
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Walter Camp Award, and Davey O'Brien Award in 2001. Running Nebraska's option offense that year, he completed 105 of 189 passes for 1,510 yards and seven...
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to play more conservatively. The Pistol can also feature the option play. With this offense, the quarterback has the ability to get a better look past the...
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Giovanni. At Little Elm High School, Rhodes played running back in an option offense with Cole Beasley at quarterback. He also played left cornerback opposite...
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similar to a play under center. The pistol offense can effectively use draw plays, counters, and options using three-wide receiver formations or multiple...
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tries to recover the kicked ball option offense An offense heavily relying upon the option run and variations thereof option run Usually, a type of play in...
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honors, and was named to the CIAC All-State team. In the rush-first option offense run by Greenwich, he completed only 41 percent of his throws for 1,220...
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Championships in 1999 and 2000. He is noted for his use of the flexbone spread option offense. Johnson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023...
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Typically, a quarterback with exceptional quickness is used in an option offense, which allows the quarterback to either hand the ball off, run it himself...
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Urban Meyer (section Spread offense)
the backfield and turns it into an option attack, adding elements of the traditional run-oriented option offense. In 2004, Meyer led the undefeated Utes...
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Court noted, "the failure to give the jury the 'third option' of convicting on a lesser included offense would seem inevitably to enhance the risk of an unwarranted...
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Johnson was hired as the head coach and implemented the run-heavy triple option offense. Thomas considered transferring but decided against doing so. During...
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strategies: Option offense Run and shoot offense Smashmouth offense Air Coryell Spread offense West Coast offense Pistol offense Pro-style offense Marty ball...
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head coach Urban Meyer arrived in 2012, the Buckeyes have run a spread option offense. 2013 saw the most offensive yards in school history, and the 2014 team...
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2001 Miami Hurricanes football team (section Offense)
defense shut down Heisman-winner Eric Crouch and the Huskers vaunted option offense, holding Nebraska 200 yards below its season average. Dorsey and Johnson...
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Yeoman revolutionized offensive football in 1964 by developing the Veer option offense. Yeoman also played a prominent role in the racial integration of collegiate...
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credited with innovating the spread option offense, which Magee managed at West Virginia and Michigan. This offense is used by thousands of high schools...
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1957–71. The shuffle offense has all five players rotate in each of the five shuffle positions. This offense would be an option for a team that has good...
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to accumulate statistics. The Mountaineers ran a high-octane spread option offense under head coaches Rich Rodriguez (2001-2007) and Bill Stewart (2008-2010)...
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started focusing on football as a junior, playing quarterback in a triple option offense. As a senior, Gallup played wide receiver and running back, registering...
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