Through the second play of the 4th quarter, when Dancy scored to up the lead to 28-7, we had 15 called running plays. They looked like this:
Zone Read Give
13 Plays
Delayed Draw
1 Play
Option Left
1 Play (where we scored on a Dancy run in the 2nd quarter)
Before that second play of the 4th quarter - when things went to garbage time - we had run our entire offense for the game out of just 4 formations. Contrast that with what Matt Kubik is running as the OC at ULM or Billy Napier is running as head coach/OC at ULL where you might see a dozen or more formations in a game and you really don't know where the ball is going. Or take it to another level with schools like Oklahoma State or Texas where Herman and Gundy use 15 or more formations in some games.
This ultra conservative approach at Tech started in 2017 but went into overdrive last year. It's made it incredibly easy for opposing coaching/consulting staffs to break down our tendencies.
Last season a group of us spoke to the parent of a Rice player at the end of our game. He was the guest of one of our chairback season ticket holders. He said that his son told him that in certain formations with certain personnel in the game Tech ran the same play 100% of the time. Then against Western Kentucky some of WKU's defenders were literally calling out our plays at the line of scrimmage.
We can beat Grambling and Bowling Green with this approach. We can probably produce a winning record with this approach. But can we win a conference championship with this approach? Or produce teams that are fun to watch and attract fans to our program?
Zone Read Give
13 Plays
Delayed Draw
1 Play
Option Left
1 Play (where we scored on a Dancy run in the 2nd quarter)
Before that second play of the 4th quarter - when things went to garbage time - we had run our entire offense for the game out of just 4 formations. Contrast that with what Matt Kubik is running as the OC at ULM or Billy Napier is running as head coach/OC at ULL where you might see a dozen or more formations in a game and you really don't know where the ball is going. Or take it to another level with schools like Oklahoma State or Texas where Herman and Gundy use 15 or more formations in some games.
This ultra conservative approach at Tech started in 2017 but went into overdrive last year. It's made it incredibly easy for opposing coaching/consulting staffs to break down our tendencies.
Last season a group of us spoke to the parent of a Rice player at the end of our game. He was the guest of one of our chairback season ticket holders. He said that his son told him that in certain formations with certain personnel in the game Tech ran the same play 100% of the time. Then against Western Kentucky some of WKU's defenders were literally calling out our plays at the line of scrimmage.
We can beat Grambling and Bowling Green with this approach. We can probably produce a winning record with this approach. But can we win a conference championship with this approach? Or produce teams that are fun to watch and attract fans to our program?
