scottditzen Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 Anyone want to explain exactly what the nature and philosophy is on that offense. I remember the Zips getting a lot of press for using it, but it was before I followed college football.... Quote
ZachTheZip Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 I believe it refers to either passing the ball or pitching it to the RB/TE/FB, but never a handoff directly from the QB to the runner. I doubt it will be used much this year with a rookie QB, but we may implement later on after the QB and O-Line gain more experience. Quote
Zipmeister Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 The long pass can make you poor or make you rich.A big front line may make the run your niche.A few still run the option without a hitch.But if you desire to make a defensive coordinator twitch,then you must go with the pass and pitch. Zipmeister, 2007 Quote
Buckzip Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 That was a strange offense. It was almost a copy of the run and shoot.I remember the back would go into motion right before the snap. The QB would hand to the back or pass it underneath. It was strange to watch it setup. Quote
skip-zip Posted August 20, 2007 Report Posted August 20, 2007 I can explain....It was an option offense that was brought in by an Offensive Coordinator from California during the Faust era. Basically, it features a FB right behind the QB, and two tailbacks lines up at "wing" positions. It gives an offense the capability to hand off to the fullback, the QB run himself, have one of the wings come around behind him for an option pitchout, or send all of the receivers and the two wings out into pass patterns. Its designed as a typical option offense, with a little different alignment, and a few more options. And defenses often struggle to defend it, especially the first time they play against it. We ran it quite effectively for a number of years, when we had the personnel to do it. Quote
scottditzen Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Posted August 20, 2007 Sounds pretty inventive to me. I wonder if J.D. will run anything that is unique this year, or in the near future, given the mobility of the qb's. Quote
74ZIP Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 the 'pitch and putt'? the more things change the more they stay the same...maybe the old double wing O WAS the way to go...i watched 'Jerry's Kids' run that O...ask Marcel Weems after the 7th or 8th game of the season if he wanted to keep running that offense...your QB would have to be 6'4" 250 to run that for 12 games... Quote
skip-zip Posted August 21, 2007 Report Posted August 21, 2007 Yes, it was a very demanding offense on the QB. Good thing we had two good athletes at QB during that time, Weems and Sweitzer. Quote
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