wow. nice read. thanks, hatch! stacey, you are right about their level of excitement. but the unselfishness (is that a word?) that comes through tells me a lot about their commitment to TEAM. :thumb: now i'm even more antsy for fb season to start. i didnt know that was possible!
I can still remember the excitement he created his freshman year when #21 touched the ball. Gary James came in highly recruited (and rightly so) and most people didn't know much about Dalton Hillard from little old Patterson Louisiana. It sure was fun watching them play. Both of them made it to the NFL.
Don't forget little Trindon Holliday in there too.. I know he's considered a WR now but lining him up in the backfield and tossing it out to him with hester blocking could be fun to watch. Williams, Murphy, Hester, Scott, Holliday... that is pretty darn good
I imagine a T-formation with Holliday and Murphy in the halfback spots and Hester/Williams in the FB spot. Never going to happen, but the thought is nice
You are certainly correct about it not happening, in fact, just the opposite. With the spread option offense we are going to take defenders out of the box. LSU will be running the spread option, which differs from the spread offense in being a run-first scheme- not the pass-happy offense. Crowton has run the spread option or the spread at every coaching stop he has made. 1.Louisiana Tech: 1998 #1 in passing yds. w/ 432.1 avg a game. Tech ranked #2 in the nation in total offense in the nation that year with 4,943 yds passing. 2.Chicago Bears: We all know the Chicago Bears are not know for their offense but in 1999 under the direction of Crowton's offense the bears ranked #3 in passing avg. 258.5 yds per game. Franchise record w/ 4,136 passing yds behind a trio of QBs. He also produced a 1,000 rusher in James allen. 3.Oregon: 2006 Oregon was #9 and as high as #5 in total offense. 422.8 yds per game. 250yds per game through the air, and 182 on the ground. Oregon led the Pac 10 in both total offense and rushing. Unlike many spread quarterbacks who are content to dish the football, Flynn is not afraid to run the set out of the shotgun set, and the majority of the spread option is run from the shotgun set. this will be similar to what Evangel did with all of their QBs during their record setting years. Flynn will be an extra running back on the field. Our quarterback will have to make decisions as to what the defense gives us -- none of which are predetermined as to where the ball is going. Also takes very good execution since not even the offense knows where the ball will end up. Some of the advantages of this offensive scheme will be to create one on one match ups and, ideally, mismatches; take advantage of our team’s speed, and reduce blitzing. I'm really excited about it and think we will give defensive coordinators a lot to game plan against with so many weapons.
Maybe, time will tell. But it would be hard to beat Robiskie and Alexander, LSU's first two thousand-yard backs. When they alternated at tailback in '76 opponents never caught a break and we always had a fresh back.
