triple-option Stories - From The Rumble Seat
Reliving the Wishbone: Now and Then
I'm still curious about what else HarsinWhite 2011 has in mind for our Wildcat packages this season. The Jesus was dead on about having 2 different operators for those schemes (Shipley and Fozzy so far) and the scrimmage videos at MackBrown-texasfootball suggest that the zone-read is being utilized...
Demaryius Thomas and Calvin Johnson leading ACC Alum in NFL Playoffs
In the 2011 NFL playoffs, 5,524 yards of total offense were accumulated in 4 wild card games. Over 72% of that yardage came from BCS conference alums. The SEC alums led all conferences with 1,561 yards of offense in the NFL wild card round. The ACC was second with 1,278. The B1G, Big 12, Pac 10,...
What should Stephen Hill expect from the 2012 NFL Draft?
Let's start with the basic statistics of I-A receivers taken in the NFL Draft. 124 college wide receivers have been drafted in the past four NFL Drafts. 84 of them were from BCS conferences (67.7%) while 13 of them were from the ACC (10.5%). The average college receiver was taken 126th overall...
Triple option no stranger to Utah
Utah's opponent in the Sun Bowl runs an offense that is pretty unique to college football. It's pesky. It's efficient and it can eat up an entire quarter in one drive (okay, maybe not that much time, but you get the idea). Of course, it's the triple option and it's the offense Georgia Tech...
The Utah Run Defense of 2011: We will stop you!
The Utah defense has been the focal point of discussions leading up to the bowl game and with good reason. They've held every team they faced in 2011's rushing offense in check. Only Washington improved their season average rushing yards per game against the Utes but every other team including...
Winfield Questions The Key Play About VPI&SU
Winfield commanded me to post his conversation with long time bloggociate, Joe of The Key Play. I've met this individual twice in reality and he's yet to be sober. His answers to VPI questions are here. This is how Hokie fans roll after the jump... Winfield: What do Hokie fans think about...
Georgia Tech's First Down Blues
Georgia Tech's rushing attack on first down is illustrated in the chart below. Basically, I broke the chart into two long running stat lines on first down rushing attempts alone. The blue bars are the season's average yards per carry since the Middle Tennessee State game. This stat fluctuates...
How long does it take to dispatch a Georgia Tech opponent?
Tech has played 4 I-A opponents now: Middle Tennessee, Kansas, UNC, and NC State. Those four teams have averaged 27.4 minutes TOP per game and have scored 0.98 points per minute of possession against the Georgia Tech defense. Based on that information, we can devise a formula based on the game's...
Georgia Tech Football Video: Orwin Smith 95 Yard Touchdown Run
I watch this and I smile. The Kansas Jayhawks defense had no idea.
Georgia Tech Offensive Benchmarks for the 2011 Season
What should the average fan know about Georgia Tech's option offense? What are some common benchmarks per game or per season that this team regularly hits or strives to achieve? Winfield spoke about the quarterback and B-Back already. Acedarney spoke about the secondary. I wanna talk about...
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