• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

Breaking down Urban Meyer's offense

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes
jwinslow

jwinslow

A MAN OF BETRAYED JUSTICE
Staff member
Tourney Pick'em Champ
As always, Ross Fulton (BoulderBuck55) provides a great & lengthy breakdown on the X's and O's of Urban's offense, with diagrams, videos, coaching philosophies, quotes.

http://www.alongtheolentangy.com/2011/12/7/2607951/urban-meyer-and-the-ohio-state-offense-part-i
snippet said:
Perhaps no term is more of a misnomer in modern football then the 'spread offense,' because it is over-applied to any college offense that bases its offense from the shotgun. It is used to identify offense as diverse as Mike Leach's airraid to Rich Rodriguez's read option run game.
Urban Meyer's offense is neither. As Meyer accurately describes above, his offense is predicated upon the one-back, downhill run game that every NFL team runs, mixed with the veer option, all from the shotgun. Smart Football's Chris Brown provided a fantastic recounting of how Meyer's offensive philosophy came about, which I cite below in full.
Click to expand...
Part II coming later.
 
I'm gonna laugh my arse off if on the first play of next season we come out in the I and run Dave.

If I were him, I'd do it, just to freak a couple* people out.







And by couple, I mean a shit load. You know who you are. :lol:
 
Upvote 0
I coached this offense for three years, using Urban's terminology-according to my HC it was his terminology-it's really easy to learn.

All of the plays were named after a place-cities were man blocking, usually involving a pull.

Example: EL Paso-trap the END on the LEFT, PLAYSIDE guard pulls.

Plays named after states or countries were zone blocking.

Example: IReland-Inside right zone run. ORegon-Outside Right.

There's obviously way more to it than this, but my cherubs are almost done with their quiz...
 
Upvote 0
Dave's not here, man!

tommy-chong-up-in-smoke-4a783.jpg
 
Upvote 0
jwinslow;2059801; said:
As always, Ross Fulton (BoulderBuck55) provides a great & lengthy breakdown on the X's and O's of Urban's offense, with diagrams, videos, coaching philosophies, quotes.

http://www.alongtheolentangy.com/2011/12/7/2607951/urban-meyer-and-the-ohio-state-offense-part-i

Part II coming later.
Click to expand...

Someone posted this on another thread this morning and it certainly deserves to be posted again. Maybe even in the "Dunn" thread. As I read it, and I'll admit to wearing Scarlet glasses I couldn't help myself to wonder what is this kid waiting for? You watch that Vid with Percy and You think OH MY "O". And then you think..He's always wanted a Big RB..I can only imagine the holes that will be there with only a safety between him and the goal line. Off the wall prediction..by the end of next year a running back at Ohio State will rush for somewhere between 250-300 yards in a single game.
 
Upvote 0
I presume it refers to the fact Linehan took over in St Louis after a run of tremendous success and almost immediately the team went into the toilet. Of course, virtually none of that was his fault - offensive line injuries decimated the franchise, including Orlando Pace's career ending shoulder problems - but his players pretty much mutinied at the start of the 2008 season.
 
Upvote 0
Dryden;2059891; said:
I presume it refers to the fact Linehan took over in St Louis after a run of tremendous success and almost immediately the team went into the toilet. Of course, virtually none of that was his fault - offensive line injuries decimated the franchise, including Orlando Pace's career ending shoulder problems - but his players pretty much mutinied at the start of the 2008 season.
Click to expand...

That makes sense.
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top