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<blockquote data-quote="worthco jacket" data-source="post: 119614" data-attributes="member: 1847"><p>I am going to post something that will ruffle feathers, and be derided but it is based upon my experience years ago defending the damn thing. The option is not for schools to just mess around with and maybe run once or twice a year. The timing of the mesh, the pitch relationship between the quarterback and halfbacks must be perfect, and it requires a quarterback with really good footwork and speed to get to the corner otherwise it is not going to work. Bottom line is that teams have to be all in to run the triple option. Consider, linemen in most offenses have huge tackles and somewhat smaller guards. The triple option needs quicker, more athletic tackles and big boys on the inside. Being a center in this offense is tough. You have to be big enough to take on nose tackles lined up in an odd alignment or quick enough to get to the linebackers in gap scheme. Teams that just fool around with it are wasting their time. It's unique characteristics are best suited for the service academies and Tech because they are willing to recruit players that might be overlooked by the factories. This is not to imply that Tech and the academies are similar. Tech has much more talent especially in the trenches. I was watching Navy play Army and their 280 lb offensive linemen were slower than our 300 lb ones. They did not, needless to say, have anyone remotely similar to Shaq or Burden. It's just not the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="worthco jacket, post: 119614, member: 1847"] I am going to post something that will ruffle feathers, and be derided but it is based upon my experience years ago defending the damn thing. The option is not for schools to just mess around with and maybe run once or twice a year. The timing of the mesh, the pitch relationship between the quarterback and halfbacks must be perfect, and it requires a quarterback with really good footwork and speed to get to the corner otherwise it is not going to work. Bottom line is that teams have to be all in to run the triple option. Consider, linemen in most offenses have huge tackles and somewhat smaller guards. The triple option needs quicker, more athletic tackles and big boys on the inside. Being a center in this offense is tough. You have to be big enough to take on nose tackles lined up in an odd alignment or quick enough to get to the linebackers in gap scheme. Teams that just fool around with it are wasting their time. It's unique characteristics are best suited for the service academies and Tech because they are willing to recruit players that might be overlooked by the factories. This is not to imply that Tech and the academies are similar. Tech has much more talent especially in the trenches. I was watching Navy play Army and their 280 lb offensive linemen were slower than our 300 lb ones. They did not, needless to say, have anyone remotely similar to Shaq or Burden. It's just not the same. [/QUOTE]
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