The Spread Offense--consider this.

[GATORQUEDOG]

I don't believe that our offense is as "bad" as alot of posters on here think. Yes, we miss Harvin, Murphy & Caldwell, but then again, what college team wouldn't miss 3 guys, who run sub 4.3 40's and who have made immediate impacts in the NFL??
That's a given.

We've had 2 games- MSU and Ark- where the offense has made a few bad plays, which have allowed the games to be closer than they probably should have been. And we have also had some conservative play calling in some instances; however, I believe that the SEC defenses are better at defensing the spread because so many teams in college football are runnng some variance of the spread now. It's out there so much now and so much film on it not to mention 5 years worth of film on the Gators running it.

Our offense showed against UGA, a defense with some pretty elite athletes, that if we execute without the negative plays (penalties, a few missed blocking assignments and turnovers) that we are still moving the ball pretty consistently and will score the points.

Bottom line is we have to give the defenses some credit--as many of the guys that we are playing against---WE ALSO RECRUITED!!

[gatorking70]

I would say that we run as much "veer" as we do spread, and therein lies the problem.

"Consider this, "(1) Why is it necessary and beneficial to operate the run and shoot exclusively from a four-wide receiver, one-back environment? (I.e. no tight-ends, H-backs, fullbacks or second half-backs, etc.) Are there any potential benefits to adding another set here and there for specific situations such as goal line or short-yardage?

Before discussing the technical benefits, let me first say that operating exclusively out of a four-wide environment is the first step a coach makes towards aculturating his program to the offense. To run the run and shoot effectively, it is necessary to commit to it entirely. Coaches that retain the ability to use tight ends, h-backs, and multiple-back sets create a crutch upon which they can fall back on when things don’t go as well as they’d like in the early going. Inevitably, what happens then is that the team becomes a multiple-set team that uses some run and shoot packages on passing downs. What never happens, however, is that the team converts to the run and shoot culture. And without that, the coaches and the players never become fully comfortable in the system, and then when the team struggles more, they blame the system." http://smartfootball.com/dialogue/th...mment#more-650

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