There has been a lot of posting about Saban speaking of changing his philosophy when Urban Meyer revolutionized the game with RPO's and related plays that allow blockers to get downfield and throwing the ball behind the line. I've always thought the OSU model best suited ND. Not that it is better than what Alabama does, just that it suits our personnel and has the highest floor for us as a program. Then, I got to thinking of how another poster on this board once mentioned that OSU QB's don't turn out in the NFL. Yet, they are amazingly productive and successful at the collegiate level. Lastly, I got to thinking of the last post about whether you'd attend ND if you were a top rated high school QB prospect. I replied to that post that we seem to ruin elite QB recruits.
So, my question is whether our QB's (and team) would be better served with the OSU model that seems quite a bit simpler. Power running game that is very difficult to stop along with RPOs and zone read. That will get OSU 10 wins a season on its own. In the bigger games, open it up a bit and show them stuff they've never seen and include more QB runs. Nothing overly complex or difficult. Something easier for our QB's to handle.
It's obviously worked very well for OSU...winning the championship in 2014 and making 4 playoff appearances, finishing in the top 6 in each of the last 7 years and in the top 3 in four of them.
Replies to: "Concerning our offensive style and QB play and that of OSU."
- Concerning our offensive style and QB play and that of OSU. - tky21 - 11:00pm 3/31/21
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- The offense is a reflection of the HC and OC. [LINK]
- Aragoto - 12:22pm 4/1/21
- Or the AD, Alvarez sets the identity for the Wisconsin program and hires accordingly [NT]
- holybull101 - 12:44pm 4/1/21
- Or the athletes recruited, or the school restrictions, or the degrees offered, or ... But I do - whatsamataU - 1:04pm 4/1/21
- rees could have been thrown out of school as an undergrad. [NT]
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- Aragoto - 12:57pm 4/1/21
- Clearly, Carlo Calabrese's "people" took care of him... [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 3:31pm 4/1/21
- Tom has never done anything to suggest he’s an elite OC or QB developer. - Aragoto - 7:02pm 4/1/21
- U need a time out [NT]
- ColeyO - 7:48pm 4/1/21
- For telling the truth? [NT] - Aragoto - 8:35am 4/2/21
- U need a time out [NT]
- ColeyO - 7:48pm 4/1/21
- Tom has never done anything to suggest he’s an elite OC or QB developer. - Aragoto - 7:02pm 4/1/21
- Clearly, Carlo Calabrese's "people" took care of him... [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 3:31pm 4/1/21
- Or the AD, Alvarez sets the identity for the Wisconsin program and hires accordingly [NT]
- holybull101 - 12:44pm 4/1/21
- Harsh reality, ND isn’t developing, scheming, and recruiting well enough at the QB position - NDNEIL - 9:42am 4/1/21
- I believe we have our quarterback and great receivers. We can win it all. We do need to improve in - michiganirish - 5:48pm 4/1/21
- Recruiting at ND has been pretty steller relatively speaking over Kelly's tenure. Roster management - oldirish - 8:21pm 4/1/21
- Stellar? - AlbanyIRISH - 9:20am 4/2/21
- Yep. Relative to the talent that was coming to ND before BK; it's stellar indeed. [NT] - oldirish - 10:22pm 4/3/21
- I don't agree. We have been lacking at defensive end and defensive line is only now steady, but not - michiganirish - 10:14pm 4/1/21
- Why does everyone over look the word RELATIVE. ND was piss poor talent wise pre-Kelly. Terrible for - oldirish - 10:27pm 4/3/21
- Stellar? - AlbanyIRISH - 9:20am 4/2/21
- Recruiting at ND has been pretty steller relatively speaking over Kelly's tenure. Roster management - oldirish - 8:21pm 4/1/21
- Nor at WR. [NT]
- Aragoto - 12:06pm 4/1/21
- I don’t really subscribe to that theory - NDNEIL - 8:54am 4/3/21
- I would argue that they are not recruiting the QB's. - BaronVonZemo - 11:44am 4/1/21
- . [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:38am 4/1/21
- Agreed - ND_in_DRO - 11:22am 4/1/21
- I think that's the problem, Kelly has been getting good QB recruits, and everyone's hoping they - holybull101 - 12:50pm 4/1/21
- I believe we have our quarterback and great receivers. We can win it all. We do need to improve in - michiganirish - 5:48pm 4/1/21
- Meyer's entire offense is built on a #'s advantage. His inside zone read sucks in the FS which - WestCoastIrishFan - 9:03am 4/1/21
- Kelly also seems to run a more west-coast like spread. Mostly lateral very little vertical and very - oldirish - 8:20pm 4/1/21
- Olave & Wilson or Smith Waddle & Metchie? We need elite WRs. Smith's most explosive plays were - ND521 - 3:12am 4/1/21
- It’s not about the receivers. [NT]
- NDNEIL - 9:37am 4/1/21
- This board tends to wish for what they don't have. The overall offensive strategy doesn't match what - oldirish - 8:23pm 4/1/21
- I would love to have a Will Fuller every year [NT] - holybull101 - 2:36pm 4/1/21
- We've recruited guys much higher ranked than Olave. And higher than Smith and Metchie. - NDavenue - 7:31am 4/1/21
- Last year? Availability of our best talent - ndunabomber - 11:52am 4/1/21
- Well sure. That's not a recruiting/talent issue though. - NDavenue - 12:08pm 4/1/21
- Sure, though only Johnson was a Wilson, Waddle or Smith level recruit & he needs to hump his shit or - ND521 - 11:20am 4/1/21
- Last year? Availability of our best talent - ndunabomber - 11:52am 4/1/21
- It’s not about the receivers. [NT]
- NDNEIL - 9:37am 4/1/21
- The offense is a reflection of the HC and OC. [LINK]
- Aragoto - 12:22pm 4/1/21