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.