Army switching to the shotgun
The rule change made life too hard for the head coach.
This spring, Monken is doing the unthinkable and moving his team to a primarily shotgun offense. He felt he didn’t have a choice in the wake of an under-the-radar NCAA rules change last year that eliminated blocking below the waist — known as cut blocking — anywhere but inside the tackle box
I don't think too many schools outside of Army, Navy, and Air Force are complaining about the rule change.
Army? Shotguns? THIS is what we need in Chicago!!!!
That's the Chicago Way...
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Does it really affect their offense that much? I feel like most of the time for the few triple option teams left the cut blocking is done primarily against the defensive line (which would typically mean inside the tackle box).
I think most triple-option teams also use a lot of cut-blocking downfield by their WRs, RBs, and OL who release.
But weren't most of those blocks already eliminated prior to this rule change?
Sort of, any player could block below the waist up to 5 yards downfield as long as contact was initiated from the front. Now only players in the tackle box can cut block. However, Army seemed to get away with a lot of chop blocks, cut blocks from the side, and cut blocks well past 5 yards downfield.
Back when I was in high school there was cuts and chops all over the place, no in any box limitations. I hated them. I think the new rules go to far in some cases. But cuts and chops should be taken out.
Definitely thought this was going to be some kind of tongue-in-cheek response to the Chicago thread.
Stick around. The thread is young my friend.
I thought the title meant the Army had to switch to shotguns because somehow those libs were able to ban assault rifles M16/AR15/M4.
is this where the /s goes
OOTL. What was the Chicago thread?
Is cut blocking really a stable of the triple option? I always thought they cut blocked because their OL is tiny and cut blocking was their only way to slow down opponents DL and LBs...
I guess the shotgun would help by putting the target further from the big angry guys that they can't slow down...
Being able to get out on the edge and cut down force players is a huge part of triple option football. Some it is size, but a lot of it is to just get the defensive players to slow down and worry about their knees instead of their assignment.
man, a shotgun is not gonna look nearly as cool
Yeah, but
I think they should try cannons.
That is for the Navy
Kinda off topic but man I miss the I formation triple option that Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and others ran from the early 70's to the mid 90's. IMO the greatest college football team I ever saw in my lifetime was the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers (where have you gone Tommie Frazier).
I know I'm really dating myself here but damn those offenses were fun to watch when they were really clicking. Rule changes making it much easier to pass killed that offense just like the elimination of cut blocking is going to kill the wishbone.
I'm on your lawn Nevercracker
Agree. One of the many reasons I prefer college football to pro football is the diversity of offensive philosophies and strategies you traditionally see at the college level. In the pros it feels like every team has run the same damn offense for the last 30 years. Makes me sad that the triple option has largely vanished, and probably gone for good soon.
mGrowOld: 1971 Nebraska with Tagge, Kinney, and Johnny Rodgers in the I- formation were the most dominant roided..err...running team IMHO.
My elementary school teacher at the time was a Nebraska alum and gave us extra recess time if #1 Nebraska beat #2 Oklahoma in the " Game of the Century", which they did on 397 yards rushing and only 65 yards passing en route to their second consecutive national championship.
BTW you need to weed your lawn ; )
I’m pretty sure he pays someone to do that.
I miss it too. I was introduced to UM football with Rick Leach and the triple option.
With our offensive line, I'd love to see this pulled out of the dustbin for a nice WTF change of pace. I'm going to further backdate--the best I ever saw in person was the Auburn triple option featuring Bo Jackson. He was seemingly always one missed tackle from taking it to the house.
To get good at triple option takes a lot of practice time. Back in the old days when Freshman practiced but didn't see the field and you were sure to have players to stick around for four years it made more sense. Nowadays you don't have that kind of time with players (the academies being one exception)
There are a lot of reasons teams have gone away from it. The most underrated is being able to recruit to it. Would you want to be catch 15 passes a year as a starting WR in that offense? Probably not helping your pro career having the skill to cut block cornerbacks.
100%. I was a student for Bo's last years and while it wasn't the main offensive set, he would always bring it out inside the 5 yard line. It felt like it was unstoppable. With the O line, Boles, Hoard, and Bunch in the backfield and Taylor under center. Damn. LOVED IT.
Hey diddle-diddle.
Shuttlesworth up the middle.
So long cut blocking. You won't be missed.
many athletes knees cried for joy when hearing the news
Jabril Peppers can confirm.
I hear their QB has a howitzer for an arm.
... and the running back is a tank.
Is Abrams still their #1 RB?
It definitely isn't Sherman. He got passed a long time ago.
Actually, he burned up his eligibility.
I'm told what really matters is the guys in the trenches.
Why aren't ABC, CBS, and NBC reporting any of this?!
LiBeRaL mEdIA bIaS!
That's why I get all my news from Fox India
But also I have no political motivation trust me.
Guess I missed an interesting post today.
Missed..dodged..
I'm like others here, clicking the post on the assumption the title referred to some bizarro new updated shotgun for the U.S. Army.
So I was going to express my get-off-my-lawn displeasure. The M16 and .45 worked fine for me.
But Army football. Got it.
they still work now
sincerely
drjaws backyard gun range
Personally, I prefer it when the Army has a powerful ground game.
Which service was it that gave us fits in the Big House with their triple option ?