In a straightforward, easytounderstand style, coach granger explains the spread option scheme, blueprint, audibles 012 rule, blocks and schemes, option and power series, playaction pass, passing series, screens and draws, 80 and 90 series, special plays practices and organization, strategy and talent, and much more. Sep 11, 2018 after showing a condensed playbook last week against sc state, georgia southern continued with their bread and butter rushing attack to the tune of 5. Coach bob debesse is one of the games foremost experts on the triple option and how to adapt it to defeat todays modern defenses. The option offense is most frequently utilized in the high school and collegiate ranks. Georgia southern eagles flexbone offense 2001 paul johnson. Nov, 2018 the triple option, built off the wishbone that was so successful at major college teams including alabama, oklahoma, and texas in the 1970s, is now relegated to only a few majors, georgia tech. Willie fritzs georgia southern run game rileykolste. Rating and debating college football and the playoff to a tee, georgia southern accomplished both saturday. Lsu is not losing to georgia southern and the valley shook. We run it maybe twenty percent of the time, he remarked in a recent interview. Its ancient history but still worth recalling the eagles trip to alabama in 2011. Tennessees defense has silver lining against georgia tech. Georgia southern triple option will present challenges. Flexbonewishbone triple option football 2018 youtube.
The perimeter blocking is the same on this play as it would be for iz arc or iz bluff. You can go online and find a copy of georgia southerns playbook in pdf form. The citadel, gsu returning to tripleoption offense. For illustrative purposes i will use the triple option play out of a flexbone set to show how an option concept works. Appalachian state have dropped this week amidst reports of rain, wind and possibly snow hitting boone, n. Lsu begins making final preps for georgia southerns. Georgia southern ran a standard triple option out of the shotgun, the inside linebacker with quarterback responsibility got caught up with the dive man, and werts rushed for a 47yard touchdown.
The tripleoption offense is run by very few teams in college football. In fact, at emporia state 19951998 brian shay rushed for 6,958 yards in his career benefiting from this approach of attacking the defense. The diagram below shows which offensive players have the option of receiving the ball during the play. Folks, its going to be supereasy to assume that every dualthreat qb can run paul johnsons tripleoption offense. Does georgia southern still run the option offense. The triple option is based on the option run, but uses three players who might run with the ball instead of the two used in a standard option run the triple option forces defenses to worry about multiple running options on a single play. Nov 27, 2018 flexbonewishbone triple option football 2018. The tripleoption offense nowadays is a novelty, but only a handful of decades ago, this runoriented offense ruled college football similar to how the spread offense has overtaken the game today. We can debate this, but sec coaches are voting with their jobs. While at georgia tech, he has been one of the leaders in the nation in rushing year in and out, while producing. The mastermind of the triple option offense at georgia southern, navy, and currently georgia tech, coach paul johnson explains the triple option, the triple. Tennessees defense has silver lining against georgia techs.
First, it opens up right away talking about the the quarterback. Aug 29, 2019 the lsu defense, on the other hand, has been preparing for the georgia southern triple option attack for months. Georgia southern has had success against sec teams beating florida and taking georgia to ot. The undercenter triple option offense is back at georgia. We learned in the last episode of the triple option playbook that a to triple option qb must have 1 the willingness to get off the ground after a big hit and run the same play again, 2 enough athletic ability to get a. From 1987 through 1989 the eagles went 367 and won another title under legendary coach erk russell. Many backs have piled up yards and touchdowns in the tripleoption offense, particularly those coordinated by petersons college coach, paul johnson. Read about georgia southerns transformation right here. They also ran for more yards than anyone else against bamas defense in 2011. But the tradition that made georgia southern is the triple option of paul johnson, the eagles offensive coordinator in the mid1980s and head coach about a.
Georgia southern eagles flexbone offense 2001 paul. The year georgia southerns offense more resembled a hybrid of the rich rodriguez readoption and paul johnson triple option. Georgia run guidljnes be ready to throw uncovered out of trips, wide spread and over sets brown and green. Oklahoma using the wishbone variation popularized the scheme during the 1970s, and it remained relevant into the 1990s. The eagles destroyed the aggies with their triple option offense. Breaking down the army flexbone triple option offense. Georgia southern ius opponent saturday is one of the few. Through their success in 2014, gs has recruited players to play under the gun. Seven myths about paul johnsons georgia tech offense. Nov 14, 2016 at his introductory press conference, new georgia southern eagles football coach tyson summers stood up and proudly answered the question on everyones minds.
Learn how hes taken his simple approach to offense and managed to create dangerous ground attacks at places like sam houston state, new mexico, and now georgia southern. While much of their blocking schemes differed from the veer schemes traditional flexbone offenses such as navy or georgia tech have used. Fall camp will be different this year for tennessee as the vols prepare for a monday night opener sept. He will be officially introduced at a press conference on dec. Bryant stayed with the wishbone to the end of his coaching days. Georgia southerns option offense unlike one liberty has seen a. He hid a run andshoot offense inside of a flexbone scheme and led georgia. Coach al blacks excellent book, coaching runandshoot football harding press, 1991, details how he joined the powerful runandshoot offense of coach darrel mouse davis with a triple option attack. Jan 10, 2014 paul johnson took over the reins of the georgia southern offense in 1985. The citadel and georgia southern are returning to the triple option, joining socon rival wofford and reflecting a minirevival of the offense considered too oldfashioned for modern football. The citadel, gsu returning to tripleoption offense sports. More specifically, the eagle faithful tend to prefer the tripleoption attack be run from under center and not from shotgun new offensive.
Georgia southern interim president jean bartels, ph. The mastermind of the triple option offense at georgia southern, navy, and currently georgia tech, is paul johnson. Georgia southern has run the gun triple option since their first year in the fbs under fritz. Coach al blacks excellent book, coaching runandshoot football harding press, 1991, details how he joined the powerful runandshoot offense of coach darrel mouse davis. The fact that they run the triple option and the fact that we play clemson next week has me very worried for this game. Sep 27, 2018 this is the 45th consecutive season in which the wreckin rams are operating in the same triple option offense that then coach bill dotson installed in 1974. Make no mistake, the qb is everything in the triple option attack. Why army and navy run the tripleoption flexbone offense. An option offense is a style of offense in american football that is predominantly based on a running play. However, instead of a specific play in mind, the offense has several options of how to proceed. You can go online and find a copy of georgia southern s playbook in pdf form.
No matter which team uses it, the scheme is so unique teams. Jan 10, 2008 you can go online and find a copy of georgia southern s playbook in pdf form. Dec 19, 2016 georgia southern has run the gun triple option since their first year in the fbs under fritz. The mastermind of the triple option offense at georgia southern, navy, and currently georgia tech, coach paul johnson explains the triple option, the triple option load, and the play action passing game off of the triple option look. Is triple option offense fading from college football. He hid a runandshoot offense inside of a flexbone scheme and led georgia. University at buffalo football coach lance leipold likens defending armys tripleoption offense to playing in a chess match. Here he provides examples of the triple option offense. Second, option quarterbacks are hit and tackled frequently. Aug 14, 2012 paul johnson is amused by the description of his offense as the triple option. The veer is a form of triple option made famous by coach yeoman at houston in the splitback variety, but also the flexbone navy, georgia tech, some. When georgia southern won national titles in the 1980s, it was with the triple option. Georgia southern was going to run the option, he said. Georgia southerns hambone powers the triple shoot offense.
Sep 18, 2017 the triple option offense is run by very few teams in college football. Aug 23, 2016 the year georgia southerns offense more resembled a hybrid of the rich rodriguez readoption and paul johnson triple option. First, the speed and athleticism of nfl defenders negate the advantages of an option offense. Lsu begins making final preps for georgia southerns triple. Sep 22, 2016 the veer is a form of triple option made famous by coach yeoman at houston in the splitback variety, but also the flexbone navy, georgia tech, some iformation teams osbornes nebraska and. Run 1011, 1011 twirl and 1011 to the b gap defensive lineman 3 technique dt or 4i side. In his first two seasons in that capacity southern went 264 and won back to back 1aa championships.
Georgia southerns triple option attack has a history of giving bignamed opponents fits. Since georgia southern brought back its football program in 1982 after a. Practice scheduling for elite triple option offensive performance. At his introductory press conference, new georgia southern eagles football coach tyson summers stood up and proudly answered the question on everyones minds. Bear bryant ran at the university of alabama beginning in 1971. Just a year ago, gsu stunned app state as a 10point underdog, winning 3414 to move to 71. Well soon find out if all the preparation will pay off. Flexbone association flexbone triple option football.
It is rarely used in the national football league for several reasons. The more traditional version of the triple option uses a quarterback under center and is advocated by the service academy coaches, including fisher deberry, formerly of air force, and paul johnson, formerly head coach of navy and georgia tech who installed this offense at hawaii and georgia southern, the latter school winning several division. Georgia tech is an interesting case study for how the option works in the modern game. At georgia southern we had equal or better talent than the team we were playing, and we went 6210.
And btw, oregons offense is not similar in any significant way to georgia southern s offense. In addition, the eagles hired bob bodine, a triple option coaching mainstay, away from army to be the one of the offensive line coaches. Receive a free copy of our spread offense playbook. Rance gillespie took a phenomenal athlete in jayson foster and was able to run a wideopen offense that resulted in foster earning the 2007 walter payton award for the top player in fcs. At georgia southern, beating everybody is the real. Using their triple option offense, the eagles accumulated 6 rushing. The lsu defense, on the other hand, has been preparing for the georgia southern triple option attack for months. Triple option power point for flex bone association. Learn how hes taken his simple approach to offense and managed to create dangerous ground attacks at places like sam houston. Georgia southern is powered by option offenses, so how will lsu. Ius prep for georgia southerns offense began long before.
The definitive resource for coaching the spread option offense. May 20, 2017 georgia southern hired bryan cook away from georgia tech to reinstall the undercenter triple option offense. Paul johnson took over the reins of the georgia southern offense in 1985. Based on the defense, the quarterback may hand off to a full back up the middle dive, hold on to the ball and run himself to either side of the field keep, or pitch the ball to a. Paul johnson, threetime acc coach of the year at georgia tech.
They did a really good job of running their offense, alabama coach nick saban said of the georgia southern triple option. Without the right qb to bring the system to life, it is going to be very limited. Most of the damage came on the dive off the option as southern showed several looks to open up holes. Aug 01, 2002 the definitive resource for coaching the spread option offense. This was georgia southern s least run triple option play, nevertheless, it was still a good play for them when called. Georgia southerns option similar to bryants wishbone.
When it returned to iaa glory in the 1990s, it was with the. Georgia southern is powered by option offenses, so how. And btw, oregons offense is not similar in any significant way to georgia southerns offense. This is the 45th consecutive season in which the wreckin rams are operating in the same triple option offense that then coach bill dotson installed in 1974. Why army and navy run the tripleoption flexbone offense new, 5 comments this rivalry is the years biggest showcase for a different kind of spreadtorun football offense. After showing a condensed playbook last week against sc state, georgia southern continued with their bread and butter rushing attack to the tune of 5.
The nfidline count begins with the read man the b gap defender as. Georgia tech would not be successful against an 8 game sec schedule. The triple option is an american football play used to offer several ways to move the football forward on the field of play. The triple option, built off the wishbone that was so successful at major college teams including alabama, oklahoma, and texas in the 1970s, is now relegated to. I know this, no offense in american football history has rushed for more yards up the middle while featuring a single back and utilizing a jet sweep approach with influences from georgia southerns hambone.
This became clear to me about 10 plays into watching their offense in the 387 loss at clemson last season. Georgia southern hired bryan cook away from georgia tech to reinstall the undercenter triple option offense in addition, the eagles hired bob bodine, a triple option coaching mainstay, away from army to be the one of the offensive line coaches. Sep 02, 2017 the tripleoption offense nowadays is a novelty, but only a handful of decades ago, this runoriented offense ruled college football similar to how the spread offense has overtaken the game today. May 16, 20 the mastermind of the triple option offense at georgia southern, navy, and currently georgia tech, is paul johnson. After a few years running a shotgun offense, georgia southern is back under center and running the triple option offense. The alley defender who would have been blocked by the fullback on those plays will now become the pitchkey on this play. Paul johnson is amused by the description of his offense as the triple option. Dec 10, 2016 why army and navy run the tripleoption flexbone offense new, 5 comments this rivalry is the years biggest showcase for a different kind of spreadtorun football offense. Ub defensive coordinator brian borland called it a fistfight in a phone booth. Tyson summers named next head coach of georgia southern.
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