Wildcat formation?! Oh yeah!

#51
#51
If he is healthy I would think Bryce Brown would be the right guy to run the wildcat. He has the size and speed. This would be fun to watch.
 
#53
#53
just cannot stomach the wildacat, seems like a cheap out if you have no talent at qb. don't care who runs it or where it will always look like a gimmick to me and i hope we never ever put that on the field.
 
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#54
NanceNashty said:
While there is little doubt that Nance could thrive in the wildcat, you'd have to asses the risks of hurting one of your star recruits. Nance has an amazing ability to run the ball with power and his downfield vision is comparable to barry sanders. His weakness is his stamina, his left handed stiff arm, and his top end speed isn't as great for someone with his quickness. Oppurtunities with him would be his ability to be a dual threat along the lines of pat white/dj shockley/reggie ball(if he didn't suck)/brad smith. The threat with him would be a risk of injury because he'll punish defenders every oppurtunity. Another problem would be the negative exposure from us dominating teams so thoroughly and running up the score.
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lol u said asses
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krankwave said:
just cannot stomach the wildacat, seems like a cheap out if you have no talent at qb. don't care who runs it or where it will always look like a gimmick to me and i hope we never ever put that on the field.
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I agree. Watching Bama win a nc featuring the wildcat was just so gimicky. If I was them I would just return the trophy and put an asterisk next to their name in the record books. We will be holding crystal with Nance running it, book it.
 
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NanceNashty said:
I agree. Watching Bama win a nc featuring the wildcat was just so gimicky. If I was them I would just return the trophy and put an asterisk next to their name in the record books. We will be holding crystal with Nance running it, book it.
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Featuring the wildcat? Did you watch the NC game? They didn't feature the wildcat. All they did, after Colt went out, is to play ultra conservative offensive football and let the D win the game. The one time I would say "being very conservative" was a very smart thing to do. No way Texas was going to put points on that defense after Colt was out. It was over when Colt left the field.
 
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jed said:
Featuring the wildcat? Did you watch the NC game? They didn't feature the wildcat. All they did, after Colt went out, is to play ultra conservative offensive football and let the D win the game. The one time I would say "being very conservative" was a very smart thing to do. No way Texas was going to put points on that defense after Colt was out. It was over when Colt left the field.
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Sorry you don't think that using the wildcat is "featuring". Is there some standard of adjective use that I don't know about on this board? Either way you want to describe it they used the formation everygame this year. And won. A NC. If we need to be gimmicky and put Nance in the Wildcat to get back to the top of the mountain I think the majority of fans would still sleep at night.
 
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volmancagle17 said:
that and if EA wouldnt have thrown an out 4 feet behind the receiver into Jonathan Zenons chest, we woulda won to..

If is such a crazy word

If my aunt had balls, shed be my uncle
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If Cutcliffe hadn't insisted on throwing to whoever that was that hadn't caught three ball all year (the receiver -- can't remember who it was -- ran an imprecise fading out and let the defender under him) and just tossed it to Chris Brown instead... or for that matter if Meachem had stuck around for his senior season...
 
#59
#59
...also, the "wildcat" (i.e. "single wing") has almost run its course. Defensive coordinators can't be this dumb for too much longer.
 
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NanceNashty said:
Sorry you don't think that using the wildcat is "featuring". Is there some standard of adjective use that I don't know about on this board? Either way you want to describe it they used the formation everygame this year. And won. A NC. If we need to be gimmicky and put Nance in the Wildcat to get back to the top of the mountain I think the majority of fans would still sleep at night.
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I really don't think we'll have to do that to win but if it gives us an advantage in a particular situation then I'm all for it.
 
#61
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I'm a fan of the wildcat being run properly and in the right situation. We tried with Fulmer, and it was so obvious what was going to happen that it rarely worked. Last year there were some mixed results. It takes the right personnel to do it, and I think Oku, Brown, Poole, Williams and Co. are a good fit.
 
#62
#62
I agree that Nance doesn't need to be running wildcat. But what's the possibility of a spread-option play here and there? Or even option plays under center from time to time... BTW, if we run the wildcat... The man you seek is Channing Fugate.
 
#63
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volmancagle17 said:
Derek dooley used a wildcat formation last year with tech. And with potentially a Freshman QB coming in next year, (even if he doesnt play, Stephens is wont exactly be passing 35 times a game) how ridiculously talented would a Bryce brown, david Oku wildcat be?

OR

In order to give BB a blow, do a Tauren Poole in shotgun with Oku wildcat formation.

This could be easy for a young O line to work with, these quick RBs could make one quick move to get through that initial D line burst. It would be a beast of an offensive set, while giving poole some well deserved carries.
Could be an awesome RB group next year. The three headed monster.
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You're sick man
 
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tvols75 said:
Don't understand why all of you are wanting the "speedsters" to run it. If you look at those who effectively do it, you have teams like Alabama (when they do it) in college and Miami in the pros.

Who runs it for them?

Alabama: Ingram
Miami: Ronnie Brown

You need a combination of speed, vision, and ability to break tackles.

Having Bryce Brown and one of the other running backs in the backfield running this formation would be lethal. Bryce Brown having the option to run it himself or hand it to one of Poole/Williams/Oku is a scary thought.
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your right ingram and ronnie brown arent fast...


?!?!?! dumb
 
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papatomany said:
...also, the "wildcat" (i.e. "single wing") has almost run its course. Defensive coordinators can't be this dumb for too much longer.
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quit your life.

Your right, the option doesnt work anymore... tell florida, bama, Navy, Ohio st, oregon, and all these other BCS contenders (With the exception of Navy)
 
#68
#68
Panthro said:
Let Nu'keese try it again. Wait...nevermind!

On a serious note, how about Teague? He can actually throw a decent pass, can't he?
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Teague with BB and Oku wouldnt be a bad idea at all.


Im still for BB and Oku doing it, they can break tackles and beat people with speed and deception.

Rod wilks doing it would be just, toooooo damn easy.
 
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papatomany said:
...also, the "wildcat" (i.e. "single wing") has almost run its course. Defensive coordinators can't be this dumb for too much longer.
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It doesn't have anything to do with defensive coordinators being dumb. Running this type of an offense successfully requires a coordinator who is both brilliant and possesses a certain mentality that he is able to impart to the players.

When you take an extremely aggressive offensive coordinator and a group of his players who share his mentality, it puts the defense into the position that they simply cannot be in: being back on their heels. Any option-type offense is built around one of two things in game:
1) Being aggressive and getting 5-7 yards at a time against a passive defense, or
2) Being calculating and setting up the big play against an aggressive defense

I'll say it right now. This offense, by and large, is being operated either by buffoons with a misguided mentality or by someone who is being handcuffed by an outside overlord. As usual in the college game, it will take a small school willing to take a chance on something highly unconventional to have success before anyone else will truly adapt to it. That's why Urban Meyer was hired on at Bowling Green, and also how he was at Florida four years later.
 
#75
#75
Da'Rick, is strong enough and fast enough to be very successful at running the wildcat.
 
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