How do I run the spread option?

[rudyjuly2]

I was running with the Boston College and Duke playbooks for awhile and their running plays are fairly boring. Dives and stretches for the most part with a counter out of the I formation. The Cal playbook has some interesting running plays in it that utilize more traps and misdirection. Not sure if I would call it really diverse but its interesting.

[SteelerSpartan]

I also like running with D-Mac at Arkansas in the "Wildhog" formation. I've had some great slugfests against LSU and Auburn with them

[parker002]

Quote: Originally Posted by rudyjuly2

I was running with the Boston College and Duke playbooks for awhile and their running plays are fairly boring. Dives and stretches for the most part with a counter out of the I formation. The Cal playbook has some interesting running plays in it that utilize more traps and misdirection. Not sure if I would call it really diverse but its interesting.

Hehe, you just described the Hawkeye's playbook. They have at least 30 variations of the same stretch play...

I love my Hawks, but using their offense on the game is just excrutiating...

[BROman]

texas has a pretty good and diverse pb- i, offset, and single back mixed in w/ lots of shotgun (the zone read is in every shotgun formation except the 5 wide).

[Ghettoshark]

Use Oregon and dominate with Dixon/Stewart..

[parker002]

Quote: Originally Posted by ghettoshark

Use Oregon and dominate with Dixon/Stewart..

Taking the players out of the equation (I use a 1* team in my dynasty) how does Oregon's playbook compare with WVU's?

[SteelerSpartan]

Quote: Originally Posted by parker002

Taking the players out of the equation (I use a 1* team in my dynasty) how does Oregon's playbook compare with WVU's?

I think they got a little something special, with their "pistol formation" but outside of that I don't know how much different it is from WVU

[parker002]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelerSpartan

I think they got a little something special, with their "pistol formation" but outside of that I don't know how much different it is from WVU

I'm not sure what the pistol formation even is. I'm gonna have to check that out.

The thing I love about WVU's offense is that you can be really diverse even when running the ball on 75% of the snaps.

1) You can hand off to the HB.

2) There's a ton of option and misdirection option plays, especially out of the shotgun, which makes it easy to run with the QB.

3) There's a pretty good mix of WR running plays.

4) Finally, there's a few pro set and shotgun pro set formations that have 2 backs (HB and FB).

It's possible for me to run the ball 10-15 times with 4 or 5 different players using this offense, and that's not even taking into account auto-subs or formation subs.