What ever happened to the far/near formations

[dreneel]

West coast playbook

[DonkeyJote]

Quote: Originally Posted by fcboiler87

When you say near and far, are we talking old school Wing-T type stuff? That would be cool to have a Wing-T playbook, though I can see that why they don't have it is because no one in Division I runs it. There are some smaller schools that do though. The Georgia Tech playbook is somewhat similar as far as styles, but not quite the same as far as formations are concerned.

No, far/near is a west coast offense formation. It's similar to the pro-set, except that the FB is directly behind the QB, instead of split out, making it a slightly more effecting running formation, particularly if you have a good running FB. Far has the RB split to the weakside, and near he is on the strongside.