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  • kkman187
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    • Jun 2009
    • 486

    #1

    NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol



    Anthony White has just posted another NCAA Football 11 blog. This one covering the Pistol offensive style.

    "Pistol -- The Pistol combines elements of the one back offense with those of the shotgun based spread offense. The quarterback aligns 3 yards behind the center as opposed to the 5 to 6 yards he would align in a normal shotgun formation. The halfback aligns directly behind the quarterback at a depth of 7 yards (See Figure 1). With this setup the offense can run traditional downhill running plays and play action passes that are synonymous with the I formation and it gives the quarterback the benefit of being in the shotgun for regular passing plays. This offense was originated by the current head coach at Nevada and has been a staple of their program for several years now."
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  • Pass_The_Cows
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    • Feb 2007
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    #2
    Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

    Very cool, thanks for the heads up
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    • yanks26ngoin
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      • May 2008
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      #3
      Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

      My question is which playbooks have some pistol in them, even if the teams do not run the pistol offense. I guess the main reason I am asking is because I just want to know if a pistol formation will be in Michigan's playbook because they broke it out a few times last year...
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      • gator3guy
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        • Jul 2004
        • 2233

        #4
        Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

        Originally posted by yanks26ngoin
        My question is which playbooks have some pistol in them, even if the teams do not run the pistol offense. I guess the main reason I am asking is because I just want to know if a pistol formation will be in Michigan's playbook because they broke it out a few times last year...
        Here ya go...
        Over the past few years several teams have used the Pistol as part of their offensive package as it is becoming more and more prevalent in the college game today. Some of these teams include Ohio State, Louisiana State, Florida State, UCLA, Illinois, Baylor and the last two National Champions Florida and Alabama.

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        • BamaBruce
          Banned
          • Nov 2009
          • 957

          #5
          Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

          Hey, you beat the OS guys to it! lol but thanks! Will check it out!

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          • stugotsII
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            • Jun 2008
            • 89

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            Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

            So irritating...this is why EA needs to put in custom playbooks.


            Ohio State ran the pistol A COUPLE TIMES in 2008. EA then put it in there playbooks for the 2010(2009) game. They didn't run the pistol once last year for real.


            So what do the brain surgeons at EA do? They put it in again. Does anyone ever actually watch college football over there?

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            • BamaBruce
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              • Nov 2009
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              #7
              Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

              Originally posted by stugotsII
              So irritating...this is why EA needs to put in custom playbooks.


              Ohio State ran the pistol A COUPLE TIMES in 2008. EA then put it in there playbooks for the 2010(2009) game. They didn't run the pistol once last year for real.


              So what do the brain surgeons at EA do? They put it in again. Does anyone ever actually watch college football over there?


              Ageed! My only complaint with the blog is that it is pretty difficult for me to read shou;d be black on white, not grey on white, silly EA :P

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              • TigerRag
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                • Jun 2010
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                Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

                Originally posted by stugotsII

                So what do the brain surgeons at EA do? They put it in again. Does anyone ever actually watch college football over there?


                Yeah, they totally should have watched every Ohio State game last season just to make sure they did or did not run the pistol lol......I don't blame them for putting it in again honestly. They can't watch every game of every team. I'm sure they just assumed that since they ran it a bit in 08 then they would have ran it a bit in 09...Not a huge deal.
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                • FAIRDALE_KINGS
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                  • May 2003
                  • 778

                  #9
                  Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

                  I hope Louisville has the Pistol in it's arsenal this year. The new coaching staff and Offensive Coordinator Mike Sanford ran a lot... and I mean a lot of Pistol in this year's spring game. The offense should resemble a lot of what Florida does and should mimic the offense that Urban Meyer ran at Utah since Sanford was his OC during the Alex Smith era. It will be intereting to see how exactly they incorporate the Pistol into their Spread philosophy.
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                  • boritter
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                    • Mar 2006
                    • 917

                    #10
                    Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

                    I'm anxious to see which playbooks have updated pistol formations.
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                    • str8artist
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                      • Sep 2009
                      • 1065

                      #11
                      Re: NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

                      You recruit you a speed quarterback while running the pistol that offense can be deadly.
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                      • PantherBeast_OS
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                        • Apr 2009
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                        #12
                        Re: NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

                        Nice read. I'm going to try it when I get the game later on.

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                        • BamaBruce
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                          • Nov 2009
                          • 957

                          #13
                          Re: NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

                          Originally posted by Legend Killer
                          Nice read. I'm going to try it when I get the game later on.
                          agreed. okay now that I got something on topic

                          SWEET avi :P VERY beast!

                          anyway, only time I am likely to use the pistol formation is with Bama, unless my small school or a team I use in RTG happens to have it.

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                          • gohogsfan14
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                            • May 2010
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                            #14
                            Re: NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

                            we better have the pistol in ours since we ran it some last year and will be running it even more this year with nevadas OL coach

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                            • C-A-R-D-S
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                              • Jun 2010
                              • 17

                              #15
                              Originally posted by FAIRDALE_KINGS
                              I hope Louisville has the Pistol in it's arsenal this year. The new coaching staff and Offensive Coordinator Mike Sanford ran a lot... and I mean a lot of Pistol in this year's spring game. The offense should resemble a lot of what Florida does and should mimic the offense that Urban Meyer ran at Utah since Sanford was his OC during the Alex Smith era. It will be intereting to see how exactly they incorporate the Pistol into their Spread philosophy.
                              cant wait to see a lil bit of that in louisville offensive either nothing smells better than a fresh start

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