NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

[nevadawp]

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

He wasn't just the OL coach, Chris Klenakis was the Offensive Coordinator the last two years. He was also instrumental in the continued development of the Pistol. The Razorbacks got a steal IMO.

I'm excited they added the Read Option to the Pistol this year as that's really become a staple of the offense for Nevada. I think it's superior to the Shotgun Spread Read Option because A. It doesn't tip your hand to the direction of the play and B. The HB is running up field, not side to side.

I'm hoping they added some of the mis-direction, fly sweeps, and pre-snap motion as well. An aspect of the Pistol that's often overlooked is the fact that there is offense directly behind and in FRONT of the QB. When you flash that WR or TE in front of the QB there's always the chance he's going to quickly hand it off to the motion man. They did that a lot more last year and it can really play havoc with a defense if it's executed correctly.

[kkman187]

Re: Offensive Style; Pistol Ea Blog

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

I always do! To quick for them.

[jspray34]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

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.

Any idea to how many sets might be in Bama playbook? or the certain formations?

[ngw411]

Any idea to how many sets might be in Bama playbook? or the certain formations?

Alabama needs the pistol and the Wildcat formation added

[jello1717]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

As I'm sure most of you already know, there's even a generic pistol playbook (as well a generic playbook for all 8 offensive styles) in the game this year.

[Shade]

Re: NCAA Football 11 Blog: Offensive Styles - Pistol

I might actually try the pistol out this year. Usually I stick to pro style or one back but I am liking what I have seen in the demo and on videos.