One great thing I've notice about Coach Heupel's offense..........

[OffTackleVol]

Rarely does our QB throw to a receiver being covered by more than one defender. Most passes are 1 on 1; that's if our receiver is being defended at all. Think about that; I got used to Gitmo constantly throwing into double, sometimes triple coverage.

 

[BenGrimm]

Not to take away from CJH but some of that is Hooker being able to read the defense and see the field.

 

[OffTackleVol]

Not to take away from CJH but some of that is Hooker being able to read the defense and see the field.

Absolutely, that's what makes this offensive system so unique and productive. QB has to be cerebral, but apparently it's not too complicated.

 

[WillisWG]

CJH creates the mismatch and HH makes the play behind outstanding OL protection and great WRs do the rest. Not much more you can ask for from a passing game.

 

[Tman44]

Heupel's concepts, particularly stacking receivers, usually allows for at least one receiver to get a free release. This system produces open receivers on a regular basis. Throw in some creative wrinkles in the concepts, as well as our receiver's blazing speed, and that is why even the best coaches (Saban) cannot stop our offense. It is truly a thing of beauty.

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Rarely does our QB throw to a receiver being covered by more than one defender. Most passes are 1 on 1; that's if our receiver is being defended at all. Think about that; I got used to Gitmo constantly throwing into double, sometimes triple coverage.

YouTube search Josh Heupel offense.

 

[VOLfrombama]

The reason they use so much motion pre-snap is to identify the coverage, more specifically, identify who is in man coverage or 1 on 1.

In the event that there is double coverage, they will run an option route away from the shaded coverage, opposite of the safety if you will. So if the safety shades the outside shoulder, they run in, and vice versa.

Their entire scheme is based on getting the 1 on 1 match-up, and if they can't, splitting the double team to try and cause miscommunication or even a pick at the intersection of coverage.

This is why Hyatt ran free all night. It's genius.

 

[VolBricks]

So basically Bama needed to have 13 players on defense to cover TN receivers.

 

[butchna]

Not to take away from CJH but some of that is Hooker being able to read the defense and see the field.

The difference between throwers and quarterbacks. Didn’t see that from him at Virginia Tech. For every harm he did the program, this was a gift from Pruitt. Have doubts that Heupel would have brought in Hooker ALONG with his first choice Milton. Also KNOW that Pruitt/Chaney wouldn’t have used him properly.

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

Rarely does our QB throw to a receiver being covered by more than one defender. Most passes are 1 on 1; that's if our receiver is being defended at all. Think about that; I got used to Gitmo constantly throwing into double, sometimes triple coverage.

The offense pretty much requires man coverage.

 

[Orange-U-Glad]

So how do you defend against this offense?

 

[VFL-82-JP]

So how do you defend against this offense?

Let's see if Mark Stoops, Kirby Smart, or Shane Beamer have the answer.

I'm thinking none of them do. But let's see. Should be fun.

Go Vols!

 

[vik]

So basically Bama needed to have 13 players on defense to cover TN receivers.

Well they did have Derek Dooley over there on their sideline, so....

 

[wtmvol]

Here’s a dumb question… with regard to the wide splits and stacking receivers… why doesn’t everyone do this? What’s the downside?

 

[Kristy*]

Not to take away from CJH but some of that is Hooker being able to read the defense and see the field.

And on the flip side, not taking away from Hooker, but some of him being able to read the defenses is coaching. A good coach will get the best out of their players.

 

[chuck0303]

Well they did have Derek Dooley over there on their sideline, so....

LOL.

 

[hillsborovol]

Heupel's offense has reduced the aggressiveness of the opponent's DBs. They are more worried about getting burned by our receivers than making a big play. They are on their heels praying, "please don't throw it to my man."

 

[BenGrimm]

The difference between throwers and quarterbacks. Didn’t see that from him at Virginia Tech. For every harm he did the program, this was a gift from Pruitt. Have doubts that Heupel would have brought in Hooker ALONG with his first choice Milton. Also KNOW that Pruitt/Chaney wouldn’t have used him properly.

I haven’t watched any of Hooker’s games from VT. Seems like I read he held the record there for attempts without an INT.

Would CJH have picked him up? Maybe. Maybe not.

agree no way Pruitt got this production out of him. Chaney if allowed to coach could have made him serviceable but Pruitt would have micromanaged that away.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Here’s a dumb question… with regard to the wide splits and stacking receivers… why doesn’t everyone do this? What’s the downside?

Takes pretty good arm strength to throw all game long to guys who are so far away. You can eliminate probably 75% of all teams just by that.

And then it runs contrary to how most of these coaches learned the game of football. The average head coach is probably around 45-50 years old....the youngest ones are in their late 20s or early 30s, and the oldest are in their late 60s or early 70s.

That means the average head coach was a player about 25-30 years ago. Spreading the field and playing "basketball on grass" existed back then, I mean Josh Heupel is a product of its early-ish application at Oklahoma. But most programs in America were still in the I formation back then, with 21 or 12 personnel, if not 22. Just one receiver on each side of the formation wasn't unusual back then, the way it seems to be today.

So you can knock out three-fourths of the one-fourth that remain because of their background.

So now we're down to one-fourth of one-fourth of all the teams who MIGHT have skilled enough QBs and coaches with an open mind to the concept. 130 teams times 0.25 times 0.25 = 8 teams.

And that's probably about how many are routinely running some version of the air raid / run & shoot / spread these days.

Is there a down side to this style of play? Only to the extent that every choice you make, you leave on the table those choices you didn't pick.

Is this the future of college football? I think so. I think the rules being tweaked so often over the past 50 years to favor the offense have led us to this place. I think the future is a world that looks like what Josh Heupel's doing, only everywhere (or mostly everywhere, there's always an Army and Navy out there clinging to niche systems).

 

[FLVOL_79]

So basically Bama needed to have 13 players on defense to cover TN receivers.

Yes.

 

[LittleVol]

The difference between throwers and quarterbacks. Didn’t see that from him at Virginia Tech. For every harm he did the program, this was a gift from Pruitt. Have doubts that Heupel would have brought in Hooker ALONG with his first choice Milton. Also KNOW that Pruitt/Chaney wouldn’t have used him properly.

Thank him for
Hooker
Hyatt
Tillman
Banks
D Wright....

 

[fossilfiction]

Hope you like it. You are about to see a lot of imitators next year.

 

[Sarms58]

Rarely does our QB throw to a receiver being covered by more than one defender. Most passes are 1 on 1; that's if our receiver is being defended at all. Think about that; I got used to Gitmo constantly throwing into double, sometimes triple coverage.

On at least one of Hyatt's TDs he was 5 yards behind 2 defenders ....

 

[OrangeTsar]

YouTube search Josh Heupel offense.

it’s a gimmick I heard

 

[UT_Tix79]

Every play our receivers have 2 routes based on defense they’re getting. Takes a knowledgeable QB because they have to be on the same page. But it’s extremely difficult to defend as long as everyone is on the same page.