Spurrier at UF vs. USC

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BIG BOI 23

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anybody else surprised he hasnt gotten a real good passing game going yet? i mean at UF we always had pretty good QB's great WR's always a damn good pass game but at USC while he's done well and totally turned the program around its nothing like the fun n gun offense we had

is it problems getting the right QB or that offense just dont work anymore in the sec? maybe recruiting those great wr's was easier in fla?
 
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I believe the general opinion's that he's given up on the fun 'n gun style, sometime in the last year(s)
 
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BIG BOI 23 said:
anybody else surprised he hasnt gotten a real good passing game going yet? i mean at UF we always had pretty good QB's great WR's always a damn good pass game but at USC while he's done well and totally turned the program around its nothing like the fun n gun offense we had

is it problems getting the right QB or that offense just dont work anymore in the sec? maybe recruiting those great wr's was easier in fla?
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I think defenses have caught up to the fun and gun, just a little at least.

But he also is not getting the players he had at UF. Like you said, getting them was easier in Florida. You wouldnt have to twist my arm to get me to stay in state and play in the SEC, and compete for Championships. But to get me to leave the state and play a SCjr, and play for a chance to possibly steal a championship. . . . that is a tougher sell.

I think he is doing a great job under the circumstances.
 
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He certainly transformed his offensive style to conform to the talent he has available. He just really hasn't had a QB worth a flip in his tenure there to create another super pass offense
 
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Connor Shaw is pretty good. It'll be interesting to see what Spurrier does this year with a real QB
 
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He still incorporates all of his old stuff into his passing game. Nearly identical terminology. It's all of the 3-5-7 SEMI, Corkers, Righty/Lefty stuff. The big difference is by the schematic appearance and the complete abandonment of his blocking and running schemes. The dude got to NFL and was destroyed by zone blitzing. The lead-draw based game was largely a thing of the past from the way he ran it, or teams just simply caught on. Helped when he was swimming in talent. Coincidentally, you are seeing the resurgence in it from diamond sets. Not sure if he figured that out yet. I think it is more along the lines of people figuring out what he did after Jim Johnson abused him. Not that it wasn't revolutionary, it was, but when you have everyone copying your schemes, and you refuse to change them, you can't stay on the top forever. There is always a story from when he diagrammed a play at a coaching clinic. Spurrier labeled a play called Mills and showed what the QB's read was. A coach asked, "Coach, what if they blitz that guy?" Spurrier replied with, "They'll never do that." Old ball coach was too stubborn to figure his fault until he had Pat Ramsey trying to throw the ball to Derrius Thompson and Darnerian McCants.
 
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