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How the game has evolved.
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How the game has evolved.


Jan 1, 2023, 7:42 AM

Everybody knows the secret to being elite is to score, score, score. Teams are spreading the field out and throwing the ball more. "Get the ball to an athlete in space."

Mike Leach is getting due praise for changing the game with the air raid offense. (Sonny Dykes is from the Leach coaching tree.

But, here is what struck me after watching the games yesterday.

How the game is the same: The game is still won in the trenches. Whichever line dominates wins.

How the game is different: Ten and twenty and thirty years ago teams won with dominant OL. FSU and Bama won by having dominant DLs that destroyed opposing QBs. "Meet me at the QB" was the theme. Today, teams are winning by having dominant OL. You have to protect the QB. You have to open holes for RB. Mike Leach (and Art Briles) never got enough credit for their OL. Both guys spread the ball all over the field. Both used 4 WRs and 1 RB. Both went to empty sets. But, both had an OL that could protect the QB on pass plays and "put a hat on a hat" and move the DL when the box was light.

The game has changed. You want to be elite? I don't care what your offensive scheme is, or your game plan. Throw it 50 times? Run for 250 yards? Doesn't matter. If you don't have an outstanding OL you aren't elite. Skill guys get all the glory. But, without the Big Uglies, they don't.


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