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Are we really going full-on air raid?

DTP said:
They would play these super wide splits too so pass rushers had to go really wide to get around them. You normally don’t think about huge linemen with a pass heavy scheme but Leach always had huge guys, even if they weren’t great blockers
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Bro be like get in their way u fat barstard. Prolly went exactly like that in the team talk. Lol.

I rememeber Missouri doing similar when they had those really good teams in the Big 12 with the wide splits
 
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Cribby said:
Lining up in a spread with 11 personnel and at the snap growling “ grrrrrrrrr” as you run a lead iso through the A gap is a power spread.
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Don't forget this.
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They are gonna be physical and creative in the run game and they are gonna use TEs heavily so those two things alone mean the offense isn't gonna look like a gimmick all-pass offense for teams that can't recruit from twenty years ago.
 
88 said:
The origins of the Air Raid come from a two minute offense. So it was extremely pass heavy, at pace.

Run schemes are to be kept simple, (No huddle, fast pace) usually with a ton of inside zone relative to other run calls because it matches up with pass protection easily.

As its evolved coaches have added all types of more complicated power run schemes, RPO's, read options etc.

Full-On air raid would probably mean a more primitive early Leach type version.
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I'm aware. The question wasn't aimed at a lack of knowledge of the Air Raid (I know more about it than I should tbh), more at the phrasing of the question.

Full-on-Air Raid can mean a lot, but no team is really 100% Air Raid at this point.

The passing game will consist of a lot of concepts that have emerged via Air Raid such as Mesh, Y Cross, Smash, but the running game will be totally different compared to what Air Raid has usually installed.
 
Hogan said:
I'm aware. The question wasn't aimed at a lack of knowledge of the Air Raid (I know more about it than I should tbh), more at the phrasing of the question.

Full-on-Air Raid can mean a lot, but no team is really 100% Air Raid at this point.

The passing game will consist of a lot of concepts that have emerged via Air Raid such as Mesh, Y Cross, Smash, but the running game will be totally different compared to what Air Raid has usually installed.
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At this point i'll believe the running game will be different when I see it.

We waited for No D's defense to be more aggressive when we had more talent. Never happened

Richt to open up his playbook in conference play. Never happened

Enos to move back to Alabama, shotgun RPO offense. Never happened

Same thing with Gattis,...

Now we're starting to hear Dawson moving to a more gap scheme, powor run game.

It'd make sense with talent on o-line, and a guy like Mario, but for now im expecting a ton of IZ/OZ with an occatioin trap or counter until I see otherwise. That's what Dawson has on film.
 
88 said:
At this point i'll believe the running game will be different when I see it.

We waited for No D's defense to be more aggressive when we had more talent. Never happened

Richt to open up his playbook in conference play. Never happened

Enos to move back to Alabama, shotgun RPO offense. Never happened

Same thing with Gattis,...

Now we're starting to hear Dawson moving to a more gap scheme, powor run game.

It'd make sense with talent on o-line, and a guy like Mario, but for now im expecting a ton of IZ/OZ with an occatioin trap or counter until I see otherwise. That's what Dawson has on film.
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Dawson has more pulls and split runs on tape than people believe.
 
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supacane said:
Bro be like get in their way u fat barstard. Prolly went exactly like that in the team talk. Lol.

I rememeber Missouri doing similar when they had those really good teams in the Big 12 with the wide splits
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Working O-Line splits is an art form with good OLs. You have to be smart enough and discipline enough to change them up so the DL isn't keying on them. Four of us on my college OL started together as freshman, by the time we were sophmores, we used to experiment with splits (and line calls) on away side plays to keep the DL guessing - its one of those games in a game that most people never consider. You either had a DL who just followed your splits, I swear some might have gone to the sideline with me, or the ones who were thinkers you had to bait on occasion. The four of us were undersized, the other guy was massive, and we could generally get a piece of the DL if he jumped back in the gap after we were set. Pluse we did that cool Dallas shift on the set, stand up and go into your stance.

And I'm not fat, I'm big boned.
 
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