You keep saying I was "the child left behind" I was actually an honors student & graduated among the top 5 percentile in my class. I could guarantee you I'm more academically accomplished than you.
FSU is one example of where the offense they run is more affected by the personnel than the scheme, but for your one FSU example I can easily counter that with Memphis, UCF, Baylor, SMU, La Tech, Boise St, San Diego St, App St & countless others that do run different variations of the Spread offense & have had high level productivity & success while not having elite OL recruits. And look no further than USC & LSU, both teams changed their offensive philosophy this season from a more traditional pro style to a more Spread & Air Raid concept layden team and their offensive numbers skyrocketed in comparisons to the past.
Our OL issues are largely in part because of the scheme we run, if we ran a faster pace scheme that focused on tempo with more Spread formations as opposed to bunch & under center formations you would see less sacks & less pressures upfront because the ball would be out of the QB's hands much quicker in faster developing plays.
You're using the OL as a crutch to make an excuse for the offense under performing, change the scheme & the play calls around & they would be less of a liability. If Richt & Enos both had the exact same problem while running virtually the exact same offense, wouldn't it make more sense to run a different offense??
The Spread works, regardless of your OL, it works better with good OL as does all offenses, but there's simply no denying that the Spread offense works based on dozens & dozens of years of college football history with teams effectively running multiple variations of those concepts & winning championships with it, as recent as last year & as far back as the 90's. There's plenty of data that shows what the offense does & how effective it is & the numbers don't lie.
