canes1996
Eternal Optimist
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I was well into a YouTube rabbit hole recently watching old UM games when I noticed that, especially during the Erickson era, we looked to be running a “spread-like” offense. Plenty of quick passes to both receivers and backs, 4 and 5 wide, etc. However, I am nowhere near well-versed in the nuances that go into offensive systems. As such, can anyone help me better understand how close that style of offense was to the current type of spread for which we are clamoring?
Also, if we were running something close to a spread way back then, why would it be so foreign a thought to do so now when it is so much more prevalent?
(Mods, if this can be incorporated into and already-existing thread, by all means....)
Also, if we were running something close to a spread way back then, why would it be so foreign a thought to do so now when it is so much more prevalent?
(Mods, if this can be incorporated into and already-existing thread, by all means....)