Run the ball guy has to love this.
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They are like an ancient link to an otherwise extinct form of offense in college football. Once their coach retires, history will cover the rest of triple option football with the sands of time. Sad.
Louisville didn't make them punt once I do have to say I do miss the fullback dive out of the option
The service academy guys are still around. It’s the last great hold of option football.
Georgia Tech hasn't always had the players to run the option effectively. But their offense has never been the problem. I don't know if Paul Johnson has ever had a good defense. If anything I think Georgia Tech has proven the option can still work in today's game. I think a lot of the older schemes that used to work back then can still work now. Just because it went out of style doesn't mean it can't be effective.
The ramblin’ wreck! Man they had a couple good teams in the 90’s! Who was their coach that beat Osborne in the ‘91 Citrus Bowl?
Air Force used to do it as good as anyone back when Fisher DeBerry was around. It was thought that when G Tech hired Paul Johnson, they might turn into a power house because most teams would have trouble with them, and Johnson would recruit even better athletes than what the Academies could get, the Yellow Jackets were going to be a force to be reckoned with.
It's a great offense and obviously could be a difference maker if elite athletes were abundant in the system like back in OU's glory days of running the wishbone. But neither the Academies or G Tech will probably ever win a NC with it, and when Johnson, Niumatalolo, and Monken retire, who's to say what coach will still run it. Maybe it makes a comeback to a championship level someday, that would be fun to see.
Bobby Ross. Went on to coach the Chargers after that, I think he even went to the Super Bowl with the Chargers.
Loved Joe Hamilton in the late 90s as well. Had to look up how he did post-GT, ended up becoming the first player to earn both a Super Bowl ring (IR for Tampa Bay after an torn ACL in NFL Europe) and ArenaBowl ring.
Paul Johnson needs a defense and he might be pretty good. I think at a championship level you’re going to need more of a threat through the air as well. Good teams will stack the box and shut it down so 8 passes wont do.
Agreed and I think that's a lot of what Osborne did in the 90's. The best part of running the option was the option pass that always seemed to leave a receiver wide open for a long touchdown.
I don't think Paul will stray much from what he's doing, old dogs don't always learn new tricks.
