LAST STAND of the Triple Option
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- Explore the career of former Georgia Tech Head Football Coach, Paul Johnson, and his use of the Flexbone, Triple Option offense at the highest level of competition. We examine his time at Georgia Tech and how he was able to modernize a dead offensive style and elevate teams of unheralded recruits to national relevance.
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I'll say this when Coach Johnson left. They hired a new guy who said they need to be more like everyone else. And then lose to Citadel who ran the triple option.
Sort of poetic
Georgia Tech couldn't be like everyone else. Their players weren't good enough to do that at the time.
I actually played keyboard for "Paul Johnson and the Yellow Jackets"
Damn this brought back memories. I was a HUGE Tech fan back in high school and I remember these days like they were yesterday. This was nice to see. Thank you
Thank you for watching. Sounds like we both grew up on GT football!
Lake Geneva Badger High just won the WI D2 state championship with this offense. Set the D2 rushing record vs the best rushing D in the state to boot.
Go Jackets!!
For as old the triple option is it's amazing that it still works today.
Sometimes looking back in history will answer more questions than you think. Funny how many teams run the option in a more modern form these days as well.
@@newage-sports yeah basically the run pass option is just the triple option transformed into a multi pitch option
As someone who went to Navy, the problem with the TO is that you have to consistently get 3-4 yards on every single play. If the QB makes the wrong read or someone misses a block that allows someone to get through and get a TFL the drive is almost completely shot. And if you are only advancing at 5 yards a carry, you have to run that over and over again. If you can get a QB that can run the option, but is also able to throw the ball decently, it can become extremely frustrating for defenses to face. The problem is trying to find that kind of QB that's willing to go to a service academy.
The option used to be used to balance the playing field. Unathletic people could operate in the triple option. Maybe if we put the most athletic people in the offense it could dominate again.
That would be interesting, the offense does get a bad rap with recruits. It would be difficult to get them to buy in.
Coach Ken was no slouch, either!
Advocating for the triple option isn’t a “crusade against tradition”, it’s a crusade against modern convention….option predates modern style by many decades.
Sometimes when I get too high ill listen to Paul Johnson press conferences. His soothing voice always relaxes me.😂
That smooth Carolina drawl
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Next level come down technique 😂
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Paul Johnson is a class act. So proud and happy to have had him at Tech. Sure the records were up and down but he took us to the highest of highs and I thoroughly enjoyed those moments. Plus, c'mon, the triple option was so fun to watch when it was clicking.
Yep, I will never complain about the CPJ experience at Tech
When properly implemented, the triple option was really hard to stop. Generally, it only stopped itself with fumbles or penalties.
As a clemson fan, GT used to frustate the H*** out of me. The triple option mixed with the drop chop blocks was so hard to stop.
@@jimjason5146 Rules on crack back blocks sunk that offense for sure.
The triple-option is still an offense for teams that don't have the talent to run an air raid or a run-and-shoot offense. The fun thing is that you can run it out of the I-formation, pro set, spread, or wishbone. It's all a matter of preparation and trickery. Throw in some passing, and you can make DCs meltdown and make mistakes. We lined up in the wish bone, split out a tight end, put the fullback in motion, and caught the defense in a run defense unprepared for a deep ball. All it takes is imagination.
It’s funny because if you have a big WR you can almost always win vertically out of a flexbone, it forces 1 on 1 matchups with little or no help over top.
@@newage-sports yup and if you can even make them respect the pass game a little bit. Game over triple option wins.
The triple option is the most boring offense of all time. It’s pathetic .
@@williamcowell1889ur pathetic 😂
@@williamcowell1889if scoring bunches of points is boring, you’re right. You know what is actually boring? Running the same offense that everyone else does just because everyone else is doing it.
…I haaaaated playing GT with that triple option. It felt impossible to stop…I don’t understand why more teams don’t run it these days. That shit WORKS lol
I think it’s a pride thing. It’s also true that it makes recruiting top talent a struggle, but good coaching covers for that.
When DEs are studs and lbs are just as fast as rbs making it hard
Jimmy Johnson playing SS as LB’s and LB’s as DE’s against the later stages of the wishbone was the start of the general downfall - defenses got more athletic. I also think people persevere over the fact this offense was run from under center, specifically. Between spread read plays, RPO’s, etc in the modern game, the core concepts of the option still exist and are very prevalent.
I replied elsewhere, the option was meant to get athletes the ball in space, as defenses evolved, ‘how’ to get the ball in space evolved. But the concept remains.
@@ChrisM_1129 yep, everything you just said 💯 FACTS
Synjyn Days 69 yard touchdown in the Mississippi State game will always be the peak of the triple option for me. As an Auburn fan it was so rewarding to see an offensive scheme you love smack a team that smoked you that year.
I watched Synjyn play at Hillgrove HS and knew he was going to be the next great GT Quarterback! It didn’t work out that way but he still put together a fantastic career. He and Laskey were perfect Yin and Yang.
Roddy Jones, Clean, old fashion hate. 54 yard touchdown vs Georgia 2008. 🤫
msu beat AL as well, then lost to GT by 15...has decent qb @ dallas
Thanks for putting that together. GT football under CPJ was a lot of fun (as sometimes frustrating) to watch. I never understood those who were overly critical of the triple option. Not only that, as a fan, I enjoyed CPJ's demeanor and how he handled himself and the team. I think most people would have thrown in the towel a long time ago if they had to put up with all of the negative press he got while in ATL. Not that he needs my validation, but I enjoyed watching what CPJ did while at GT. Thanks for the memories coach!
Absolutely! Always classy. It takes a special kind of person to challenge the status quo and do it as long as he did.
paul johnson was a horrible coach ruined the program
@@justinalley3399 don't know much about football or GT football history huh
He was the worst thing that happened to tech football. He had 1 gd yr and those were Chan Gailey players. Held up for 10 years
@@gooser__43 Facts. Tech has had 4- 11 win seasons in program history. And CPJ had 2 of those seasons
Now Army and even Kennesaw are moving away from the flexbone. To see Army come out in the shotgun against ULM made me question my existence. The flexbone TO is dead in college, it has favorite my favorite offensive since GT first started running it. I just want my fullback dives back.
Yeah, I think there are a couple of ambitious coaches there looking to get an edge into recruiting. We’ll see what happens, but I agree with you.
A year on, Army has transitioned back to a more traditional flex base. They still leverage some flexbone-pistol looks, but way more more like they were prior to the 2023 "modern warfare" experiment. Additionally, it's seeing a ground-swell at lower levels. Cal Poly and the Citadel in FCS, Harding absolutely dominating with it in DII, and a number of DIII and NAIA schools have adopted it. Even non-flex teams have used elements of Johnson's concepts. Kansas under former OC (now at Penn State) Andy Kotelnicki ran a ton of really interesting 3opt looks using both split RBs and by bringing WRs in as WBs on orbits. Really cool and fun stuff.
I would LOVE to see a triple option make a resurgence at the upper levels. Even army and navy are moving away from it now, it's sad. Excellent video
Yep, the service academies are experimenting with other schemes for sure. Just put up a new video, check it out!
Thanks for honoring the Paul Johnson legacy. I still miss Coach Johnson. He gave this old alum some memories to counter those from Coach Dodd. Some great wins and some near misses of what could have been. He deserved better than the grief he took late in his career. He did it his way despite the naysayers. Paul Johnson proved all the critics wrong!
It has definitely been the high point of my time as a fan! I started watching Tech football around 2005.
Great Video! I miss the triple option so much! It’s been straight up painful watching the Jackets over the last 4 years. I had the opportunity to see Johnson coach his last game. It’s been all downhill since then.
CPJ had 2: 11 wins seasons at GT. There have only been 4 total 11 win seasons in program history. Let that sink in for a moment
Can’t argue the numbers!
Well, you can argue that they played a 10 game schedule during Georgia Tech's heydays in the 40's and 50's.
It was fun to watch when he was at tech, as a tech fan it felt good getting made fun of every year but then shutting them up after either beating there teams or coming way closer than we should have. Wish we could bring back this competitiveness at tech. I hope Brent Key is the guy to do it.
I hope you’re right! I always loved taking Georgia down to the wire as a Tech fan, despite expectations most seasons.
Cool vid
Loved me some Nebraska/Tommy Frazier triple option in the early/mid 90s
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I remember when I was a kid in the 70s watching those epic Oaklahoma vs Nebraska cashes I loved those old offensive formations like the wishbone and power information with two halfbacks and a fullback
Yep, you don’t see it much today but I love watching the film from those games too.
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@@modernmalemaniac5766 yes
I'm an Iowa fan and the option offense GR ran in the Orange Bowl against Iowa concerned be a bit as did the 3 3 5 defense GT ran. The time off between the end of conference play and the bowl game gave ol' Norm Parker enough time to go back into his brain's vault and develop a defensive game plan that helped Iowa win that game
If Johnson ever had a decent defense they would’ve been a consistent top 25 team.
Yeah it was spotty over the years. I’d say his best defenses were in his first couple of seasons at GT. It’s no wonder that they were so successful early on
There Defense killed GT. Not offense.
More teams like the military academies should go back to the option to compensate for lack of talent
Can’t disagree, why not give it a try?
As a lifelong Husker fan, I had truly believed Johnson would have been the better hire instead of Frost. Based on our legacy and tradition, I think he could have recruited better in Lincoln and would have had considerable success in the Big10.
Anyone that thinks the triple option is gimmicky, simply doesn’t know what they are talking about! Not only is it exciting to watch, it is enormously fun to run as an offense… and if it translates to wins (especially against more talented competition), there is literally nothing to debate.
It would be interesting to see one of those historically significant programs dial back the clock and get back to the basics. I guess that ship has sailed though, CPJ will probably never coach again.
It's early but Nebraska is a few bad coaching hires away from hiring the AF football coach, the Navy football coach, or Jamey Chadwell (pistol triple option)
Tom Osbourne developed and ran the I-Bone, an I-Formation Triple Option, at Nebraska and won three national championships with it, including blowing out Florida, the dominant SEC power of the time.
No, the option is dead. You can’t win in college football that way anymore.
A lot of people call the Triple Option 'gimmicky' or 'trickery'. There's nothing tricky about attacking where the defense literally isn't ... unless you want to quote the Master-General himself: "All warfare is based on deception." If so, make sure to also quote "Attack weakness, avoid strength."
Sun-tzu will always win, and the Triple Option will always succeed over time, because you force the opponent to make a decision. Once he does, attack the other way.
I’m a UGA fan and always have been. But I respect the hell out of Paul J. Knew his identity and didn’t try to be anybody else
That was a fun rivalry in the Johnson/Richt years, no matter which side you were on.
I want the option to come back to the power 5. As a Duke fan I’d love for our team to hire Jeff Monken or Troy Calhoun. Hell, even Ken Niumatalolo
It will be interesting to see how Duke fares after Elko left. Just put up a new video, check it out!
I used to call it “The Service Academy Option” play.
Funny b/c i walked on at Tech in ‘10, and cracked a vertebrae. NCAA said no, luckily the USAF said yes.
Thanks for your service! I played at Air Force and came on active duty in 2020.
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I wish he was still coaching
Yeah, me too. Unfortunately, I don’t think he could have made a lateral or upward move from GT. He would’ve had to drop to the Group of 5, which I don’t think he was interested in.
I was a student at Georgia Southern University during their championship run under Paul Johnson. GSU had the players to run the triple option at it's finest.
That must have been a blast. The atmosphere there is unmatched!
I remember Justin Thomas. He was committed to Alabama as we were gonna use him as a CB.
Yeah, must have been a difficult decision for him to flip that commitment.
@@newage-sports I think it worked out best for him as the competition was pretty strong at Bama. We recruited Keenan Allen as a safety as well. lol
As s former unc player on that 2008 team that beat GT; we literally took 3 days out of camp and prepared for the options.
Welcome to the channel! That would be interesting to discuss if you ever want to!
I’m a longtime high school coach blessed to succeed and I love the triple! Multiple championships with it in our section in California…
The two biggest what if moments for me during CPJ's tenure was 1) Bay Bay's 4th down dropped pass, 2) if Smelter hadn't gotten hurt in 2014 and got to play in the FSU game. Bonus - if Derick Mills wasn't kicked off the team.
That dropped pass was heartbreaking
Tech needs a Johnson disciple because Tech needs that option back, it worked so well
If Key can’t right the ship in 2-3 years, why not?
I remember those days, every single year they'd say that his style can't win and then he'd win
Paul definitely got the most out of his players!
Even as a UGA fan, I enjoyed watching the triple option when it wasn't worked to perfection against us. I miss when our rivalry was competitive.
Yep, it’s too bad that a 50 point blowout has become the expectation in that game now.
@@newage-sports yeah bc of Paul Johnson
@@danielmathis5410 what has GT done since his retirement? his legacy is completely gone cant blame that. and what about before him? how many 10+ winning seasons did GT have? he had half of them. You are clueless, and if you like "pro" wrestling you are even more of dimwit speaking on things you have no background in.
Men's football is almost never played anymore. The Army-Navy game is the purest game around and it only happens once a year.
I’d argue Air Force is the best of the three, but I may be biased… Just put up a new video, check it out!
Just found your channel. I hope you stick with it. So many sports channels sound like they're narrated by a blockbuster voice over guy or a dumb bro who dissolved his brain cells in natty lite and steroids.
Seriously very professional videos and very good narration. You'll get popular if you stick with it
That’s the plan! I really appreciate that. Stick around to see where we can take it.
The way football is changing ( going soft) deeply saddens me . These offenses are going to go away. I hate it.
No. The game evolves. The troller option/wishbone spread across football in the 60’s(?) and 70’s because it allowed squads like Oklahoma to get their superior athletes the ball in space. The game was played on the periphery of the field for the most part. Further, a great deal of blocking in a lot of schemes is cut blocking which is far easier than squaring a defender up. The flexbone became popular because it allowed for more misdirection via motions, fakes, and counters. This offense was never meant to be smashmouth - it was meant to effectively distribute the ball to playmakers to run in space. Lastly, option football is still very prevalent in college just not on every play from under center.
Out of all the college football I’ve watched (and played, by the by), the triple option is easily the scheme most aesthetically appealing to me. But pretending players today have less mettle because every team doesn’t employ a series of fakes, counters, pitches, and edge runs from under center (because all of these things still happen just not like Oklahoma was doing in the 70’s) is pre-lapsarian nonsense.
This content is legit, man. Can't wait to see your channel blow up in the near future!!
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I never understood why the triple option couldn't integrate a run-pass option as well.
You're right; it should, and it can. Unfortunately, many coaches don't understand the concept.
Remember what Switzer said when asked why Oklahoma didn’t pass more. He said three things can happen when you throw the ball and two of them are bad.
Solid logic there
Darrell Royal said that first.
My memory of the option was that for the option to be successful, you had to throw it 12-15 times per game. This kept the defense from lining up with 8-9 in the box and single covering any wide receivers. Johnson seemed to throw it less and less. You want to take advantage of the single covering of the wide receivers and throw it deep a few times against that single coverage. That’s the one thing I wish Johnson had done, thrown it a few more times. I always thought Johnson was a great coach. I hate that he got pushed out. I would have kept him around. Geoff Collins was a complete disaster.
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I ❤ watching triple-option football...it's a different, entertaining type of offense. You mention Georgia Tech, and folks have mentioned Nebraska in the 90s but there was a third Power 5 school that was known for the triple-option in the 90s...Syracuse. They had some pretty good teams, winning the Big East a couple of times with it. Donovan McNabb came out of that system and had a solid NFL career. The Orange blew up some pretty good teams with the triple-option, Miami being one of them. Once Syracuse moved away from the triple-option, they have generally not been as good since.
Up until last year Kennesaw State was the only other D 1 school in Georgia that still ran the triple option. During their first 8 seasons as a program KSU had a winning record at the FCS level. Up until last year, where they ditched the option and immediately started losing. Yeah, it’s a transition into a new system, but it’s disappointing to see a system that was such a mainstay in the state disappear. It seemed as though they were going to move up to C-USA with option, but not anymore. That just leaves GT.
Love this! Thank you for sharing. I really loved watching these teams!
as a GT alum it was always fun to watch cuz we were different. now they try to emulate everyone else, but just suck. johnson was smart, he knew he had an edge running the triple option because he lacked recruiting. whats crazy though is that good recievers came out at a time when GT ran the triple option (Thomas). no idea why they decided to go to a team that ran that lol
Only 245+ GT games attended...missed 4 home games since Aug, '77...tHwugag
A few things. Paul took Navy to five straight bowls, not six. Tech lost to Air Force in the Independence Bowl, not the Sun Bowl. Tech only played one FCS team (Wofford) in 2014, not three. Tech beat Kentucky in the TaxSlayer Bowl, not the QuickLane Bowl.
A 12 team playoff could have led to a GT/ Paul Johnson playoff appearance three times at least, and probably a championship game. Those moments of clowning dabo swinney, beating FSU, Virginia Tech, UGA...those were some special games.
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As a student of the game, the triple option is a great way to win football games with players who might never be recruited to play at the next level.
It's so cool to see double and triple options... it's sad the NCAA football is all about massive passing...
OUTSTANDING video!!! Very well done.....Football is about blocking and tackling, nothing more, nothing less. Teams who are successful run the ball well and are able to stop the run. The media, the analysts, the armchair coaches and critics have used their position to take potshots at the offense and those who choose to run it. It's OK for the service academies, but it will not work anywhere else. So, these so called "experts" shoot their mouths off at random because it's not exciting anymore, it's not creative enough, it doesn't spread the ball around enough. So, now the Air Force Academy is basically the only school at the D1 #FBS level running an option based offense. Kennesaw State is changing the offense and they will struggle to compete trying to be just like everybody else. Army is evolving and Navy, well, poor Navy does not know who they are anymore.
NEVERTHELESS, the option can be run and is still run will success at many levels of football. Harding University in Arkansas, Salisbury State, Springfield College in Massachusetts are all VERY successful programs who will LOTS of games every year running the option. You either do things BETTER than everyone else or you do things DIFFERENTLY. If you have the best players you can do whatever the heck you want, if you do not, well you better be creative running the ball and stopping the run.
Once again, GREAT VIDEO, very enjoyable. Two thumbs up!!!!
Thanks so much! I appreciate that and some really keen insight there. Especially in the Group of 5 I don’t see why more teams don’t make the switch.
Great video! But just a heads up, GT did not start 2014 against 3 FCS schools. The played one FCS school in Wofford, followed by Georgia Southern (Sunbelt) and Tulane (AAC). Tulane was awful but Georgia Southern went 9-3 and won the Sunbelt! A very good win by the end of the season.
Georgia Tech needs to grow up and start running air raid
I love the air raid offense. I’d be interested to see it at GT!
16:22 Watson was hurt in that game. Still credit to tech for winning though
The triple option is alive and well at Navy, Air Force, and Army. Also very alive in the high school game.
Yeah, I think the offense has a long future ahead at the service academies. Just put up a new video, check it out!
I love Calvin. I'm a lifelong Lions fan so...but my favorite GT player of the last few years was Johnathan Dwyer
I was a big fan of Zach Laskey and Synjyn Days playing B-Back a few years after Dwyer
"LET'S GO OUT THERE FOR 60 MINUTES...AND GET US SOME RESPECT!" Love CPJ. Fantastically accurate production, sir!
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Don’t forget about Mike Ayers and his Wing T triple option offense that he ran at Wofford College for 30 years.
It was nice to believe that we actually had, “A Shot”, with anyone we played. With him, we did.
Overall, I'm high on the PJ era at tech, but as time went on it was clear IMO that the more elite teams could still overpower tech (eg LSU, Iowa, maybe one or two others). I recall that in his first year or two, PJ had some of Gailey's recruits, and PJ did more with this high level talent (Nesbit, Dwyer) than Gailey could ever do. Then it seemed like PJ couldn't get quite that same level of talent, but the offense was mostly good and tech would 'over achieve', and then get into a bowl and sometimes get clobbered by a physically superior team (although I do recall Tech beating Miss State one year, that was a great bowl win). The biggest problems with the TO are IMO that the quarterback really takes a beating (high likelihood of injury), and that to do it well really requires elite level talent (but the elite talent mostly want to play in a traditional 'pro style' offense). But when the TO is clicking, it is really fun to watch.
They became stuck in the 12-20 ranking area. I agree that they would never be able to make a real championship run, but they were consistently in the second or third tier. Just put up a new video, check it out!
You played at Air Force?
Yep! 2016-2018
Respectfully, the lack of mention of some of the best triple option linemen to play in the system (specifically SB champion and Pro-bowler Shaq Mason) is rather upsetting. I played at Navy during the 2016 season and watched a lot of their film in the off-season and to bypass that offensive line, especially in their up years, is a travesty.
I don’t disagree. Shaq Mason was awesome, as was Omoregie Uzzi. I enjoyed watching them a lot! Just put up a new video, check it out!
I also grew up a Georgia Tech fan but was a freshman at Georgia Southern in 1998. Obviously, the Flexbone is close to my heart. I really appreciate this comprehensive, "ode" to Coach Paul Johnson. Thank you!
I fell asleep....what happened?
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That 2014 match between Georgia Tech and at that time, first year FBS program Georgia Southern was legendary.
42-38 final.
Yeah that was a really fun game. It’s too bad southern transitioned away from the option too! Just put up a new video, check it out!
That flex bone is a beast offense
I enjoyed it. Just put up a new video, check it out!
VT would have more acc championships if it wasn't for GTs triple option. This is the only offense Bud Foster couldn't figure out. He had to go to Iowa in the off-season to see how Iowa destroyed GT in their bowl game the previous season.
The biggest problem with the triple option at the ACC level is that teams with physically superior athletes on the D-line in particular could often snuff it out. LSU and Iowa really pounded Tech. It's basically like the TO let tech over-achieve, reach their top potential--but then they'd go to a bowl game against a team that had the type of speed and athletes to not get beaten on those various sweeps and TO handoffs...It would never happen, but if a Bama or UGA ran the TO, they would slaughter everyone. But these schools would never do it, knowing that the other sec schools would say, 'that guy's running some gimmick offense, come join our pro-style offense...'.
Huge GT FLEXBONE FAN
Love it, I am too!
I'm a Husker fan and the absolute worst team we had between 1970 and 2001 would slaughter the best teams we had from 2017-23
I wish Johnson was our coach
That would have been an interesting hire. I think Nebraska can win 8 or 9 next year though. Just put up a new video, check it out!
I think Brent Key knows what he's doing
Loved watching mid 90’s Nebraska teams dominate….it’s unfortunate that it’s essentially impossible to get a program full of elite talent to commit to running the option…you could absolutely win the natty today with the right players
Very well made video my man
I appreciate it! Keep an eye out for the next one.
Ive been a fan of Georgia tech football ever since that 220-0 victory over Cumberland college.
You’ve been around for a long time! Just put up a new video, check it out!
Football was better when triple option and 3 yards and a cloud of dust was the norm. I miss watching phenom running backs dictate offensive success. The glorified 7 on 7 passing league we have now is a bastardization of the game.
It is a little sad to see how devalued the runningback position has become in the NFL, but even in college to some extent.
Paul Johnson as OC under the great Erk Russell from '85 and '86 was called the "Ham Bone" due to Tracy Ham was the Quarterback and the general who ran that offense to Perfection!!!!!
Being a Tech fan is rough
It has its ups and downs for sure.
Never forget Tech taking a Dump on Mississippi state in the Orange bowl. I was there and the State fans really thought they’re were going to steam roll them.
One of my favorite games ever! I just put up a new video, check it out.
Jonathan Dywer could been a contender with the Steelers.. But we don't play rookies or any young players until it's their contract year and then they play good and we can't pay them and they leave and we draft another god damn receiver and and and and pretty soon we turn into the Cleveland Browns east. Krikey
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Great coach! Triple option ain’t dead, it’ll come around again. It’s weakness is winning from behind.
I agree completely. I just put up a new video!
😖I will never forget that blocked field goal being returned for a touchdown…I was CRUSHED lol🤬😂
You weren’t the only one!
I felt like you could run it out of the pistol.
I played for Army in the mid 1990’s and love the bone. When run properly it can level the playing field for teams like the service academies against the premier D1 schools. I like Paul Johnson but the academies were running that offense before him.
some of these schools need to bring it back. they were actually competitive, now they go 3-9 every season
I’d like to see somebody try it. Just put up a new video, check it out!
Just came here to say fuck this offense it’s a nightmare to defend and watching it was worse.
Yeah, definitely not for everyone! Just put up a new video, check it out!
I went to that orange bowl game. I'm an Iowa fan. Norm Parker's defense was amazing
Yeah, that was a great defensive game. Probably one of the best game plans I’ve seen against the option.
Not going to lie I was happy when he retired. Nobody wanted to play the triple option.
Yep, that’s what made it so fun! GT always had a chance. Just put up a new video, check it out!
Huge UGA fan. Biggest problem with triple option tech was the recruiting.. hard to convince high caliber high-school players to come in a triple option system. Still think Ole Fish Fry was a good head coach and glad we don't have to face the triple option anymore.
I think yall got a good one in Coach Key.
The recruiting thing was a struggle. However, an underrated part of what made tech a difficult place to recruit at, and what I will give Collins a bit of credit for, is the fact that boosters saw Paul was able to win with less, and funding stopped coming through.
Now, Geoff had a top 25 class ready to go in 2021, until he went 3-9 for the 3rd straight year, causing all those guys to decommit and talent like Gibbs to transfer out.
Key is a breath of fresh air, a bit of an awkward goofball to the media who breathes football. The thing I feel is right with key is how he's been able to hire his staff, and bring positions we haven't had in almost 20 years. I really do think the gap might be starting to shrink again, and I'm excited for tech football again.
I’m excited to see what he can do
The best summary of what the Flexbone/Wishbone Triple Options is comes from my best friend. He was an All-State QB who ran it. He turned the program around with it, from nearly being canceled to a powerhouse. Later, as a coach, he would use it to win our high school it's first state championship in fifty years. He called it football's knuckleball.
"You will win you games with it that you shouldn't even be competitive in. And it will lose you games you circle as an automatic win on the calendar in June. Just like throwing a good nuke will give you a chance to strike Barry Bonds out, you will also give up home runs to backup shortstops hitting below the Mendosa Line."
Johnson deserves a lot of credit for running it.
I was at that Georgia v Georgia tech game where my dogs were up 24-12 at half and lost in the rain in overtime. Those were not the days
I was there too, one of my all time favorite college football games. I can imagine that it would be tough for a Dawgs fan…
The downside to the triple option is trying to make it into the NFL.
Yeah, I don’t think you’ll ever be able to pay a QB to run the option. Just put up a new video, check it out!