Seems like a lot of RPO-based offenses are really struggling to execute this year. Have defenses caught up to it? Coaches asking too much of players who aren’t on the level necessary to make the reads and execute it?
Those same teams seem to be so committed to the RPO that they can’t go back to executing a downhill running/play action game when they need to.
Everything in college football is cyclical. From what I’m seeing this year, most teams could get the most out of their talent by running the kinds of offenses we saw in the early 2000s—no one fires their OL off the ball from a 3-point stance anymore. Even some of the most talented defenses seem to be getting gashed more and more by predetermined runs between the tackles.
Those same teams seem to be so committed to the RPO that they can’t go back to executing a downhill running/play action game when they need to.
Everything in college football is cyclical. From what I’m seeing this year, most teams could get the most out of their talent by running the kinds of offenses we saw in the early 2000s—no one fires their OL off the ball from a 3-point stance anymore. Even some of the most talented defenses seem to be getting gashed more and more by predetermined runs between the tackles.
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