I had to laugh when they were interviewing Tim
by TWO (2019-06-29 17:45:04)

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and he said that after Terry Andrysiak went down in '87 that they had to run the wishbone because Tony Rice wasn't ready to throw the ball. I think Lou did run some full house in the red zone, but I don't remember any wishbone.

I remember Holtz running a lot of full house
by jt  (2019-07-01 01:43:14)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I think that he did have the wishbone in there and ran that against teams in 86 and 87, but I'm not positive.

He could always find the bubble--his whole running game philosophy boiled down to (basically) the defense having to have an odd number of guys to one side (5) and that if he could find a way to run to that bubble he could consistently get yards. The full house/double tight is the best way to force them to tip their hand and it gives you possibly two lead blockers out of the backfield (assuming no fake).
Rice scored in the '88 Miami game out of the wishbone. *
by Carlos Huerta  (2019-06-30 11:15:59)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

He probably just meant....
by supernd  (2019-06-29 22:09:49)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That they ran alot of option.