Option/ Run & Shoot

Very easily. Run your option out of double slot, which is the original run and shoot formation. If you know how to teach the windows, hot routes, and reads, you will have an unstoppable offensive attack. The best offenses in football combine either an option/wing-t attack with a passing game. Look at Utah. Urban Meyer took the veer, ran it out of the run, and combined it with a great passing game. The result-- 500 yards of total offense/game. I hope this helps and look forward to discussing this further.

Hey A:
Just got your online name...do ya' think you might want a new one?
The article I was writing about is on the Chuck and Duck website on the first page and is by Will Veatch. It looks at taking spread or flexbone option and adding run and shoot wrinkles to it. I have read it before and it seems to make sense...atleast to an amature.
Grace Alone,
Greg B

I have an afca article by the former coach at Georgetown in the early 90's when they ran a spread option RnS combo, got it from Ted Seay. If you would like it leave your email

Hey UC Bears:
I too would love to have a peek at this article. I remember seeing some similiar things in Scholatic Coach in the early 90's.
Grace Alone,
Greg Bailey
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UC Bears:
Thank you for the article. On cursory glance it seems very helpful.
My original post on this sounds really rough. What I intended to say was that when Weatherbie was the HC at Navy (wondered what happened to him, seemed like a wonderful coach who had some sorta' meltdown) and Johnson had just left to go to GaSo, I sent an email to the Navy staff and they sent me a little packet on their basic package which included things on run and shoot packages. It included long motion bubble options and option routes for receivers off of short roll action. I don't know who was the OC for those couple of years-before Hudspeth spent his year there-but it was easy to understand and helpful atleast for an amature.
Grace Alone,
Greg B

Weatherbie is at Louisiana-Monroe.Ricky Bustle,former offensive coordinator at Virginia Tech, is at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Coach,

I would love the spread option/run and shoot article.

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Thanks,

Yes, Georgetown ran this from 1990 - 2005. Many National Titles and playoff appearances. The only time they changed offenses is when Bob Brush came in 93-96 and the program took a turn for the worse.

red Faught, run and shoot genius, teamed with Kevin Donnelly in 90 to bridge the wishbone option offense and the R&S offense together. It worked quite well. G-town runs same offense today under Bill Cronin. Kevin Donnelly coaches at St. Frances IN and the two teams met up in the NAIA semi-finals... both running identical offenses. Faught was at the game - rooting for the Offenses.


I run a similar offense with emphasis on midline and belly option - not the triple, as i think it takes a ton of coaching and our QB is not that athletic. I run the belly option, simply because i run the belly, which is our only true power play out of our double slot. along with the basic run and shoot passing plays, we throw hitch, fade, and comeback. To me the midline is easier to teach and perfect than the veer.

tigers57,

As a coach who has run both the R & S and the veer option, agree fully that the midline is easier to teach because of the proximity of the read to quarterback.

Coach Easton