Texas A& M film

Coach Graham,

I will see if I can come up with some games for you on DVD. A&M with McNeal at QB featured speed option from a number of different looks this season. With McGee at QB against Texas they ran a lot of veer and load from the gun with McGee being a much more physical runner, which apparently surprised the Texas defense, as they seemed to have difficulty with their assignments much of the day.

I'll see what I can come up with coach and will get back to you.

Dave Hartman
CYFL Coach

Actually, A&M ran plenty of gun option with Reggie at QB, just not much true veer triple option.

Only game you'll see that before texas is the Kansas State game. The K-State game was the first game where they really used Jorvorskie Lane extensively in a two-back set, and it helped their option game tremendously.
They went away from that during the Iowa State game, the next game, inexplicably.

When McNeal went down with a high ankle sprain against OU, they went back to it, and used it to beat down OU's defense, and do the same with texas.

The way McNeal and McGee ran the option was different. McNeal would attempt to play the DE more, making him make a decision. McGee would attack the DE, basically forcing him to take him as his read, and then pitch to the pitchman, Courtney Lewis. It put a lot more pressure on defenses when McGee ran it, b/c he did it so quickly.

I would suspect that Florida must run it coach, since Fran's staff spent a lot of time working with Coach Meyer's staff last off-season in expanding their option game out of the gun.

Dave Hartman
CYFL Coach

Coach, I would be interested in your A&M tapes since I'm checking out the 1/2 Back Spread Option. Please send me your list to santiagohec@yahoo.com and hopefully, we can work out a trade.

Thanks.

Coach Graham (ucbears90),

Please check your private message box on this site coach or e-mail me at dhartman@hartmandistributing.com.

Dave Hartman
CYFL Coach

Coach I just got back from Texas A&M's clinic. Great staff, great hosts. Got some good ideas on veer from the gun. In fact we are going to add this to what we teach at our option camp/clinic this summer. A Texas High school coach made a nneat presentation on running midline from the gun at the clinic. The camp is in Pottstown, PA. For more information e-mail me at ajw15@scasd.org

Coach,

They do read the DE as in veer under center. We run it very much like they do in that the Q's first step is a position step about 45 degrees into the LOS. The second step is a long ride step towards the LOS as the RB and Q mesh. They take an additional sort of skip step after the ridde step which tales the Q closer to the LOS. Aiming point for the RB is the outside cheek of the guard.. Our Q's feel that it is an easier read than the under center veer.