SMASHMOUTH Football!

Smash mouth football, if I ever get the big fullback I might resort back to some smash mouth football, but we play with little scat backs. As the game evolves we want to spread people with the passing game and option attack both from underneath the center and from the gun. Don't want defenses ganging up on us. Coach CAmpbell

The mental part of a power running team is what I love. Again Im not one to beat my head against a brick wall by running at a loaded box but I do love the thoughts of lining up and pounding ppl.

rigomez,
The wing-t is most definetly a smash mouth type of offense in my opinion. Yes the offense is based on misdirection but anyone who has ever played against a great wing-t team knows that the power plays in this offense are nothing but smashmouth.

Rigo-When I was playing, we were a 100% smash mouth running team, and we did something similar. There were no stickers for TD's, receptions, yards rushing, other flashy stuff, etc. We only had stickers for pancakes! And they were great because the sticker actually had a stack of pancakes with butter and syrup. We loved them, and like you, everybody wanted one--even QBs and WR's. In fact, my senior year, 4 of us tied for the most stickers, so we all got the pancake trophy--a spatula with a pancake sticker and a name plate--hokey, yes, but we were proud to receive them (in fact I still have mine).

However, as a coach, I've learned that the best way to have success is to gain a numbers advantage. So now, while I still LOVE to run the ball, I'd rather do it in a way that gives us the best numbers advantage.

Case in point: In our league, many of the teams run essentially the same defensive scheme. Against any 2 back formation, you'll generally get an 8 man front with 3 deep. This means we're outnumbered in terms of blockers 7 to 8 in the box, but we force them into something close to single coverage outside. However, against any 1 back formation, you'll generally get 5 or 6 in the box (depending on whether you have a TE or a WR as the 4th receiver). This means we've got equal numbers in the box (5 on 5, or 6 on 6), but they've got 7 or 8 men in good position to cover the pass. As you can imagine, we'd prefer to run when we're 5 for 5 than when we're 7 for 8. So, I guess it doesn't look like smash mouth football, but we sure get a lot of yards/points on the ground!

Yes:
That was almost a religious experience to watch that drive. Even in that spread option set, zone dive and midline (with SB's leading the QB against a LB) is real smashmouth, just as Wing-T bucksweep or FB Dive is.
Grace Alone,
Greg B

Although we are a multiple offense and don't really appear "smashmouth" running with 2 RB, 1 TE, and 2 WR, I can assure you that the moment we feel our running game cannot be stopped, we will Iso, double dive, and toss the other team to death and never look back.

I love all aspects of offensive football, but there is nothing that I love more than watching someone establish the power running game and just blow the defense off the ball. This is (to me) much more entertaining than watching the spread offenses or Urban Myer shotgun running attack.