Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
This manual provides you with the full offensive line, receiver, and quarterback mechanics for installing each offensive play presented. Coach Campbell has left no stone unturned for implementing today’s Pistol Offense into your program.
I've read some of your material on the Mid Line Option, and I like what I see. I am interested in running this concept, with a bit of a different approach. I'd like to run a Mid Line Option with the tailback as the second option. See the post on "Double Dive" in this forum and my description of how we run our "Belly" play out of the "I" for detail.
What I would like to do is run the FB the same as you do in your base midline, but then have the second read be a give to the tailback off-tackle as opposed to having the QB take the ball himself. Our QB is not the best runner, but he is experienced and intelligent enought to make the reads.
Do you see any problems with this, and do you have any suggestions that might help?
Coach Campbell showed us this play, it is called the falcon scheme. We run this from the stack I, and a trips bunch tight formation. TE, TB, Z rec. TE is online, TB is 1 x 1, Z is 1 yard outside tight end. Qb reads 3 tech. If he gets a pull read, he stays flat and gives the ball to TB. From stack, you get your second back leading the TB. From the bunch or I, your TB ends up following the TE on a fold scheme. We had some success with this play. We also run falcon keep off of this look with QB pulling from the TB if outside invert is falling in. We always read the 3 tech. I believe this play is in Coach Campbell's option manual.
Coach, University of Wisconsin-River Falls runs this, but they do it off of wishbone. They felt their QB was not fast enough to hit in b gap so they would hand it off to the RB with the play-side HB isoing play-side LB. They read it just like midline. Great play!
Do you know who I can contact there, or where I might find some game film of this? I am very interested in running our "Belly" play (see the "Double Dive" thread in the Running Game Forum) with this midline look!