Feasible plan ?

I run the air raid passing system and I find we need to spend most of our time on the passing game which leaves us little time for the run game. simple trap and draw is all that is needed when you are a passing game. the run game should be used to take advantage of a defense which unloads the box and puts everyone in coverage.

look at college teams coached by mumme, hatcher and leach. they all have a very simple run game from a spread set
look at northwestern, they had a great running attack from shotgun and there passing game was used to take advantage of the defense. they were a sound quick game and they sprinted out alot. they did some dropback but not alot.

you cannot serve two masters. pick one and hang your hat on that is my opinion.

bowling green does not run the air raid offense.
they run a spread attack inwhich they run a quick game, sprintout game, some bunch and some dropback. plus they have a solid run game.

people need to understand that the air raid offense is very different from the spread offenses.

while there are some similar concepts the air raid is leads and bounds ahead of most spread teams.

also one must take into consideration what h.s. kids can do and what college kids can do.

the air raid is essentially the old byu offense which is much different then the spread offense.
the spread offense is a 2 back offense(qb and rb) inwhich one tries to control the box. run when you are plus 1 or pass when you can block your 6 against there six.

the air raid is essentially a 5 wr offense just 2 are lineup in the backfield. the air raid offense is a very simple offense at its core. 1 pass protection scheme. man protection with the backs responsible for the lbers. if you look at what hal mumme preaches you have a passing game which takes the majority of your time and you use a run game which is simple to complement it. BYU the draw trap was the heart of there running attack. the air raid really only cares how many people are in the box you there can adjust there pass protection 5 6 or 7 man protection. the air raid is a passing offense and spread is really just a offense which seeks balance. the air raid you are going to hang your hat on the passing game and that is not the case in the spread. sure there are some spread team which lineup and want to pass on everydown but most seek a balanced attack to keep the defense off guard. IMO it comes down to mentality.

what I donot like is people saying every spread team is a air raid team. that is just not simply the case.

I didn't mean that Bowling Green ran the Air Raid system. I've sit down with them so I knew better than that. What I was saying is that they have a good balance of throwing and running. Like you said they throw the quick game really well, sprintout and a little 5 step. They also run the option well so I think you can do both.
The Air Raid system is not really that complex. It's just a core group of plays that have patterns tagged to make it look a lot more sophisticated. What Leach and Mumme both do is drill the heck out of the few passess they have. They both also have an outstanding screen game that is how they get the ball on the perimeter a lot. Their philosophy goes back to the West Coast offense in that they want to get the ball into their ATHLETES hands as quickly as possible. The speed in space concept. It is really just the BYU offense out of the 2 back gun most of the time. Leach has started going to the 1 back and has also put in a jet sweep series. To me you can still run this offense with the option incorporated if you run the outside zone. The blocking wouldn't change except for leaving the pitch man alone. The thing is if you take Mumme's team for exaple: Do you want Tim Couch running the option (maybe if you're Bill Curry) or do you want to throw the screens to your fastest players to get the ball outside? If you have a QB that can really run the rock then you might want him running the option. You have to be able to be adaptable and do what is going to get the most out of your talent.

they tell you it is a easy offense (the air raid) but when you get into the inside group of guys who have worked on the air raid offene it is as complex as any other offense. If you take to hart the 3 base plays which hal alaways lectures on then it can be simple. but if you want to run the whole offense it gets complex.

get the tony franklin fcpga tapes and what tony franklin talk. he is very open inregards to the kentucky offense. still he does not share all.

no i do not know of h.s. which are doing this offense.

lets face it most of your h.s. are not going to throw the ball so only a limited few run this.