Comments on: Click…Click…”Thug Life”

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:46:37 +0000

With Pryor , and the depth at WR ……these formantions should be effective if executed well.

By: sportsMonkey

sportsMonkey — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:13:00 +0000

Seth, et. al:

>>A Buckeye team with a ‘fast’ offense?<<

Was listening to a little Buckeye history on the radio this afternoon, and was reminded that Tressel ran some pistol in late 2005, Smith’s first year as a starter. IMO, that was the best offense of Tressel’s career here – after Smith took over from Zwick, OSU plowed through the Big Ten and the Fiesta Bowl (ND)… nobody was able to contain that offense.

In 2006, Smith stopped being used as a runner, and Tressel changed to a spread pro set, where they’ve been ever since. It’ll be nice to have a 2005-ish offense.

By: Seth

Seth — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:02:59 +0000

Mark, You’re correct, he is closer. Not only does this allow him to stand taller and see the field as you said, it also gets the ball into his hands faster than a true shotgun snap would. All good things. A Buckeye team with a ‘fast’ offense? And people say Tress doesn’t shake things up

By: Eleven Warriors » Suspensions and Other Camp News

Eleven Warriors » Suspensions and Other Camp News — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:00:59 +0000

[...] In addition to some Pony sets, the Buckeyes have been looking at the Pistol formation. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:59:50 +0000

In the pistol, I think the QB is closer to the center than in shotgun. As I understand it, it gives the QB a slight advantage (from being under center) in that he can see the field better before and just after the ball is snapped.

By: tampa buckeye

tampa buckeye — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:29:24 +0000

Look Ohio State is loaded with enough talent they can run whatever and it will work. Oregon ran the pistol last year with Dixon and Pryor is a bigger faster version of Dixon if he doesn’t get 15 to 20 touches a game it is a huge mistake in my opinion. We have a better back then Oregon in Beanie a better qb in Tp and much better wideouts with B2 and Posey, Flash, and Stoneburner coming in.
This team is loaded on offense and anything less than 40 a game avg. would be a let down.
As for the defensive side of the ball I would love to see us get more agressive on 1st and 3rd downs. We should be able to overcome giving up some big plays.

By: sportsMonkey

sportsMonkey — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:36:13 +0000

Pistol… nice.

LSU ran a lot of pistol against OSU last Jan. If I remember correctly, it was fairly effective.

The other new wrinkle for the Bucks is the Pony formation, which was used a lot over the spring (e.g., before Pryor’s arrival). Two tailbacks – Brandon and Saine. Tons of possible plays out of that one, too. The Titans use a lot of pony formation w/ Lendale White.