It is interesting the evolution Gundy is trying to make on offense. He is moving OSU from a 4 WR, one back offense to 3 or less WR's and the use of TE's, FB's and H backs for a power running game. His last 2 offensive hires have a background in this type of offense and will presumably work with Yurcich in the overhaul Why the change from the 2011 offense?
Gundy seems to have a problem with the major flaw in the wide open 4 wide spread/Air Raid offense: it is too easy for teams to stage 4th quarter comebacks. It goes like this: you race to a lead and it is the 4th quarter. You are ahead but your defense is tired. All you really want to do now is run the clock. Yet teams in this situation will load the box and dare you to throw. Maybe you run it anyway on first down and get stuffed. Then you throw it twice and have incompletions. Because most spread teams are RPO teams maybe you even throw it 3 times. Now you have run very little clock and out goes your tired defense desperate to protect the lead with the other side having all the momentum.We saw this scenario in Baylor's comeback against TCU and saw it happen to Baylor in the bowl game. SO what does Gundy want to do?
He wants a personnel grouping that if a team is daring you to throw in the 4th quarter you can still run it anyway. A formation that allows you to put a hat on a hat and power your way to victory. Which brings us to JW Walsh. Gundy likes to stay on the cutting edge and without doubt he has heard the discussions in recent years that there are now 4 phases to the game: offense, defense, special teams and the 4th phase: the 4 minute offense. This 4th phase is when you put your best 11 football players on the field, regardless if they play offense or defense. you saw Gundy do this in the bowl game with castleman.
I can see in situations where we need to run 4 minutes of clock that Walsh is at the controls to add a qb run threat. I could see Motekiai Maile in there in these situation's at Fullback. Regardless of how the defense lines up you run the ball twice. If it's 3rd and long you can still send Mason back out there, if not it's 4 down territory and you power your way to a win. Walsh could be the closer.
Gundy seems to have a problem with the major flaw in the wide open 4 wide spread/Air Raid offense: it is too easy for teams to stage 4th quarter comebacks. It goes like this: you race to a lead and it is the 4th quarter. You are ahead but your defense is tired. All you really want to do now is run the clock. Yet teams in this situation will load the box and dare you to throw. Maybe you run it anyway on first down and get stuffed. Then you throw it twice and have incompletions. Because most spread teams are RPO teams maybe you even throw it 3 times. Now you have run very little clock and out goes your tired defense desperate to protect the lead with the other side having all the momentum.We saw this scenario in Baylor's comeback against TCU and saw it happen to Baylor in the bowl game. SO what does Gundy want to do?
He wants a personnel grouping that if a team is daring you to throw in the 4th quarter you can still run it anyway. A formation that allows you to put a hat on a hat and power your way to victory. Which brings us to JW Walsh. Gundy likes to stay on the cutting edge and without doubt he has heard the discussions in recent years that there are now 4 phases to the game: offense, defense, special teams and the 4th phase: the 4 minute offense. This 4th phase is when you put your best 11 football players on the field, regardless if they play offense or defense. you saw Gundy do this in the bowl game with castleman.
I can see in situations where we need to run 4 minutes of clock that Walsh is at the controls to add a qb run threat. I could see Motekiai Maile in there in these situation's at Fullback. Regardless of how the defense lines up you run the ball twice. If it's 3rd and long you can still send Mason back out there, if not it's 4 down territory and you power your way to a win. Walsh could be the closer.
