Why don't we have a Jumbo Package?

[tmustangp]

honestly it was second down and 3 from the 3 freaking yard line and we only scored b/c willis is agile and he found chase in the end zone.. but on 2nd down we ran the pistol formation (which i love) but not on the freaking goalline.. Then the 3rd down and an inch.. We could not get half a yard.. Are you kidding me.. Put in McKinney, spearman, kennedy and chase.. Spearman, kennedy and chase at TE and Mckinney at FB and martin at tailback..

If we can't get 1 yd w/ that package then that is ridiculous..

I just can't believe we line up in the shotgun and pistol inside the 5 yardline.. Boggles my mind

[WorldStang]

FB Andrew Mckinney.. use'em..

FB Justin Rogers.. interesting?

Either would be great leading DeMyron..

[Big10Ponyfan]

There is nothing wrong using a fullback. Robert Newhouse. That sort of thing. When you are in short-yardage situations, your team's physicalness is tested. You can't finesse your way into first downs. You need brute strength.

[KnuckleStang]

Flutie didn't like it either. But as CJ pointed out, the pistol "spreads the field."

[SMU Football Blog]

Like the Cowboys spread out on the goal line Sunday night? It was second down, not third or fourth. I have my problems with the playcalling, too. But I am not going to quibble with plays where we scored a touchdown.

[docabel]

Flutie didn't like it either. But as CJ pointed out, the pistol "spreads the field."

I don't understand how the pistol spreads the field. The only spreading it does is spreading the RB farther away from the line of scrimmage.

[Big10Ponyfan]

Like the Cowboys spread out on the goal line Sunday night? It was second down, not third or fourth. I have my problems with the playcalling, too. But I am not going to quibble with plays where we scored a touchdown.

I agree with you. I'm just saying that when a lot of those situations come up during the course of the season, you need a play to punch them in the mouth. 3rd and short and 4th and short, regardless of where you are on the field and of course the goal line situations.

[FloridaMustang]

Has no one noticed this formation allows for a designed bootleg that we score on about 90% of the time.. ? V. Chase was not the primary reciever on the play because UAB snuffed it out.. so kudos to Willis for avoiding the pressure and sticking it in there. That was a big time play at a crucial time (3rd and goal too).

[ponyfan84]

You're totally right. We need one. I have said it before and I'll say it again...we cannot run out of the pistol! It takes too long to develop. On 3rd and short, run it up the gut.