It's time to go Ron Meyer Doctrine on TCU

[Glenn Sosbee]

Instill the option for this game, just like we did when we shocked #2 UT 20-6 back in the good old days. Texas never saw it coming and had no idea how to defend it.

I know we don't have Lance Mcllhenny anymore, love ya Sir Lancelot, but we supposedly have some pretty good running back depth.

Just for this game, pound the ball inside and especially outside! If it fails at first, KEEP DOING IT and actually wear down the opposing defense for once! 200 yards rushing or bust! Just do it!


First, Ben Hicks needs to shown the bench and we need to get the most mobile QB we have on the field this Friday night ready to pitch the ball to whichever running back is about to go 50 yards and a cloud of dust all night. Do this and we have a chance. Or, we can go with the same old failed blueprint of the last 30 years. It's time. We have nothing to lose but another game.


Hope you're listening Sonny.

[SMUer]

Wasn't Ke'mon Freeman a QB? I mean, our OL can't block standing up, they played a record low number of snaps...run those big boys! Lez do it!

[PonyTime]

Interesting idea - but isn't TCU's defense built on speed - particularly at the LB spots?

If there is any one opponent that Dykes will oppose this year that he knows well - it is this one. I do expect him to have come up with something that could take advantage of what he knows about TCU's personnel.

[Lebanese4Life]

being who we are, we'd probably keep fumbling the pitch

[PonyTime]

being who we are, we'd probably keep fumbling the pitch

Could probably convince Lance to leave the Grill long enough to make a few pitches.

[CBpony]

We'll be down 48-0 before the defense gets tired with that strategy

[Nacho]

lance, eric and craig graduated

[SMUer]

I'd bet we'd manage more than one first down on the first half, not have 1/3 the ball possession, have zero pick 6's and be able to exploit our only bright spot from Saturday...our punting. If our guys managed only 6 offensive plays per drive they'd effectively double our defensive rest time. And it's raining...do it.

[PlanoStang]

We got the first doctrine going for us already. We got them where we want them

Don't think we got the option QB for the I. Maybe we could punch a few first downs straight
ahead via the power I or single wing.

[horsemanx]

Fatterson's poor towel girl would have a rough night until they figured things out if we did something like this.

[biffula]

Instill the option for this game, just like we did when we shocked #2 UT 20-6 back in the good old days. Texas never saw it coming and had no idea how to defend it.
Hope you're listening Sonny.

Seeing as how the read option is a big part of almost every college offense these days, it would be no surprise and take TCU about 2 series for Patterson to have the Defense adjustments made and shutting down the SMU offense completely. Next strategy

[Glenn Sosbee]

Read option, Zone read, Triple option...whatever.
You pick the best strategy Biffula. Whatever you come up with, it better include getting the running backs involved or we will get our asses handed to us again. I'm ready to try something different after 30 years of pass first offenses and losing seasons. I think we've all had enough.

[ponyte]

First, the SMU UT game of '80 didn't feature an option game. We ran that play maybe a total of 5 times and only once did it gain any significant yards. Also, McIlhenny wasn't announced th started until Thursday before the game. Prior to that, he and Mike Fisher were battle for the job. Fisher wasn't an option QB. Ther was no way an entire offense could be changed two days before the game. We didn't prep to be an option team. We prepped to be a running team. Also, that 'option' play wasn't an option. It was a called pitch. We had to prepare for a week not knowing the starter QB. So we couldn't expect Fisher to learn to be a option QB in a few days. When the offensive plan was set, it was unknow who would be QB so the differnt look play was never about a read option but the appearence of an option.

We changed from a balanced attack offense to a running attack. Watch the game (on Youtube) and you will notice it is a pure power, between the tackles running offense.

That 80's team was trained to be a balanced run pass with a traditional drop back passer. So blocking schemes were not designed to handle an option. What really changed the offense was one of the most dramatic O-line domanence performances in SMU history. That O line was made up of 5 seniors with a lot of experience and one Jr with a lot of experience. And a lot of run blocking experience.

It is nice 'what if' to think we cann just change an offense in one weeks time. But reality is it takes a lot of time to develop the O line and implement a new offensive scheme.First, the SMU UT game of '80 didn't feature an option game. We ran that play maybe a total of 5 times and only once did it gain any significant yards. Also, McIlhenny wasn't announced the started until Thursday before the game. Prior to that, he and Mike Fisher were battle for the job. Fisher wasn't an option QB. There was no way an entire offense could be changed two days before the game. We didn't prep to be an option team. We prepped to be a running team. Also, that 'option' play wasn't an option. It was a called pitch. We had to prepare for a week not knowing the starter QB. So we couldn't expect Fisher to learn to be an option QB in a few days. When the offensive plan was set, it was unknown who would be QB so the different look play was never about a read option but the appearance of an option.

We changed from a balanced attack offense to a running attack. Watch the game (on YouTube) and you will notice it is a pure power, between the tackles running offense.

That 80's team was trained to be a balanced run pass with a traditional drop back passer. So blocking schemes were not designed to handle an option. What really changed the offense was one of the most dramatic O-line dominance performances in SMU history. That O line was made up of 5 seniors with a lot of experience and one Jr with a lot of experience. And a lot of run blocking experience.

It is nice 'what if' to think we can just change an offense in one weeks time. But reality is it takes a lot of time to develop the O line and implement a new offensive scheme.

[Junior]

Is it just a coincidence that most of this conversation takes place around midnight?

[Glenn Sosbee]

Run the damn football!