Triple Option Obsolete?

MCMLXXX · April 19, 2023

greenminer · April 19, 2023

There are other programs still using the T-option, right?

so, no, I think “obsolete” is too soon for now.

greenminer · April 19, 2023

This article is paywalled, BTW

tmjerm · April 19, 2023

4 minutes ago, greenminer said:

This article is paywalled, BTW

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NorthTexan95 · April 19, 2023

The triple option is still in use, it's just run from shotgun now.

Jonnyeagle · April 19, 2023

Doesn’t Navy still run it?

NorthTexasWeLove · April 19, 2023

I believe they are trying to rid cut blocking outside the box, i.e. on the perimeter down the los. TxHSfb implemented this very rule before the start of the 2021 football season.

I think it will not change a ton as far as OL and their schemes.

jtm0097 · April 19, 2023

Cut blocking, the only reason I was able to play OL in high school. I get the reason for the rule change though, so many ACLs were torn over the seasons due to the cut blocks.

peanuts104 · April 19, 2023

11 hours ago, tmjerm said:

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No GIF

tmjerm · April 19, 2023

2 hours ago, peanuts104 said:

I'm taking the 50% that you're just being sarcastic on this

El Paso Eagle · April 19, 2023

It's finally got too hard for the NCAA to allow this to continue and then to say they were concerned about player safety. With the new rules, I would hope when we go against any school with a history of using them, the staff would be all in the referees' ears from the time they step on the field.

cousin oliver · April 19, 2023

16 hours ago, tmjerm said:

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I call BS on that. I have too many subscriptions as it is already.

GrayEagle · April 19, 2023

I believe that the service academies are the only ones in Division I that still use it. The coach that is now at Tulane used it when he was at Georgia Tech but I don't believe that he is using it at Tulane.

The service academies have usually been over .500 with that formation over the last 10-15 years. It seems to work for them and I'm a little surprised that Army is trying to change it. It's too early yet to know if it will be abandoned totally.

tmjerm · April 20, 2023

3 hours ago, cousin oliver said:

I call BS on that. I have too many subscriptions as it is already.

Haha ok bud

DentonStang · April 20, 2023

10 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

Cut blocking, the only reason I was able to play OL in high school. I get the reason for the rule change though, so many ACLs were torn over the seasons due to the cut blocks.

Everyone says this, but I've never found actual data that proves it

UNT86 · April 20, 2023

Very few teams actually read the triple option anymore and most of the concepts can be run from the spread. The midline from the spread is still a lethal play. If you are willing to play a two back spread, you can still do most of what you want.

It was a good fit for the service academies for the type of athletes they have to play. Spreading the field and matching athletes with others will not work out well for them.