DURHAM — On paper, Duke defensive end Kenny Anunike explains, the Navy triple option offense he’ll face Saturday is easy to break down.
“It’s not very complicated; it’s really just assignment football and everyone just knowing who they have,” Anunike said. “If you have pitch, take pitch. If you have the quarterback, take the quarterback. If you have alley, take the alley.”
But on the field, Anunike continues, it’s not as simple.
“Where they get you is one guy being out of place,” he said. “It’s a numbers game, and that’s how they run that offense. That’s what they’re looking for because they want to catch you off guard. That’s when they score a lot of points and get big yards.”
Duke hosts Navy (3-1) at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium and will have its hands full with a scheme Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo has called, “A great equalizer.”
Trackbacks/Pingbacks
[…] still the same. We’ve seen similar comments already this season made by Syracuse. Miami, Duke, Alabama A&M, Toledo, Clemson, and Florida. I’m sure the list could be considerably, […]
[…] Florida Gators. We’ve seen similar comments already this season made by Syracuse. Miami, Duke, Toledo, and Clemson. I’m sure the list could be considerably, longer, if I would have […]
[…] seen similar comments already this season made by Syracuse. Miami, Duke, and Toledo. I’m sure the list could be considerably, longer. Consider all the teams over the […]