Some really good quotes in this one….
“You need to spend every waking moment from here until the foot hits the ball to prepare against the wishbone,” Meyer said this week……………..
The only chance of keeping this close, and giving Army a shot at beating a Power 5 team for the first time since October 2012, is this offense. Even with the significant edge in talent, good teams have struggled against it before…..
Ohio State opened the 2014 season with a game against Navy, which also runs the triple option out of the flexbone. The Midshipmen led that game at halftime, and put up 370 rushing yards against a defense that would win a national championship later that season, and eventually had nine of its starters drafted into the NFL………..
The most devastating component of Army’s offense is that the goal is to make sure you don’t get the ball. In last week’s win over Buffalo, the Black Knights dominated time of possession: 35 minutes to 25 minutes for the game, 21 minutes to 9 minutes in the second half. Buffalo ran 39 plays for the entire game………..
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