Major Colt

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Colt was a sophomore that year. His Junior year they killed Bangs. I was there on the sidelines. His Sophmore year he also played some safety. His junior year was the year that they went to the state playoffs.
 
15 of the 28 passes that the horns completed were passes to the tight end or running backs. the screen play was executed much more efficiently against FAU than we've seen for a long time. The horns started the game thowing almost exclusively short passes. Because of this, Colt got into a nice rhythm.

Last season the offense (including colt) got chaotic quite often. Part of the difference is a better O line but part of the difference is a much better short passing game, much better check downs by Colt when the primary targets were covered, excellent running by Colt on the draw and QB rollout, and much, much less trying to force the ball into double coverage. Colt took what the D gave him. He demonstrated much better judgement against FAU than he did in many games last season.

Colt really throws well on the rollout. when he is rolling out, he is running fast so it takes a lot of skill to pass accurately when you are on the dead run (but he does this very well). This puts a lot of pressure on the D. If they come up to stop the run, he can pass it accurately. If they stay back, he can run for an easy 10 yards and get out of bounds without taking a hit (in bounds, anyway).

I'm not a big fan of Colt running the QB zone read vs. OU but I think there is a pretty decent chance that he can run the QB draw and the QB rollout vs OU efficiently. He really gets it when it comes to broken field running.

I am pretty sure Major is having a major impact on the horns' O strategy and think it is huge for him to be on the sidelines. So much communication between people is non verbal so it helps that Major is there to talk to Colt (in addition to GD on the headphones, of course).
 
Stat:
That's a pretty sweet play. I like that they are going opposite directions.

I also like colt rolling out and then handing off to the TB going the opposite direction. I think the D really has to honor his rollout because he throws so well on the run. That freezes the D for the TB running the opposite direction (presumably left). The threat of Colt rolling out is a very serious threat.

When Colt actually does roll out, he can fake the hand off to the TB and the D is frozen a bit to see if the TB is going to get the ball. This all works so well because he is so accurate at throwing on the run.

It is a modern day triple option: he can hand to the TB going to the left, or roll out and pass going to the right, or bring it down and run if the throw is not there (but the run is).
 
Colt's better play goes back to the second part of last year, when he started running more on the zone read. The key to the offense as constituted is making the QB a believable running threat.

Also, Brent Musburger called. He wants the title of this thread changed to The Major & Colt.
 
Colt talks to Major on the sidelines because major is the signal caller for GD in the booth. Kinda a three-way... not that there's anything wrong with that.
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I don't recall that specific play Kafka, but I know we've run it before and it sounds like one I'd like to see...I'll be looking for it in the UTEP game.
 
Run the bone,

Colt does not need to run the QB zone read to establish himself as a running threat. Against FAU almost all of his runs were either off the QB draw or the rollout.

There are also other ways to establish a second threat to distract the D (so that it does not focus on the lone RB):

* Involve a WR in the running game (ala Percy Harvin at Florida or Ramonce at UT 2005). fozzy would be good at this.

* Run the rollout with Colt with the option of handing off to the TB as Colt is starting to rollout

* Run the I (GD says UT runs the I about 15% of the time) and let Cody Johnson at FB provide a second running threat.

When Colt runs the QB zone read, the D will always try to force him to run because he is a lesser threat than the TB and because the D may be able to force a fumble or hurt Colt.

When Colt rolls out, he is a much greater threat than the TB running because Colt throws so well on the run and can run pretty well of the roll out play action.

The implication is that the D will honor the fake of Colt rolling out much more than it will honor the fake of Colt running the QB zone read. This means that the TB will have more opportunities when he is running the ball after the rollout fake than after the QB zone read fake.

Having said that, once colt has rolled out and run the QB draw effectively a few times, the OU D will probably pay more attention to his zone read run fake.
 
Stat,

I haven't seen the horns run that play but it is basically just a modification of the sprint draw. I was just trying to figure out how Colt could present a more effective threat than the QB zone read. I have always been amazed at how well Colt throws on the rollout and thought that faking the rollout will really get the D's attention (i.e. way, way more than a QB zone read fake).

I also like it that Colt is much less likely to to take a hit when he rolls out (because he can get out of bounds if he runs and is protected if he throws) than when he runs the QB zone read.
 
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Gimme Colt and 2 (or 3) other people in the back field. Any combination of RB/QB/WR/FB you can draw up in the dirt. Gimme a QB- under center or in the shot gun- with a back on each side. A nice, simple formation with lots of options to both sides.

I wouldn't mind seeing Colt/John/Vondrell lined up in the back field. All are a legitimate running threat. One and a half are legitimate throwing threats.. and John may even get to pass a couple of times! Just jokes folks.

Seriously though, utilize your talent in the most effective, efficient, and innovative way you can and you will win Championships. I reference our Wishbone in '69 and '70 and Tim Tebow and Florida for two examples.

Here's to keeping El Paso a "basketball town!"

Hook 'em Horns!

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Runthebone,

Agreed. You made it pretty clear that your comment was about the horn offense as it currently exists. Of course, as football fans, it is hard for us not to imagine changes in strategy and how the might work out for the horns. I was trying to focus on changes that are the most compatible with the current offense.

Truth be told, I'm not a huge fan of the QB zone read (especially with Colt running it).
 
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