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Covers history, lineage
Clay Hendrix
Cut blocks
Good read
Covers history, lineage
Clay Hendrix
Cut blocks
Good read
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True.
Not sure how I ended up quoting myself here when I was trying to Edit.FUBeAR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:36 pmTrue.
I was a Veer QB in Jr. High in Raleigh when Lou Holtz was there running it at NC State with Johnny Evans & Dave Buckey @ QB and Willie Burden, Charley Young, Stan Fritts, & Roland Hooks as the split backs.
I used to stop by practice and give them a few pointers from time to time...if they asked.
And, seriously, a lot of people don’t realize that Furman ran the Veer Option Offense from the I-Formation from the mid-70’s with David Whitehurst @ QB until...well, I don’t know when, exactly, we more or less shelved it...maybe during Jordan Sorrells’ years? Because we were in the I and ran so much Toss Sweep and ISO, people just didn’t realize the blocking schemes were PURE veer schemes on all of those QB Options.
I’m sure Coach Hendrix learned a few different wrinkles from Coach Calhoun and that Jim Brakefield/Wofford/Appy branch of the “Tree” from which Coach Calhoun descended, but CCH’s option DNA is much more directly descended from the Bill Yeoman/Houston branch, which I imagine Coach Baker brought with him from TX when he came from Texas Tech to become Head Coach at FU.
They would have known that if they had called my agent and set up a call.
I think the offense began to morph with the hiring of Bobby Lamb in 2002. The offense still ran a lot of split back looks, but incorporated a lot more passing and moved more heavily into a shotgun based set. By the time Jordan Sorrells was QB, it wasn't too far away from "air raid lite."FUBeAR wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:36 pmAnd, seriously, a lot of people don’t realize that Furman ran the Veer Option Offense from the I-Formation from the mid-70’s with David Whitehurst @ QB until...well, I don’t know when, exactly, we more or less shelved it...maybe during Jordan Sorrells’ years? Because we were in the I and ran so much Toss Sweep and ISO, people just didn’t realize the blocking schemes were PURE veer schemes on all of those QB Options.