re: What do the 4 Final NFL Teams All have in Common?

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Nfl /=/ cfb

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This is true. And, it should be painfully obvious given that the 2 final teams this year in college football did run "junk ball offenses".

I don't disagree that we should be running a pro style offense. It is my personal preference. But the OP made a very poor argument for it...and, it should be pretty clear that in college football, finesse offenses can succeed at the highest levels.

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Do you consider what the Saints do "pro-style" football. It's not too dissimilar to the Air Raid type of O. ...

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Actually you're incorrect. SP is a west coast offense guy. You may think 'air raid' because the Saints throw it much more than the typical pro-style offense, however its not even close and apparently you have no idea

NFL offfense is different from college. The thing that makes it so different is preparation time. The players have more time to prepare with far less limits allowing them to run any and every type of offense, or the buzz word "multiple". Most pro teams like to avoid hits on the QB at all costs so zone read plays are less effective and generally avoided. Most successfull college offenses try to perfect a system of offense, and therefore are less "multiple". This is why college QBs in a non "pro-style" offense generally need more development. Mostly with reading defenses to make adjustments while taking snaps under center rather than in the shotgun. This will change field vision, timing and foot work.

The common thread among successfull NFL offenses are VERY accurate QBs with an effective running game. This is also true at the college level despite the style of offense. If a team can effectively balance the run and pass, that offense is successful. Teams that are one-dimensional (air-raid, option and power running without intermediate and vertical passing) are easier to defend in bowl games after the opposing team has adequete preparation time.


I truly believe that Stanford, TCU and Bama could have beaten anybody in a bowl game because of there balanced running attack and accuracy in the passing game.

You are comparing college to NFL. It's apples and oranges. It takes totally different systems to win in each. Florida and Auburn have won 2 MNC running the spread.

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LSUFreek

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To much common sense in that post

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would say 1 is harder to stop. You put a Tebow, Vince Young, Newton, Darron Thomas, Terrelle Pryor, etc at QB, and that formation is just as effective in terms of run/pass.

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You could also make the argument that if you have John Brantley or Jordan Jefferson at QB and that spread formation is virtually ineffective and your team could suffer as a result. It's not a stretch to say Brantley might have played better in a proform formation.

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What do the 4 Final NFL Teams All have in Common?

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QBs who did not win NCs in college?

Oh and fyi, although i agree that a more pro-style offensive approach is best, using an NFL comparison is baseless and irrelevant. If i were to counter your argument, I would ask the following:

What did the 2 final NCAAFB teams that played in the BCSNC both have in common?

Again, I agree with your preference of offense. However your question is stupid

Every single one of those teams has a type of spread offense in their play book.

Steelers run a lot of 4 and 5 wide these days.

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he common thread among successfull NFL offenses are VERY accurate QBs with an effective running game

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this is the common denominator. too many people think that shite offense weve been running the last 2 years is the spread, and think the good offenses we had with jimbo are pro-style. with the right coaching, both systems are extremely effective. to me, its not which system to run, but rather, which coach is good enough to get it down- no matter which scheme he prefers.