re: How do you stop the triple option?

You know where the pitch man is on every play.

The key is to hit that guy smack under the chinstrap every single play pitch or no pitch.

By the third Q he's not nearly as effective.

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How do you stop the triple option?
Tackle the runner 9 yards downfield and then taunt him.

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You have to pick your spots to make this a good play.

When the team is facing fourth and 28 is a good time.

Game planning for the secondary is very tough. Example: UGAG slowed the option somewhat in the first half by rolling up their S to take the pitch man, leaving the playside corner in man coverage. But PJ made adjustments in the second half. He brought the WR's in tighter to give them a better shot at the S shooting the gap. In the second, our WR fired off the LOS straight at the S. Guess where the CB in man coverage went? Out of position, straight to his own S covering our WR (and playing "position football, " BTW). Result: a wide open boundary to run all the way to the EZ. Bear in mind our main WR is 6'4" 230, and crushes most DB's he comes into contact with. He's an excellent blocker. Two 50+ yard TD's scored on that particular play, BTW.

Now, had the CB been instructed to give up coverage and play the boundary, with the S still shooting the gap to the pitch man, guess where that leaves the WR? Wide open down the sideline for the QB to pull up and play toss with. We never did this against UGAG, because they never stopped the CB from following the WR off the corner. If they lay the S back off the pitch man, the WR takes the CB out of the play downfield, and the pitch is still there. Instead of going the distance, you're then looking at 10-30 yards, unless our A-back (wingback) gets the block on the S, too. Then it's all about who can catch Jonathan Dwyer or Roddy Jones.

I'd imagine PJ will throw some early on to loosen your D up, and to try to set up the dive. Then he'll pound the middle for a quarter to see if you can stop the dive, see what your back 7 do in response to it, and to set up the play action. Then, when your front 7 is getting winded, he'll start to probe the pitch off the play action dive.

I'm telling you, this offense, when executed well, is wicked. Who knows how we'll execute it in the CFA bowl.

take the FB dive away and take the pitch man away forcing the QB to keep the ball. Then you beat the shite out of him to the point that he doesn't want to keep it.

I was talking to my dad about it. He was a defensive end for LSU back when Bama used to run the wishbone and so they prepared for a system similiar to the triple option. He said that the DE has to choose before the play to either take the QB or the RB. A LBer must fill the gap where the FB will go, and a corner,safety, or another LBer must take the guy that the DE lets go. Really, it is about knowing who you are gonna go after before the play even begins. Hope that was helpful.

you can not let the offense manipulate you. attack the ball and make the qb make quick decisions. trust the guys next to you to do their job and you do yours.

Jump ahead early and keep their offense off the field with long sustained drives.

That'll force them to throw the ball.


No, wait.

you tackle the man with the football.

Tackle the dive back, play games with your DE's, Backers and Safeties responsibilities. Our biggest problem will be this. Our inside backers do a terrible job of staying inside/out on plays. They run parallel to the line of scrimmage and let backs plant and cut upfield. A good inside backers path to the pitch man should be dive, QB, and then pitch man. At least that's how we used to teach it. Hopefully we can get some good linebacker play.