re: It's the scheme

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It's what Kelly wants.

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And it's why LSU will never win a championship with him as head coach.

Kellys book. Its predictable. Wont beat good teams when it counts

100% this. They are telegraphing the run plays. Bama coaches basically admitted they knew what every play was yet there was no reaction from Tiger nation. He needs a run game coordinator or something

I seem to recall, around the time we fired Les and made O head coach, people hated our run-centric offense. I remember a couple people saying they didn't care if we lost some, they'd rather lose with a 300 yd passer than win 10-6.

Well, we're there now. Nuss averaged over 300 yds his first year as a starter.

I'm curious if some of the people bitching now, also bitched back then.

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getting under center

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There isn't a damn thing wrong with going under center in short yardage & goal line. OSU showed it works against Tennessee for 2 TDs.

People like you don't seem to understand that running short yardage/goal line from out of the shotgun gives linemen & LBs a split second longer to penetrate or slip gaps. When running out of shotgun in those situations, the blocking always has to be perfect for it to work. That's not always the case from under center.

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I didn't say anything was wrong with it, it's just a weird obsession this board has.

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Teams going under center had a success rate of 69.9% on 1967 attempts while teams going shotgun had a success rate of 61.00% on 2447 attempts. While going under center has proved to be more successful just above 10% more often, teams have actually attempted out of the shotgun formations 55.4% of the time.

Gaining the short yardage on the ground has been the most successful in third- and fourth-and-short. Teams have lined up under center and run the ball 1,578 times in the situations we’ve lined out, gaining a first down 71.5% of the time.

That’s No. 1, but it’s only marginally better than running out of the gun, which is the next most successful play at 67.2% (1,003 plays).

Though there have been only 389 drop-backs from under center compared to 1,444 out of the shotgun, the pass plays from right behind the center have had a 63.2% success rate with the designed throws from the gun at just 56.7%.

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The key part is the practicing. Some coaches don’t want to devote much if any of their limited time to things they rarely use. Memphis has under-center periods in every practice and runs plays with three tight ends and fullbacks at times. Silverfield’s background as an offensive line coach contributes to what he calls the “physicality mindset” he wants his team to have.

“We’re believers in being able to do both,” Memphis tight ends coach Brad Salem said. “At some point, it’s going to benefit you if you can line up under center and play that way.”

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Just depends on your offensive makeup.

If you're playing from the shotgun, you have RPO options and more visibility in the passing game.

If you're under center, you improve your running chances but your passing game is drastically narrowed as to options. You're also doing a lot of things that your players aren't used to.

With a team like LSU, I can see why the coaches would rather play from the shotgun.

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Nobody knows how to defend it anymore. What’s old is new

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Not just that, defenses have adjusted to spread offenses by staying in nickel & dime looks more often. Safeties & LBs are lighter to be faster & cover space. They can be mauled & overpowered.

NFL is already learning back that way so it’s inevitable. Why not get ahead of it is how I see it.