The Florida Fun n Gun offense of the 90s

I remember thinking as a kid "Oh Fun N Gun is unstoppable.."

Every QB and receiver seemed like am NFL star in the making

Spurrier didn’t like the shotgun

But the route concepts, and his philosophy of throwing the ball first, getting the defense on their heels, and then running the ball was revolutionary for a power conference team. Only the Houston’s and BYU’s of the world did that prior to Spurrier.

You mean Norm Van Brooklyn’s and Don Corryel did it first

San Diego St of early70’s with At Corryel was the blueprint for the Fun n Gun The Jets of late 60’s also used the vertical concepts of the Florida Offense

The West Coast Offense is also forerunner to the Fun n Gun. The formations and routes were based off Norm

Fun n gun offense: where the third WR for Florida could light you up for 8 catches and 175 yards with 3 TD’s. The next week would be someone else and on and on...

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Dan Patrick interviewed Mike Leach the other day. He asked him what the next offensive innovation would be. Leach said in effect, what goes around comes around. "Nobody ever stopped the wishbone when it was executed well."

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The problem is recruiting athletes to play in a system like that

If you could stock and old school system like that with elite talent you could probably destroy everyone because they aren't prepared for that type of offense

Definitely fun to watch

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I seem to remember Spurrs had his QBs throw to spots and not look at WRs.

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You’re not necessarily wrong, but it was mostly with wuerffel he did this with. Wuerffel is the only qb I’ve ever seen that threw quick fades from any position on the field (rather than exclusively goal line). Also, wuerffel would throw a bunch of deep posts he just lofted up and allowed the wr to run under it. He had great touch and accuracy, so those patterns were perfect for him.

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The West Coast Offense is also forerunner to the Fun n Gun. The formations and routes were based off Norm

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There are basically 3 types of pass dominant offenses and many have been blended

Run n Shoot:Mouse Davis of Portland State is pretty much given credit as Father of this offense.together.(Houston Cougars with Ware and Klingler put up gaudy numbers in the late 80's early 90's)

Air Raid:Lavelle Edwards (BYU) was the father and MULTIPLE HC's in the NFL and CFB come from his coaching tree or are disciples.Mike Leach (attended BYU but didn't play or coach) and Hal Mumme took his playbook and put it on steroids.

West Coast Offense:Sid Gilliam (AFL Chargers) is given most of the credit for the "Air Coryell"version of this although the 49ers version with Bill Walsh can be traced to Paul Brown

Not sure which category the Fun &Gun falls under or if it used different aspects from each

I don't really think it falls under any of them to be honest. It was unique in that the pattern changed based on the coverage, but not necessarily reading on the run like the run and shoot.

One example, if the defense was in a single high look, the combination would be a curl-flat, but if they went to 2 high, it would change to hutch-corner.

Not sure how many systems have that built into them.