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What a RPO is.

Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:16 am
Posted by Justanotherfan
Member since Jun 2021
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Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:16 am
I have read on many times people talking about RPO with the Qb running.
I would just like to put this out there an RPO is not a Qb run. It is a running play to the running back with a pass play built on. You have a certain guy on the defense you read usually a LB but can be different. If that player reads an reacts to the run the qb throws to the receiver, if he reacts to the pass the qb hands it off to the running back.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:21 am to
quote:

. If that player reads an reacts to the run the qb throws to the receiver, if he reacts to the pass the qb hands it off to the running back.




Some QBs do not utilize the O part of RPO because they have trouble with reads.
Posted by LSUButt
Lowcountry
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:22 am to
Boy, this will not go well…
If you have an athletic QB, the QB run is always built in. Sometimes it can be determined pre formation, it can turn almost into just an option. Sometimes he reads the Mike, sometimes the Will, sometimes the end. But to say an RPO is simply a pass or RB run is shockingly ignorant

Do you realize we run an RPO where Mason Taylor runs across the line into the flat. Daniels reads the end whether to give or keep, once he keeps he runs a sweep and reads the LBer or CB in charge of Taylor. How many times have you seen him keep that?
Posted by Sleepy_Tiger
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Aug 2021
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Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:22 am to
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
140573 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:25 am to
quote:

Do you realize we run an RPO where Mason Taylor runs across the line into the flat. Daniels reads the end whether to give or keep, once he keeps he runs a sweep and reads the LBer or CB in charge of Taylor.


Seems like LSU runs this play 6 times a game.
Posted by Wee Ice Mon
Member since May 2014
1914 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:30 am to
RPO should be illegal. Offensive lineman shouldn’t be able to fire off the line 3 yards on a pass play.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
17632 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:31 am to
Hard to tell the difference between a zone read and an RPO based around the same action but with a pass option.

One RPO that LSU needs to kill is the play where RB runs through the B gap left, TE is pulling/motioning left, and Daniels bootlegs left. It got blown up at the goal line against FSU and it didn't work against Grambling. The play only works if the defense sells out to stop the RB. Well, all eyes are on Daniels so the only opening is to hand the ball off for probably 2-3 yards.

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Do you realize we run an RPO where Mason Taylor runs across the line into the flat. Daniels reads the end whether to give or keep, once he keeps he runs a sweep and reads the LBer or CB in charge of Taylor. How many times have you seen him keep that?

This is the exact play I'm talking about. It gets blown up every time LSU runs it to the left.
This post was edited on 9/11/23 at 11:34 am
Posted by MrKnowItAll
Strop City
Member since Mar 2007
6706 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:33 am to
It has to do with a Speedwagon....... perhaps Take it on the Run Baby?
This post was edited on 9/11/23 at 11:36 am
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
15054 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:35 am to
The Run/Pass option can be for the QB too. It doesn't always mean the RB. It could also be giving the Jet sweep to a WR in motion.

I think it's getting confused with Jet / QB power if the end flares. But.....teams will still do this and add a POP pass if the defense plays the QB power.

It could be a numbers read and throw a bubble to the trips if the D isn't lined up correctly, or a Safety read if he drops to play the run with a skinny post / slant.


Basically what you need to know is playing defense is really hard in college now.
Posted by bayou85
Concordia
Member since Sep 2016
11086 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:39 am to
quote:

I have read on many times people talking about RPO with the Qb running.


I stopped trying. Some people don't even know how a read option is different from an RPO or speed option.

QBs technically have the option to run on any pass play.
Posted by trussthetruzz
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:41 am to
Posted by shinerfan
Duckworld(Earth-616)
Member since Sep 2009
28508 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:45 am to
Now do jack linebacker.
Posted by rmnldr
Member since Oct 2013
40295 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:46 am to
It can be a QB run as well.
Posted by texastigerr
Texas
Member since Jan 2005
9316 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:48 am to
RPO - Recruitment Process Outsourcing. Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) is a form of business process outsourcing (BPO) where an employer transfers all or part of its recruitment processes to an external service provider, according to the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA). An RPO provider can provide its own or may assume the company’s staff, technology, methodologies, and reporting. In all cases, RPO differs greatly from providers such as staffing companies and contingent/ retained search providers in that it assumes ownership of the design and management of the recruitment process and the responsibility of results.
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
12845 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 11:59 am to
When I think about a typical RPO, my mind immediately goes to the zone read with a slant from the slot, where the QB is watching to see if he can get the LB to commit to the run.

That being said, you can bet that there are plenty of plays with a designed QB run option when you have someone like Daniels behind the center. It may not be the type of stereotypical RPO that folks have talked about in CFB the past few years, but it’s still an RPO by definition.

I think the threads trying to beat people over the head about the definition of RPO or just as bad as the threads by people who have no idea what an RPO is.
Posted by Justanotherfan
Member since Jun 2021
448 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 12:01 pm to
Zone read is a run where the qb can either hand it to the rb or run it himself depending on what the defender does also called an option you add another runner in there or receiver where the qb can pitch pass or run and that’s called a triple option
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
12221 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 12:03 pm to
you are correct but the mouth breathers on here don't want to hear it. Yes the triple option we run with Mason is also an RPO but the run of the mill RPO has nothing to do with a running QB.
Posted by Hold That Tiger 10
Member since Oct 2013
25420 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 12:05 pm to
quote:

Offensive lineman shouldn’t be able to fire off the line 3 yards on a pass play.


They can't
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
12221 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 12:05 pm to
quote:

When I think about a typical RPO, my mind immediately goes to the zone read with a slant from the slot, where the QB is watching to see if he can get the LB to commit to the run.


Except it can't be a zone read because the QB can't read both the DE AND the LB/Safety. Its either a zone read OR an RPO.

UNLESS its a triple option like we run a lot where its FIRST a zone read AND THEN an RPO.
This post was edited on 9/11/23 at 12:06 pm
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Member since Aug 2003
48470 posts
Posted on 9/11/23 at 12:06 pm to
Nussmeier hit Sampson in the hands on what should have been a TD on an RPO.
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