[2008 National Champ]

two of the most misused and misunderstood terms in today’s football.

Spread: refers to alignment of eligible receivers. Many think that it refers to an offensive philosophy but it’s really not. It’s best understood when used in conjunction with the word “box” that you will hear a lot on broadcasts. When the offense is lined up, imagine you are looking from a satellite view straight overhead. If you were to draw two lines from end zone to end zone that are on the outside shoulder of where the Tight End would normally line up, and then draw two lines from sideline to sideline 10 yards from the line of scrimmage, the inside area of those lines is what is considered the “box”. Then you count the number of offensive players inside that box or directly offset like Utah likes to do with their TE’s. If it is 7 or less you are in a Spread, if it’s 8 or more you are in a Tight formation. Under Ludwig, Utah ran out of Tight roughly 3/4 of the time. Under Taylor, it was Spread at about the same %. And the only thing keeping those %’s under 90 is situations like 3rd and 1 or 3rd and Long where you will run a specific package other than your base offense.

RPO: is a play where the QB has the option to handoff, run himself or Pass. When run correctly, you should not be able to tell the difference between a straight run call, run option, play action pass or an RPO. The only true indicator of whether the play was called to be a run or a pass is the release of the OLine since they cannot go more than 3 yards downfield before the ball is thrown. The exception would be if the ball is thrown behind the Line of Scrimmage (Screen pass).

Without knowing the actual play call most of us go with catchall’s like Spread and RPO for what we are seeing / just saw. But it’s kind of like the neighborhood call at 2nd base. You just have to get close to get credit.

[2008 National Champ]

Here’s a good resource for some of the things you are interested in rather than me filling up Tony’s server with my blathering. It’s not definitive and it’s 10 years old but there’s still some pretty good stuff in there, especially if you just want to bone up on the basics.

Be a better fan

[MG_Ute]

Inject this thread into my veins please. Loved reading the detailed break downs. Thanks to all who responded. Just terrific content that I learned a lot from. Oh and please can football start sooner than later?

[Central Coast Ute]

Has anyone on this website ever said anything else? I think people don’t like it and rightfully so, but no one has said this isn’t the new reality. I don’t understand the point here.

[Central Coast Ute]

Makes sense, and despite all of your downvotes, I agree with you.

[PhiladelphiaUte]

Just look for the following…

1. Brand new “UteHub” account
UteHub had been around for years, as have most of the posters here. We don’t see many “new” posters, so when we do (see #2)…

2. Content
If the vast majority of their comments are either “pro-ybu” or “downsliding Utah”, you know they’re a zoob. Also, the Ute fans on here comment on a wide variety of topics. Only zoobies can’t pull themselves away from the Utah-ybu series.

3. Logic fails
That one should be self-explanatory.

[wally]

Is there really a problem of BYU fans posing as Utah fans on this board? I’ve seen some on YouTube comments, but they are always pretty obvious.

How does one levy legitimate concerns about our team, but not become a “zoob in Ute’s clothing?”

I am new here and naive regarding site etiquette.

[PhiladelphiaUte]

Why do zoobies always think that after they’ve been so-very-busted over posing as a Ute fan still think they’re fooling anyone? So answer DT’s question. Why DO you fools continue to insist to maintain this transparently insecure masquerade?

[Jim Vanderhoof]

AND… enforce tampering! Players are being shopped and pursued while not in the portal. BYU was guilty as hell. Snowden said everyone was doing it to not point the finger at BYU. Tanavausa changed his mind before entering the portal. Both cases were NIL driven.

[Chasqui]

Matchups will also be key. In the past we have used our nickel to cover their TE if he was undersized. Snowden has the athleticism to do that much better than a linebacker could if he is small. Keeping Snowden at the nickel isn’t a knock on him at all but a recognition of his high IQ and versatility.

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