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I didn't know David Lee invented the "Wildcat" formation

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But I am glad he did!!!

That will wreak havoc on defensive coordinators!!!

Gameball to David Lee!! :up:
 
Did he? I know I have seen that in high school football . . . its pretty much wat Urban Meyer is doing down at FLA with Tebow . . . tuff runner, spread the field and allow the person taking the handoff to see the whole field and pick a hole . . . and also have a pass option as well.

I know Lee used it alot with McFadden at Arkansas . . . don't know if he invented it . . but he is famous for using it on a college level with a RB . . . Meyer with a QB/FB lol.

Last year the Canes ran it several times with Javaris James and Graig Cooper . . . they were so ineffective at QB, might as well get an extra blocker an allow the RB to scan the field and pick a hole. It was pretty effective for them as well when they used it.
 
Yep, McFadden ran it at Arkansas.

Miami brings it to the NFL and showed that even Belicheat couldn't stop it.

Rodney Harrison said they had never seen anything like it, and made adjustments but couldn't stop it. Then they made MORE adjustments and STILL couldn't stop it.

I think Miami needs to keep this in the arsenal until a defense shows they can stop it.
 
I don't think a defense is going to stop this formation that easily. Miami took New England and blindsided them with it. Will it be covered for the next game day? Hell yeah. Will every defense allow Miami to run this bonkers formation and score? No.

But I bet you'll see this formation quite a bit more.
 
the beautiful thing about that formation is there are SO many options. The HB can run, they can run an end around or reverse, they can pitch it out to the QB and HE can pass, like a flea flicker. Heck, the HB can even roll out and pass. How can a formation with that many options be defended??
 
finjim said:
the beautiful thing about that formation is there are SO many options. The HB can run, they can run an end around or reverse, they can pitch it out to the QB and HE can pass, like a flea flicker. Heck, the HB can even roll out and pass. How can a formation with that many options be defended??
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This is why Tebow can be successful in the NFL . . . because UF uses this formation, except Tebow is a QB . . . so they have the ultimiate success with it. So many options.
 
I give props to the coaching staff for having the cojones to go with it, especially against a veteran defense... if it didn't work everyone would have been saying 'what were they thinking? This is the NFL not the NCAA.'
 
finjim said:
the beautiful thing about that formation is there are SO many options. The HB can run, they can run an end around or reverse, they can pitch it out to the QB and HE can pass, like a flea flicker. Heck, the HB can even roll out and pass. How can a formation with that many options be defended??
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Actuall the key to it been succesful was that we were throwing many different formations at them. I hope they keep doing that. Shotgun 4 wr, shotgun 3wr 2 rb, Two te set.
 
This is the same offense Arkansas ran with Jones and McFadden right?

We used it to perfection yesterday. I love it.
 
I was waiting for NE to shut it down and they couldn't. They only play that gain good yards or score was when Ricky slipped going around the end.

Next game Pennington will catch a pass.
 
He did and he didn't. Many plays that college spread teams are running are just old double wing plays run out of a shotgun offense. UF and WVU made these plays popular with the success they've been having. Head out to a local high school with an older coach or a Pee Wee football game and you're likely to see them run a lot of out of the Double Wing or Wing-T formations, but they are not as likely to be in the shotgun with it.

When Lee was at UA they called it the Wild Hog formation and it featured McFadden and Jones. Splitting the QB out to the WR spot and direct snapping the ball to the RB is where Lee put his stamp on it, although I'm certain he got it from another school running it around the same time UA did (I can't remember which school it was). UA ran it well and popularized more because of it.
 
It reminded me of the 90's when Steve Tasker and the Bills kept running that stupid reverse but we could not stop it, great to see the same thing happen to the Patsies!
 
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