“All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey.” For Oregon fans, these lyrics seem to match the Willamette Valley and our feelings after this game with USC. There has been enough written about our missed opportunities and mistakes in this game, and I salute our foe for a tremendous game plan and execution. I was surprised during the …
Oregon Spread Offense Tutorial No. 2: The Outside Zone Read
My friends, this video below is one of the foundation plays of the Oregon Spread Offense that was popularized by Chip Kelly when he was the head coach with the Ducks. Go to the OREGON FOOTBALL ANALYSIS LIBRARY by FishDuck.com front page to find the articles and links here. Articles about the Oregon Spread Offense under coaches Chip Kelly, Mark …
Oregon Spread Offense Tutorial No. 1: The Inside Zone Read
My friends, this is the most basic play in the Oregon Spread Offense, and the first instructional video I created in the summer of 2011. Below we have the actual video, and below that is a text/screenshot explanation. (Note: in 2014 Oregon added a new variation of the Inside Zone Read and you can learn about it here. To learn …
Stein Surprises: Oregon Unveils a NEW/OLD Zone-Read?
Is Oregon going to continue using the Zone-Read as part of the Oregon Offense? That was a question I wrestled with this last summer as I studied up on what new Offensive Coordinator, Will Stein, liked to run. The fans were told that most of the Kenny Dillingham offense would remain, and we would see Stein’s own wrinkles into game-plans …
The Oregon Ducks Stein Offense: 2×2 Spread Inside Zone RPO
Since the hiring of Coach Will Stein as the new Oregon Ducks offensive coordinator, it has been pretty well established that he has built a large portion of his offense around RPO concepts. And we’ve kind of taken a basic surface-level look at a couple of different RPOs. Now let’s go just a little bit deeper and dig into a …
Chip Kelly’s “No-Read” Inside Zone Play
The Chip Kelly Oregon spread offense is NOT zone reading on some plays? This offense is known for the infamous read option of a defensive lineman or linebacker as we fans work to determine who is getting zone read on a particular play. It seems that sometimes we are not reading or optioning anyone, yet the results on these plays …
Oregon’s Defensive Attack: The Dreaded Inside Zone Blitz
So many blitzes, and so little time before the football season! We have had a blast learning about Oregon’s new Hybrid 3-4 defense, and the Fire Zone Blitz in the last two weeks. Now much of this may be new to you and I, but our defense has been making this transition going back to the 2009 season. They did …
Defending the Spread: Zone Out or Man Up
Stopping Oregon is a terrible task for a defensive coordinator, especially during the middle of the season with little time to prepare between games. The schematic bonuses given to the Ducks through spreading a defense out, then isolating and rendering a defender useless, truly makes a defense overmatched schematically in every way. So that brings up the inevitable question–how does …
The Fourth Option in Will Stein’s Split Zone RPO
Throughout the off-season, we’ve studied several plays from Coach Will Stein’s offense and made assumptions about options on a few of them. Now, we have confirmation of one of those assumptions. A few months ago, we took a look at Coach Stein’s Split Zone Triple Option and talked about the possibility of the wheel route being a fourth option on …
The Will Stein Oregon Offense: Split Zone Triple Option
A huge part of Coach Will Stein’s offense with the UTSA Roadrunners was the RPO. Every team in college football runs them to some degree, but Coach Stein’s system is built around them. Though the Oregon Ducks offense will largely stay the same as this past season, fans can expect to see an uptick in the use of RPOs. Coach …
The Big Ten is Getting Ready for USC and UCLA
So they’re scumbagging their way to the Big Ten–those two toxic Angelenos, the University of Scuzzy Criminals and the University of Continuously Losing Again. Never mind that 6-0 record, UCLA is an overrated gang of losers. The question before us is: what are those raunchy schools off to? Yes, we know where the Big Ten schools are–and it’s some pretty …
Oregon’s Red Zone Woes Are on Dillingham
Kenny Dillingham’s offense has taken fans by storm and is a breath of fresh air after the previous administration. His system is dynamic and gets players into space to make big plays, but Dillingham is also not afraid to put in a jumbo formation and power the ball forward in short-yardage situations. It is a nightmare for opposing teams to prepare …