i reread this... i'm thinking the element missed or misunderstood is RIGHT NOW... Right Now, the teams are ____.
but even that said, i stand behind the element of execution is not disrupted by anyone but the team executing. clean execution and positioning based on timing is the key to these teams playing these 'type' of offenses. maybe they'll meet up with someone who bumps the crap out of receivers off the line and disrupts the timing route, or a player savvy enough to miss the pick play/block. Maybe they have a D line that crowds the lanes or gets penetration enough to upset the play as it develops.. Maybe the game comes down to power, and if it does the game they're trying to play (this what i'm referring to as 'new' developing style) goes out the window. So far that hasn't happened- but it certainly can.
watching the Texas/LSU game there was certainly individual players playing 'freak' tough, but most of those plays were after the catch or hand off and started (the freak hits and drags) in space pitting individual against individual- and the individual player made the play. ... but that is a matter of talent and ability and is in actual opposition to the 'concept' i'm speaking of which is reliant on TEAM and TEAM position (scheme). That game ended a 45-38 affair. It's more than safe to say that neither team broke the others cohesion on O else the score wouldn't have been so high for both teams- what happened is one team survived and the other ran out of time.
the 'game' i'm speaking of runs a hurry up, runs high percentage passing plays with plows in front of the receivers (often other receivers), and crossing plays that are designed to net medium gains of 5-7 yards. As soon as the O catches the D in a set they've been waiting for they try to keep them on the field and exploit it. this 'type' of O has roots in the BigXII, which is again why i started the thread here- oSu has been doing it.. TT was doing it.. Baylor, for cripes sake, was doing it. Texas under Herman is doing it. OU has been doing it for a while. Now, Saban is doing it. Auburn is doing it. Freakin' LSU is doing it now that they've found a QB capable of even threatening it.... the Saints do it. The Rams do it. Those coaches spent a lot of time with each other over the past several years developing their concepts, and those concepts are settling on this type of play. and this type of play is dependent on proper execution and players being where they are supposed to be when they are supposed to be there more so than any other element... meaning: their biggest opponent is themselves.
