Georgia Southern had a good amount of success (7.02 yards per play) running double option zone read plays with the fullback in the game.
Here are the line rules that New Mexico utilized under Bob Debesse (former offensive coordinator under Willie Fritz) for inside zone.įor more on the inside zone blocking scheme, see here: One of the great features of this offense was the amount of ways they could run the inside zone and inside zone read. When running their auto-give inside zone plays, the fullback would block the EMLOS. With their inside zone read, the end-man on the line of scrimmage (EMLOS) would be the dive-key. They would always run inside zone as either an option play, or as a called-give to the running back designed to look like an option play. This negated the need for them to use extensive RPOs since they could account for defenders with their option fakes.Īs I mentioned in the introductory paragraph, the inside zone read was the base play that really made this offense go. They were able to stretch the field horizontally with their option game, which helped create misdirection when running their constraint plays. They had multiple plays which were designed to look like a zone read option play, but were really just called gives to the running back. They could run the zone read as either a double or triple option play, and was the base play which helped set up the majority of the offense. Much of their run game revolved around their “bread and butter” play, the inside zone read. Georgia Southern’s run game in 2014 utilized 5 blocking schemes: Inside Zone, Power/Counter, Speed Option, Load Option, and Draw/Lead Draw. Note: This article will focus solely on their 2014 season. While much of their blocking schemes differed from the veer schemes traditional flexbone offenses such as Navy or Georgia Tech have used, they still utilized the same option principles and series-based approach to play calling. They accomplished this using a unique shotgun option run scheme featuring primarily inside zone and power-based schemes. Georgia Southern was first in the nation in rushing yards per game at 381.1, first in rushing yards per attempt at 7.1, first in rushing touchdowns at 55, and second in yards per play at 7.34.
The Eagles had won 7 games at the FCS level the year prior before going 9-3 at the FBS level under Willie Fritz. In 2014, Willie Fritz’s first year at Georgia Southern in addition to the Eagles’ first year at the FBS level, Georgia Southern was an offensive juggernaut running their way to a Sun Belt Conference championship.
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