A-11 hits on rivals.com

[daggo66]

Originally Posted by Ed Hickland

Think this is what it is for 2008. The Rules Committee does not meet again until 2009.

I would highly suggest that everyone file their opinion on the A-11 offense and what they think should be done.

BTW. Someone posted a video from Rivals.com. It is worth a look to see the A-11 in action.

I saw that video and it's worthless because you can't see any numbers. You might as well be looking at any no huddle spread offense.

[Ed Hickland]

Originally Posted by daggo66

I saw that video and it's worthless because you can't see any numbers. You might as well be looking at any no huddle spread offense.

Don't look for the numbers, look to see if they are eligible by position.

What I saw most of the time the formation was legal and if illegal it was only by a foot or so. The "four receiver set" was interesting when all four went downfield. It requires the defense to be knowledgeable enough to think only one of the four is eligible and if the others go downfield, which they did, it would be a penalty if the ball is thrown past the LOS.

There was a lot of passes thrown behind the LOS which would require officials to be alert to make sure the pass does not cross.

The A-11 requires an extremely mobile QB as he seems to be running for his life on every "pass" play since his blockers are outmanned.

Piedmont has been successful with this offense but it probably has limited use. Some smart defensive coordinator will figure it out.

[daggo66]

I am far from a "smart defensive coordinator", but I could stop it quickly. The whole premise is because the team has small players and uses this to gain an advantage over larger (hopefully) slower players. One of my D-lineman, or LB's would be an extremely fast player, possiblt one that would normally be a DB. His job would be to run down the QB.