Air Force Triple Option

Highlights of Air Force's triple opton variations in the Armed Forces Bowl against the University of Houston.

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[cauchamar]

If an elite team ever ran this, and kept getting enough elite recruits, it would never lose.

[USPSAman]

I love watching the option defense. exciting unpredictable and when executed correctly it is a thing of beauty.

[CoachGlessner]

What the hell was the Free Safety doing?? If he runs the alley, the play is stopped for no gain!

[Truexfan2279]

The best style of offense, in my opinion

[LarryRickenbacker]

I agree with Cauchmar. There's a catch-22..if a major D1 school USES a triple option offense, they'll lost recruits. The Triple option didn't prevent Nebraska from getting talent in the 90s, though.

[cauchamar]

@brock71wc

Because they don't feel (probably correctly) that they could recruit elite athletes if they ran it. Back in the day, and as recently as Osborne's later Nebraska teams, it was still possible to do so. But today's Tommie Fraziers and Eric Crouch's don't want to have great college careers and win a lot but have no shot at the NFL. Top athletes want to be pro-ready RBs and WRs. Top QBs want to throw. But IF. If you could do it, it would work. Google 1995 Nebraska.

[brock71wc]

@cauchamar then why hasnt a school done it yet?

[nuclearthreat545]

@USPSAman option defense?

[DalonCole]

FS running the Alley ran underneath a block. Made it six points instead of six yards

[brock71wc]

@cauchamar Dude, if you ran that with a Top-Tier team against a top-tier team it wouldnt be as effective as you think. I think the two best playbooks and formations are the triple-option wingback and The Spread. Both opposite extremes.

[cauchamar]

As hard as it is to master, teams do master it eventually; but opponents who have one week to prepare for it never master defending it. I don't think elite teams would stuff it if it were run with elite athletes. I really don't. The whole point of the option is that it makes up for huge talent disparities. So imagine if the talent is equal and the opponent isn't familiar with defending it (as no one but the academies ever is). It slows opponents down. It makes them think. It de-elites them.