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Todd4State
12-20-2022, 02:35 PM
Would be Bill Walsh
Don Coryell
Mike Leach
Emory Bellard

I guess I'm lucky to be a MSU fan.
basedog
12-20-2022, 02:57 PM
Would be Bill Walsh
Don Coryell
Mike Leach
Emory Bellard

I guess I'm lucky to be a MSU fan.

Pretty awesome innovative group.
Extendedcab
12-20-2022, 03:58 PM
Would be Bill Walsh
Don Coryell
Mike Leach
Emory Bellard

I guess I'm lucky to be a MSU fan.

You are spanning the gamut. :D. Nice!

Air Coryell
Air Bone
Wish Bone
Johnson85
12-20-2022, 04:15 PM
Would be Bill Walsh
Don Coryell
Mike Leach
Emory Bellard

I guess I'm lucky to be a MSU fan.

West Coast,
Air Raid
Wishbone

All solid options. What about Alex Gibbs? I know he didn't invent it, but don't a lot of NFL teams basically use his version of zone blocking?

Is there a "father of the spread"? Just trying to think of who has come up with offensive principles/systems that teams have basically had to copy they were so potent.
basedog
12-20-2022, 04:37 PM
Bill Yeoman/Houston invented the veer offense in 1965.
Goldendawg
12-20-2022, 04:43 PM
My Death Valley of MSU "Very Offensive Coaches" - Sly Croom & JoMo.*****
Todd4State
12-21-2022, 01:20 AM
West Coast,
Air Raid
Wishbone

All solid options. What about Alex Gibbs? I know he didn't invent it, but don't a lot of NFL teams basically use his version of zone blocking?

Is there a "father of the spread"? Just trying to think of who has come up with offensive principles/systems that teams have basically had to copy they were so potent.

I went with head coaches only. The spread has so many variations it's hard for me to say. You have Chip Kelly, Rich Rodriguez, Urban Meyer- all very good and somewhat different with similar ideas.
Todd4State
12-21-2022, 01:21 AM
You are spanning the gamut. :D. Nice!

Air Coryell
Air Bone
Wish Bone

Full circle!
Lord McBuckethead
12-21-2022, 02:09 AM
Spurrier? Come on fellas, his offense was something to watch at Duke and UF.
TUSK
12-21-2022, 07:34 AM
Spurrier? Come on fellas, his offense was something to watch at Duke and UF.

yeppers.
cujo
12-22-2022, 11:34 AM
But here's what's crazy. In 1981, we went 7-4 with losses to Missouri 14-3; Alabama 13-10; USM 7-6; and OM 21-17.
We had one of the best defenses in the nation and several offensive weapons including John Bond, Glen Young, Michael Haddix, Danny Knight, Donald Ray King.
Bellard chose to play the whole season conservatively and rely on the defense to win the game.
If he had opened up the offense just a little bit we could very well have been undefeated.
BulldogDX55
12-22-2022, 11:43 AM
Clearly, the answer should be:

John L. Smith
Woody McCorvey
George E. Allen
Kirk Ferentz