Spread Offense Quotes

Don't ever underestimate Mike Gundy throwing the ball with his quarterbacks.

We need a Moneyball revolution in the NFL. We need Spread teams and Run and Shoot teams and Option teams.

There was a period of time where the two most wanted guys in the state of Oklahoma were me and Josh Heupel. Me for suggesting that you could throw the ball at Oklahoma and in the Big 12. And Josh Heupel for having the temerity to play quarterback and not be able to run faster than 5 flat.

I grew up an Urban Meyer fan. I loved the way he coached, loved the way he did things.

The league has changed in so many ways. There are no point guards anymore, there are no centers anymore; it's all positionless basketball.

It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be established - that was always the obligatory verb: established - before passes could become effective. My, we know how that has changed. Now the pass is established from the get-go, and running is an afterthought.

My last two years at Fresno State were 100 percent no-huddle, and I love it. I'm very comfortable in it.

I ran a lot of quick-strike concepts in high school just because from the University of Hawaii, a lot of guys that were in my high school coached that way.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

As the West Coast offense has spread out among the NFL, as all of Bill Walsh's assistants and all of Mike Holmgren's assistants have gone on to be head coaches, it's all the West Coast offense, but it's all a little different, tailored to the personnel or the coordinators or the resources each team has.

We are trying to get away from those traditional centre, power forward type things.

I do play in a spread offense and in order to translate into the NFL, I'll have to take snaps under center.

I love the no-huddle.

This stereotype as Marcus Mariota as a spread quarterback that just runs read options all the time, that's ridiculous.

Coach Kingsbury, I know the type of offense he runs. He recruited me out of high school and I have a great relationship with him.

If you're playing for 10 or 15 years, you can't every week run six option plays. It can be around. It can be a part of the game, but sooner or later you've got to deliver the ball from the pocket. That's the game. Now, if the game changes, and it's proven a championship can be won from the pistol spread, then I'm wrong.