RPO Blocking Schemes

[Kellso]

With the Utes running an RPO offense this season, how big of an adjustment is the power blocking scheme? Will the O linemen have to slim down? What is the biggest change? Will we use a fullback? Anyone have insight on the subject?

[2008 National Champ]

They ran RPO schemes under Ludwig.,,

The overall playbook will be the same for Beck. Where there will be a difference is in the sequencing of calls and hopefully a “dumbing down” of the reads to allow the new QB the ability to take advantage of his athleticism. I’d also like to see a lot less predictability between personnel packages, formations and play calls.

As for the blocking, Utah has been running Power, Zone & Slice concepts for years. Beck isn’t going to reinvent the wheel. My hope is that he does a better job of identifying what his guys do well and leverage it instead of what we saw the last 2 years.

[AlohaUte]

Why do you think the playbook will largely be the same for Beck?

I hope he will have the freedom to implement his own system.

[2008 National Champ]

Why do you think Beck will have a different playbooK? Ludwig claimed to have over 1,000 plays in his book. And with the availability of film on every team, I don’t really think that there is a whole lot of “new” to be found.

I’m of the opinion that all coordinators are drawing from the same well. Each coordinator has different ways of dressing it up but an A gap run is always going to be an A gap run. So no, I don’t believe that Beck is going to come in with a playbook full of stuff that Ludwig has never thought of.

As far as Beck having full freedom, that’s the real question. Every OC Whitt has brought in has ended up calling a risk averse game by the end of their tenure, which leads to Whitt declaring that they need more from the offense, with the fan base hoping that the next guy will have the full freedom to call their own game. Beck will probably start with a lot of latitude but we’ll see how long that lasts if Dampier can’t complete 60% of his passes and has a 1:1 TD/Int ratio. That full freedom goes away in a hurry when Whitt has to play from behind.

[chinngiskhaan]

A playbook with some of the same plays does not make it the same playbook.

[2008 National Champ]

Then I look forward to all of these new plays Beck has in his arsenal that no other offensive coordinator in the history of football has thought of before.

[chinngiskhaan]

Way to build that straw man buddy.

You said they had the SAME overall playbook. You also said Ludwig claims to have had 1000 plays or whatever. They will not have the same playbook. They will not have the same offense. Ludwig is gone allegedly because his offense was too difficult to install in today’s transfer portal era. If they had the SAME playbook (like you said in your original comment, before you tried to suggest we were arguing something that we were not) then learning the plays wouldn’t be any less cumbersome under a new coordinator, would it?

If Beck has 500 of the EXACT SAME plays as Ludwig in his playbook, and not one play more, it isn’t the same playbook. If he has 999 of the same plays, and not one play more, it isn’t the same playbook, is it?

If you are eating a Big Mac for lunch, and I’m eating a pile of lettuce from a Big Mac for lunch, are our lunches the same? Of course not.

They will not have the same playbook. Nobody is arguing that Beck will have completely original plays. You are moving the goalposts and constructing a straw man. I did not argue or even suggest that Beck would have completely original plays that no coordinator has ever thought of before.

[Hellhound152]

80% of the teams in college football run the same playbook currently with different nomenclature. The RPO is not some magic thing, it is zone read plus… As stated, the difference is discipline and if the history is any indicator, Utah O-line has a hard time holding up and staying in the 3 yards.

It is not like Beck is bringing a revolution. Frankly, a more triple option focused book especially in short yardage would make me content.

[Deli]

Line doesn’t need to slim down. Where there will be more of an emphasis is going to be technique and make sure that you are where you are supposed to be. One of the hardest for RPO if it takes a little longer to develop is illegal man down field by a wandering oline. Outside of that Utah ran a little RPO over the last couple of years. So it’s not something brand new to them, it’ll be more repetitions of the scheme.

[bopahull]

I don’t care what scheme we run as long as it works. I hope I can’t sit in my seat at the stadium and tell what the next play is by which players are on the field and where they lineup. I hope Beck mixes things up enough that we stop being so damn predictable.

[Charlie]

One change I am hoping to see is an offense that relies on execution without needing mystery each week. I would love to see practice open to fans to watch sometimes. An attitude of sure you have seen all that we do but all the way up to two seconds after the snap there still remains more than one thing we may be doing and you must hesitate to be sure what it will be. I like that for all positions, both sides of the ball, as much as possible. We saw that even in the way Covey returned the ball. He once said his style was to maintain an inside or outside option, longer that other return men, through the last defender if at all possible. I believe he meant others began to simply run away earlier than he does. Watch us all you want, we just intend to win more of the individual battles. And don’t be overly complex. And serve more of what you find hard to defend. Maybe then we can have a few open practices.

[UTEopia]

I imagine we will see some illegal downfield calls, but that is on the QB, not the OL. They are blocking run all the way and if the QB throws a pass it needs to be out of his hand before the OL hit 3 yards downfield.

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