I don’t like this “hide things until we play a big opponent” strategy.
I don’t want the first time I run something to be in a big moment vs a big time opponent when nerves will be at an all time high. That is when mistakes are made.
Run it out vs SUU. Practice it in game situations. Sure, Oklahoma State will have seen it. Who cares? We are better than they are. I’d rather run it at 100% efficiency and make them gameplan for it and spend practice time on it so when I run the other 98% of my offense, they wasted time on trick plays in practice. Then I don’t even need those gimmick plays anymore, because OSU isn’t even ready for my basic stuff.
And if I do need it? Well s**t…I’m f**king fantastic at it because I’ve run it many times in game situations already.