I want to welcome Coach Phil Longo to the podcast today from Sam Houston State University. The past two seasons the Bearkats have produced 15,128 yards total offense with their uptempo style of spread offense. Phil shares some of the keys to running this style of offense. Sam Houston led the nation in total offense and first downs per game. The 1,275 plays run offensively in 2016 also is a league record. In the last two seasons he has been on staff, Sam Houston has reached the NCAA Division I Football National Championship semifinals twice and won the Southland Conference championship in 2014.
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In their playoff game against Colgate, I took the liberty of drawing up a few plays that I really liked and fit very well into the PSSO style of offense.
Trips Wing Package (20 Personnel)
Trips Right Wing 23 Iso – Use your Core Run Play ISO rules to block this.
Zone Slice – Slice simply means that the F is blocking the End Man on the Line and the QB is now reading the Backside Outside LB for a give or keep key. Some coaches make this an automatic give because of the added blocker. Sam Houston here adds the Z-Bubble which forces the OLB to sit or cover the possible pass.
Zone Slice RPO – Same play but you see it with a pass read here.
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Zone Slice Play Action – Here you get a great look at their Z now releasing on a Seam/Post Middle of Field Read with the play action fake up front. LB’s are sucked up and the quick release throw is wide open for a big gain.
Fake Zone Slice F Quick Screen – A nice little play here where the F fakes the block then breaks back outside for the screen pass. If LB’s are keying the F slicing across the line, this should get an easy 5+ yards as well as helping them slow down their read.
Trips Wing Bubble – I love how Phil runs this bubble screen from the Trips Wing formation. The nice thing about this is that you can run a trips bubble screen from the middle of the field. Usually this is difficult because of the bubble screen spacing rules and if you try to throw it to the Z from the Hash it’s too far. Here the Z is on the Hash and the bubble is thrown to him immediately (which I highly recommend when you see he’s uncovered).
Trips Bubble Screen – Here’s just a good ole bubble screen play from trips. Yes, the basics still work. Nothin fancy here, just good execution. I’ll run this play all day long if they give it to me. Note that the perimeter blocking is attacking the leverage of the DB/LB’s. All this is included in the Bubble Screen Modules.
Trips 019 (Hot to 0) – Here’s a nice quick play I’m throwing in here because it’s simple. Anytime that Z on the Goalpost is uncovered, get him the ball now!
Doubles Speed Option – Here’s another solid spread offense play against LB’s who Apex (Split the difference between the slot and the tackle, with safeties high. This is all perimeter blocking. You can’t run a spread offense without great perimeter blocking. You can leave the end to force the pitch, or reach him using toss rules.
Trips wing is a formation that I would highly consider utilizing. My top three plays that I’d install together are Iso, Bubble, and Play action. If we were a zone team, I’d put in the Zone Slice RPO, Play Action and Bubble. You also have Bubble Slant and Bubble Go you can always pair up with any bubble play you install.
If 20 personnel fits your team, this could get you quite a bit of mileage against any defense you see. Any questions? Please post them in the coaches forum so we all can benefit!
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