How Do You Run The Football From The Spread Offense?
The spread offense is more than a fad. It is used as the primary form of attack by dozens of major college football powers. High schools throughout the country have also adopted the offense and elements of the spread are used throughout the NFL, even if those teams have yet to come around to full acceptance of the attack. The spread offense is a high-powered attack designed to move the ball downfield quickly. Passing is usually the primary weapon, but because defensive teams must use most of their effort and energy to stop the pass the running game is often wide open. Establish the passing game. Texas Tech and Hawaii have had the most explosive spread offenses in college football in recent years and both of those teams want to pass first in order to set up the run. Students of the game know that this is the opposite of the strategy that most teams used in the last century, when coaches always said that the running game sets up the pass. Many head coaches at the pro level still parrot t
