...pro style run heavy offense (Iowa) does not. It's much more difficult for the best teams to defend against the former than the latter in my opinion. Exhibit A Clemson & Wisconsin tonight. Top 10 teams can generally shut down pro style offenses.
Spread Offense w/ mobile QB wins championships...
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Alabama and Jacob Cocker in 2015 seem to dissagree with you.
No, Bama has been successful with pro-style run heavy not too long ago. But even they have moved away from it. It's just easier to beat the best teams in modern college fb if you run the spread with a mobile QB, in my opinion.
There will aways be a few exceptions like Alabama, but even they have switched to spread.
Having a roster like OSU’s wins championships. Doesn’t matter what offense they run.
I think you can also say it's much easier to win a National Championship when you have a roster full of blue-chip athletes. Kirk Ferentz would probably have a shot at winning a national championship with Alabama's roster.
Illinois from the last 15ish years agrees with you.
You should argue that spread teams with the top athletes win championships. How many other teams in the country run a spread with mobile QBs and don't win any championships? Ohio State and Clemson get the best athletes in the country, they could probably run a triple option and compete.
As do Jamies and FSU in 2013, AJ McCarron and Alabama in 2011 and 2012, Greg McElroy and Alabama in 2009, Matt Flynn and LSU in 2007, and many, many more.
2002 Iowa is the perfect example of how a pro style offense works. Granted, we were doing this with shunned recruits, transitional players and walk-ons, and today's version would need to be slightly modified.......
But that would be perfect for Iowa, and we've never really gone back to it.
We had it a liiiittle bit with CJ Beathard but his hip injury limited him from his true potential.
But a pro style offense with a dual threat accurate passer like Brad Banks who can run the option and be effective gives that style the kind of edge it needs over more traditional, straight forward, "everyone has seen it and knows how to defend it" pro style offenses like we try to run.
Even the antiquated zone blocking scheme would work better with a legitimate dual threat QB.
But that would be perfect for Iowa, and we've never really gone back to it.
We had it a liiiittle bit with CJ Beathard but his hip injury limited him from his true potential.
But a pro style offense with a dual threat accurate passer like Brad Banks who can run the option and be effective gives that style the kind of edge it needs over more traditional, straight forward, "everyone has seen it and knows how to defend it" pro style offenses like we try to run.
Even the antiquated zone blocking scheme would work better with a legitimate dual threat QB.
Last 3/4 national champions have all been spread with mobile QB. After this year it will be 4/5. Bama was a little unique in the years prior because they could just run over the opposition like a truck. But if you want to beat Bama, you better be able to spread the field and have a fast QB.
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