this looks fun

[Obliviax]

split backfield. RPO, fake QB run, hit other RB in the flat with a pass.

Mad Yurcich is taking advantage of all of the tools available to him. The T formation on short yardage was a huge plus last year.

 

[Lion_Backer]

split backfield. RPO, fake QB run, hit other RB in the flat with a pass.

Mad Yurcich is taking advantage of all of the tools available to him. The T formation on short yardage was a huge plus last year.

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Not directly related but regarding the T Formation. What's Old is New!

"The T Formation is said to be the oldest football formation. Not surprisingly the T Formation was developed in the mid 1880s by the father of American football, Walter Camp at Yale......

.......The T Formation became very popular from the 1930’s through the 1950’s. At one point 2/3s of the US College football teams were running some variation of the T Formation. Stanford, Notre Dame, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Delaware, Ohio State, Arkansas and Minnesota all had T or Split T coaches that pushed the development of the T Offense and or Option or Multi T Offenses leading to the Wing T. The Chicago Bear’s even have the T Formation in their fight song lyrics......

.... The Tight T is a very strong formation and good for power plays inside the Tight Ends. It is weak outside the tackles and Sweeps. The Split T and Modern T variations expanded the Regular T into a multi formation offense able to hit wide and expand the passing capabilities of the Old Dead T offense."

 

[Ward Hog]

The pass to the flat is a lateral so Allen can throw it as well.

 

[The Spin Meister]

split backfield. RPO, fake QB run, hit other RB in the flat with a pass.

Mad Yurcich is taking advantage of all of the tools available to him. The T formation on short yardage was a huge plus last year.

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Pretty tricky…..using two balls. That outta fool them real gooder. 🥸

 

[cvilleelkscoach]

split backfield. RPO, fake QB run, hit other RB in the flat with a pass.

Mad Yurcich is taking advantage of all of the tools available to him. The T formation on short yardage was a huge plus last year.

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This is a quick reaction drill not the triple option. Two balls are used. BTW, the RPO has 3 options. RB run, QB run, QB pass. It can also have a 4th option if a relief receiver is used.

 

[Obliviax]

This is a quick reaction drill not the triple option. Two balls are used. BTW, the RPO has 3 options. RB run, QB run, QB pass. It can also have a 4th option if a relief receiver is used.

ok, I think the point is that PSU is running RPOs out of a two back set. In this way, the QB can fake to the RB and keying off of the OLB. The OLB has to make a decision; key on stopping the run or go with the other RB to stop the pass. If he follows the RB into the flat, as long as the line blocks OK, there is nothing to stop the back until the secondary. If he keys on the run, the flip out to the RB in the flat ends up being an uncovered bubble screen.

 

[Psubiomed]

It reminds me of the Florida triple option used by Meyer on the Leak/Tebow era

 

[jimarnp]

The pass to the flat is a lateral so Allen can throw it as well.

My first thought as well.

 

[91Joe95]

split backfield. RPO, fake QB run, hit other RB in the flat with a pass.

Mad Yurcich is taking advantage of all of the tools available to him. The T formation on short yardage was a huge plus last year.

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I've been teased before.

 

[tboyer]

split backfield. RPO, fake QB run, hit other RB in the flat with a pass.

Mad Yurcich is taking advantage of all of the tools available to him. The T formation on short yardage was a huge plus last year.

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Every B1G defense will be well prepared for the T-formation this year. It will be available to them but it won't work as well. It will be like the 2nd year of JoeMo when defenses figured out how to attack the mesh point.

The T will be available to them and you'll see but but I'd guess Yurcich is coming up with new plays/variations that we won't know about until 3-4 weeks into the season. Whatever they're doing they're not going to be advertising at the open practice.