Breaking Down WHY Josh Heupel's Tennessee Offense Is SO HARD TO DEFEND

[@kevinstokes7302]

Heupel's detractors trash talk and condemn, but they cannot compete with his offensive genius. As an added bonus, I believe a vastly improved defense will make the heads of their opponents explode.

[@thomasharp3246]

Let's see if it works this year. If so I'll give him credit.

[@johnnycole7990]

Huepal going to have the Vols doing even better than last year

[@wtk6069]

It was the same thing when Hal Mumme first brought the air raid to the SEC. For a while, it gave teams fits, until Georgia figured out how to shut it down. Then other teams copied them, and soon the offense still worked, but it had normal results because teams were used to playing it. The same thing is happening with Heupel's offense now.

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

Same thing is happening? 😂 Where is your evidence? As far as I can see, TN’s offense was number 1 in the country last season. If you knew your Xs and Os you’d understand why your comment is just plain wrong. Other teams besides GA know HOW to stop it, in theory. But they don’t have the manpower to sop it. Stopping CJH’s offense requires having dbs that can cover 1-on-1 in space against burners and so far, only GA has had the personnel to be able to hang

[@willmiddleton9199]

USC did a pretty good job of slowing it down last year, just sayin' @@GrannySingaporePVP

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

@@willmiddleton9199 USCjr played lights out last year and TN played horribly that night. It was a perfect storm of circumstances and TN still scored 38 pts on an off-night. It won’t happen this year. We’ll see pretty early this season just how “figured out” SC has TN’s offense

[@willmiddleton9199]

@@GrannySingaporePVP I'll take that bet ! No hate just good competition !

[@GrannySingaporePVP]

@@willmiddleton9199 it’s a bet! If you turn out to be right I’ll come back and eat my crow 🤝🏼

[@IIISWILIII]

It's a charcuterie board of confusion!!! 😂

[@PowerSpreadXO]

Blayne is hitting on something - the RTO - Run Triple Option - Give,Keep,Pass. Overall - all this PS stuff is evolving into the Option Ideal. It provides options Pre-Snap & Post-Snap in both P and S (run and pass if that's easier to understand). DeBoer does it brilliantlly, but comes more from a pro spread background. Same with Leipold (his OC now at PSU). DeBoer's a master at giving simple executable options to his qb and other players on all the plays. Jake is correct in saying Fundamentals a key for the Defenses - but you have to combine that w/ Assignment Oriented Football. This is why Saban's Match Coverages have overtaken the came. They aren't pre-set designs before the snap. They are option defense - assignment based on what the offense does. So we are coming to a future game where both sides - O and D - will have options pre and post snap on every play. Who wins? The one with the most consistent Aggressive Flexible Variety. Starting with aggression - it's a concept - a mindset. That's why most teams can't use Briles stuff - they can't wrap their small minds around such an aggressive idea on Offense. Variety is next. Can't just be Assignment Oriented Technique + Fundamentals. Must have the tools in the bag (scheme) then use them on game day (gameplan+playcalls). Lastly - Flexibility. Must be able to morph to your talent + opponent. Briles PS offense does that as well. Manny Matsakis has a nice interview with Art - they worked together - Manny mentions PS (Im the friend he mentions) - Briles sort of is like - "well,yeah". Stating the obvious. It is so simple - but has eluded so many for so long and will continue. The brilliance of Walter Camp's grid iron idea is that it seems like a perfect mirror for mankind's evolvement in the mind. How long it takes to stretch the mind has played out - literally - on the grid iron over 150 yrs. Wild. And still today - CFB wk 1 2024 - I heard one of the talking heads on TV say that all the concepts ever invented and that can ever be invented are being used today. There's nothing more. That, my friend, is the epitome of a little mind. And that's why it takes so long for powerful schemes to catch on. It's all PS (space) or Pro (time) now - some combo thereof - Pro hearkens back to Sid Gillman - PS back to Rusty Russell who coached with Dutch Meyer who coached with Francis Schmidt, Gillman's mentor. So it was bound to happen. PS Pro - the Option Ideal. And now it's just how far coaches can stretch their minds and see the new concepts and combos. Thank god for the minds like DeBoer - Briles - Manny - and some daring from Andy Reid and the Shanahans to wake the NFL up to the future of the game.

[@keithconnell8460]

"Charcutier board of confusion"! I love Jake!

[@foster7517]

Huepal out here playing chess

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

Was dude saying that the Tennessee offense is like the band Blues Traveler? OBO

[@roomsforghost]

Its most definitely not a gimmick. However it is super personnel dependent. It looks easy but not just anyone can run this scheme. You need a strong armed, RPO smart, QB who can take advantage of horizonal conflict and you need dudes on the outside who can win 1 on 1s. I was a HS DC many years ago facing Art Briles when he invented this offense in Stephenville TX and Elite CB/S play is really the only way to stop it. Kendal Briles essentially runs the same offense but has had to modify it into condensed and bunch sets because he hasn't had the talent to pull it off at Arky, Florida St, and now at TCU. If your QB doesn't have a whip your kind of screwed.

[@MrAUFANATIC]

Every 5 years, it’s a new wave for offensive football aka copycat. Since 2019, this is the newest trend and it happens to be Heupel. I watched Lebby’s first spring game at Miss St. Also, with Golesh at USF, expect schools to eventually go after coaches who coached under Heupel. It’s just not about choice routes and tempo, also personnel. Hooker and Hyatt was the perfect players in his system.

[@brettg9481]

Great content. Crain is better when he leaves the politics at the door.

[@TheKingRiku]

Guys come on.... its (eee-ah-malee-ava)

[@TheBoomersdad]

😂😂😂

[@michaelparker5640]

I'm chomping at the bit waiting on that 2 maybe 3 loss season for Alabama 😂 I will be kicked off social media for trolling Hardcore 😊 Milton will be okay if the OL and running game is solid they lost some major talent on the OL ✌️

[@djangoapple8230]

The gimmicks occur when the defenses have to fake injuries to stop Heupel's offense.

[@Gafan86]

Go vols

[@killroyzz]

Georgia shut it down what.Vols scored a touchdown with cheerleaders in. So it got stopped...Our walk on out played your 8 million dollar man .HOOKER

[@evanext802]

1 time.

[@rodyoumans7909]

Georgia did shut it down for the most part. Tennessee threw some haymakers like always they just didn’t land because Georgia has elite players that rarely make the mistakes that other teams do against tennessees offense. If one or two of those haymakers would have landed it who knows how the game would have turned out, but woulda coulda shoulda yea I already know.

[@kentontudor]

That game was the Super Bowl for Athens because they never play anyone decent at home. It took a once in a lifetime crowd (for uga standards), a roster full of 5-stars, bad weather, and an off day from Hooker. UGAthens still wins 60-70% of the time… but everything had to go their way.

[@MrAUFANATIC]

Georgia didn’t really stop UT offense as a whole. I saw the Tennessee receivers get past that secondary plenty of times in that game. The difference maker was Georgia’s d line. They forced bad throws and sacks. Half of the defense did their job tbh. As a team, yes they won.

[@LittleJerrySeinfeld]

USC did have any trouble

[@Silverfox1982]

Was that english?

[@Icee_White]

Vols defense was in shambles. On top of over looking the Gamecocks. But Carolina have up over 500 yards of offense. Yeah they didn’t have any trouble lol