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I highly doubt it.  The pro style offense is called that because it has been commonly run in the NFL for ages.  Although we see it a bit less often in college (especially recently), there is nothing novel about it.  The key about our offense, and what I like about it, is that when executed properly it is tough for defenses to stop.  As we've seen the last few years, Power (the play) is tough to stop without putting 8 men in the box, and a defense that does that can be eaten up with a play action pass (see Orange Bowl).  Other offenses, like Oregon's can do well against most defenses, but a disciplined defense with a strong front seven that can tackle well in space (see Stanford last year or two years ago, or the SEC defenses Oregon played before that) can stop it.

Right, there's nothing novel about Power, but there's also nothing novel about the triple option and it still gives teams fits, especially if they don't see it all the time. I don't necessarily think my speculation was right either, but it does seem to me like we've gotten less and less effective with running power over the years. Is it the OL? The RBs? The coaching staff training those positions? Is it just that people figured out to stack the box now that we don't have Luck and we haven't been able to counteradjust? I dunno, I think it's complicated.

[stupac2]

I highly doubt it.  The pro style offense is called that because it has been commonly run in the NFL for ages.  Although we see it a bit less often in college (especially recently), there is nothing novel about it.  The key about our offense, and what I like about it, is that when executed properly it is tough for defenses to stop.  As we've seen the last few years, Power (the play) is tough to stop without putting 8 men in the box, and a defense that does that can be eaten up with a play action pass (see Orange Bowl).  Other offenses, like Oregon's can do well against most defenses, but a disciplined defense with a strong front seven that can tackle well in space (see Stanford last year or two years ago, or the SEC defenses Oregon played before that) can stop it.

Right, there's nothing novel about Power, but there's also nothing novel about the triple option and it still gives teams fits, especially if they don't see it all the time. I don't necessarily think my speculation was right either, but it does seem to me like we've gotten less and less effective with running power over the years. Is it the OL? The RBs? The coaching staff training those positions? Is it just that people figured out to stack the box now that we don't have Luck and we haven't been able to counteradjust? I dunno, I think it's complicated.