Dension University and Granville high school both in Granville,Ohio use to run this offense and it was so fun to watch. Both teams would pass and run out of it.

 

 

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Edited May 27, 200818 yr by newarkcatholicfan

Whitley County HS did last season. LCA's coach Raines did some while at Madison Central some years ago.

Frankfort will line up every once in a while and run some plays out of it.

Years ago Bellevue ran this when they won a State Class A Title (maybe two, I can't remember) with the Sutkamp's in the backfield. I know that J. Sutkamp was one of the better power backs that I have seen, he was like a freight train rolling thru defenses.

Eastern ran a shotgun version of it last year.

I love to see teams run this offense. This offense is very effective when run properly.

Harrodsburg HS ran it very well in the 70's and early 80's. It was a big deal when the Hogs moved Steve Schuster to QB and they had a QB under center in 82'. They played the eventual state champs, Paris HS, tough that season, losing 14-0.

 

Playing DE against this offense was tough. It seemed like there were 3 people coming to block you every snap.

 

With guys like Henry Parks, Venus Meaux, and Bo Yeast carrying the ball, I am not sure how much blocking they needed anyway.

Eastern ran a shotgun version of it last year.

 

All single wing teams are in "the gun".

 

Most what of people see as "spread" teams now honestly are single wing teams. That is what Urban Meyer calls his offense. You look at youtube clips of old singlewing stuff and it looks a lot like the "modern" stuff.

 

Most singlewing teams are unbalanced and run a base core of plays. Power is a normal one which is not much different then a doublewing's super power play. There is the half spin and full spin series which is similar to jet, gun read, or the spin offense.

Scouted a team in Indiana 2 years ago that ran this O amazingly It was really cool watching "old school" football. If I am not mistaken there was a 60's KY State Champion runner up team that ran it 2 a T. Any Old timers out there tell me who this was?:confused:

Scouted a team in Indiana 2 years ago that ran this O amazingly It was really cool watching "old school" football. If I am not mistaken there was a 60's KY State Champion runner up team that ran it 2 a T. Any Old timers out there tell me who this was?:confused:

 

I don't know about 60's but as was mentioned in an earlier post, Bellvue ran it with the Suptkamps and won the state title in '77 and maybe '78.

 

Harrodsburg ran the Single Wing but Alvis usually was land locked and ran mostly power plays out of it with the occasional misdirection. He rarely used it's passing potential to full effect.

 

Chief Smoke was right about one thing, getting ready for Harrodsburg was the roughest weak of practice for any Defensive End. They have to hold some serious ground and keep the play inside at all costs. Tough to do when 2 or 3 backs came at you on every play.

I don't know anyone who would say it was "their base offense", but like Barrel said, the WVUesque/Florida style spread that teams are running with their speed has deep roots in the Single Wing.

 

Like I said on the Double Wing thread, I think if someone ran the Single Wing exclusively, it would be Hades to try and defend, jsut because of the unfamiliarity.

Edited May 28, 200818 yr by Coach Hard

Greenup ran it in 94' and 95' under Bill Baldridge.

Greenup ran it in 94' and 95' under Bill Baldridge.

Greenup also ran the Double Wing with Sammons, in his first year. But, I think he scrapped it after two or three games. But, I loved it that Greenup was running it against Raceland. I had not seen anyone run it in years. I was really proud of Sammons for doing it, then he scrapped it.

The guys at Florida will tell you they run the single wing. Just about every clinic talk they do that is how they start out. Its a shame that communities in large would not accept these styles of offense. I know people talk about these offenses for smaller schools but honestly they would work on any of the levels.

 

The best part about the SW (and DW) is that it can be run at the lower levels too. You can create one heck of a pipeline with them. A good SW team is very fun to watch with the cross actions and the power. Bill Walsh use to say that one of his regrets was not running a SW package with Steve Young.

I think the biggest problems with these offenses is not the players or coaches on the sidelines. I think a lot of people don't do it for fear of all the coaches in the stands and in the administration. Everybody "knows" football. Heck, they watch it every weekend. So that makes them card carrying members of the KHSAA football coaching association!!

 

I would love to see more of it at the high school level! SW is really cool with the unbalanced, crazy spinning stuff, but I'm a DW fan. I'd gladly go watch either on a Friday night.