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12 Jul 2011
Study Up: John Jenkins’ Houston Run And Shoot
A look at the beginnings of the modern run and shoot as they were implemented at the University of Houston by John Jenkins. Chris Brown of Smart Football will take you through some of the finer points of the system and how they relate to today's spread offense sets. On a related note: John Jenkins may be trying to tear your defense apart as you read this article.
5 comments, Last at 13 Jul 2011, 2:49pm by trill
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Re: Study Up: John Jenkins’ Houston Run And Shoot
The Cougar's 1991 loss to Miami (41-10) was in my opinion the most crushing PR blow to the run and shoot. The game was heavily hyped, and Houston's loss was widely portrayed as "exposing" the "gimmick offense" -- Never mind that this team was loaded with elite talent (their three starting linebackers were Michael Barrow, Jesse Armstead and Darrin Smith), playing at home and would eventually win the co-national championship.
It didn't help that Houston went on to lose the next week (51-10) to a decent-but-not-great Minnesota team -- a far less excusable loss.
- aj
Re: Study Up: John Jenkins’ Houston Run And Shoot
What a great game that was. Ah, memories.
Re: Study Up: John Jenkins’ Houston Run And Shoot
"Houston Gamblers Quarterback Manuel." Awesome.
Re: Study Up: John Jenkins’ Houston Run And Shoot
Looks like this was dictated to a very busy assistant. Fantastic info, though. Soooo many half-rolls.
Re: Study Up: John Jenkins’ Houston Run And Shoot
Also, anyone who digs this sort of stuff can check out www.fastandfuriousfootball.com for plenty more.
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