Hey Coach,
Bixby’s explosive offense gets a lot of attention, but as you study it, you’ll find it is built around a few core concepts.
One of the biggest is the counter scheme, and Coach Tyler Schneider and this offensive staff have a million ways to run it.
Today we’re going to look at one specific example.
This play is taken directly from:
101 Plays from the Bixby Offense
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Bixby’s QB Super Counter
Bixby’s run game gets a lot of attention, and for good reason. They have the ability to present all different kinds of blocking schemes, formations, and motions to the defense and none of their opponents can ever be sure who has the ball until the play really gets going.
Here the Spartans offense lines up in an empty set and uses “YoYo” motion to send the running back across the formation, and then has him reverse course and run the opposite direction to carry out a mesh fake. This is also another tackle over set with the Y tight end playing the role of the playside tackle and blocking down.
The different run game tags for the H-Back make it incredibly easy to add a blocker wherever they need it, without changing anything for the offensive line. In this example they add a tag to the call that tells the H-Back to become part of the pullers on the play, and in doing so creates a “Super Counter” scheme that adds a third puller.
Coach Schneider and his staff prefer to bring that extra hat as a tight end as often as possible instead of using him as a backside cut off like some offensive coaches do. That may change depending on the opponent, where sometimes they may feel it’s better to keep him on the backside for safety reasons, but they try to bring him to the frontside as often as possible.
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