Double Tackle Formation‏ vs. Tennessee

At the end of the season we should go back and see how often we go with an unbalanced line, its been a silent staple of the run game over the past few years but never really gets talked about.

Of course, we didn’t have many second downs during the entire third quarter…

Half the fun of watching Bama play is seeing the subtle mindf*cks that the coaches come up with.

the Patriots have run this type of formation quite a bit (Saban/Belichick connection?). Linebacker Doug Vrabel would line up as TE where Williams is in the picture and the left tackle would swing around to flank the right tackle. They would either run a toss to the strong side or pitch it to Vrabel in the end zone, who would be wide open the vast majority of the time.

I think the key here is to mask this type of offense with a mass substitution (i.e. goal line offense) and hope the defense forgets about the “Left Tackle” as an eligible receiver when they fake a toss sweep to to the opposite side.

Either way, as it has been stated above, I think it gives LSU one more thing to think about, regardless of whether or not they do anything with it.

It has disappeared from our offense, which is unfortunate.

Obviously, you have to have at least 7 men on the line of scrimmage, but only the two outside guys on the line of scrimmage are eligible, correct? That means Jones isn’t eligible because he’s covered up by Maze.

If Maze was off the line, then Jones could have been eligible (if he reported), but either Hanks or Smelley would then have to come up to the line of scrimmage to prevent illegal formation (5 men in the backfield), but that would mean that Williams would have been covered up (no longer an end) and therefore, ineligible, since only the two outside guys on the line are eligible, correct?

And speaking of that, where only the two outside guys on the line are eligible receivers, you could technically put 10 guys on the line of scrimmage (11 minus the QB), but only the two outside receivers would be eligible receivers in that situation as well, correct?

Is everything I just said accurate? (please don’t flame me, just trying to make sure I learned this stuff the right way).

Finally, (not to question CB969, cause I don’t think I’m a real football expert), but is it technically accurate to call Jones an “end” in this setup? Or would it Maze actually be the official end (more accurately, the split end). If so, what would you call Jones in this setup? Another tackle?

Great post CB969.