GhenghisVol
September 9th, 2009, 06:53 PM
This is hilarious, I guess he thinks the shotgun is just more "college shit." haha
From Volqueers
Don't Get Comfortable, We Might Change
Kiffin landed in Knoxville with a well-regarded offensive reputation, but a reputation that didn't include a penchant for the shotgun formation, which is somewhat unusual in and of itself in college football these days.
On Saturday though that disdain for the formation wasn't at all apparent. In fact, Tennessee spent a good deal of time without a quarterback under center, something Kiffin said is not necessarily a change in his own philosophy, but rather a reflection of his adaptability.
"We've done more shotgun this offseason than I've ever done and I think we have a quarterback who's very good in shotgun. I think we have a line that's coming together some, so that helps them in certain situations. As they need to develop we may use it more and more. It is something that our quarterback's very good at so from time-to-time we'll be in it," Kiffin said of his use of the formation.
"We went a whole season (at USC) in 2002 or 2003 where we didn't take one shotgun snap out of over 1,000 offensive plays, but like I've said, I'm not going to be stubborn, I'm always going to evolve to what our players do best and put them in the best position to win."
Kiffin gave some further insight into how his game-planning is very flexible when asked about the Vols use of some empty backfield sets inside the red-zone against Western Kentucky.
"That's not something we're going to do all the time. It will just depend on who we're playing and what they do. Just like anything we do from week-to-week you'll see completely different game plans that vary a lot. Depending on who we play, who's healthy, depending on who we think can play well for us that week," Kiffin said of the thinking that went into preparing for specific dates on the schedule.
"I don't think our stuff ever looks the same. I think it's always evolving and changing depending on what our players do best and what the defense gives us."
From Volqueers
Don't Get Comfortable, We Might Change
Kiffin landed in Knoxville with a well-regarded offensive reputation, but a reputation that didn't include a penchant for the shotgun formation, which is somewhat unusual in and of itself in college football these days.
On Saturday though that disdain for the formation wasn't at all apparent. In fact, Tennessee spent a good deal of time without a quarterback under center, something Kiffin said is not necessarily a change in his own philosophy, but rather a reflection of his adaptability.
"We've done more shotgun this offseason than I've ever done and I think we have a quarterback who's very good in shotgun. I think we have a line that's coming together some, so that helps them in certain situations. As they need to develop we may use it more and more. It is something that our quarterback's very good at so from time-to-time we'll be in it," Kiffin said of his use of the formation.
"We went a whole season (at USC) in 2002 or 2003 where we didn't take one shotgun snap out of over 1,000 offensive plays, but like I've said, I'm not going to be stubborn, I'm always going to evolve to what our players do best and put them in the best position to win."
Kiffin gave some further insight into how his game-planning is very flexible when asked about the Vols use of some empty backfield sets inside the red-zone against Western Kentucky.
"That's not something we're going to do all the time. It will just depend on who we're playing and what they do. Just like anything we do from week-to-week you'll see completely different game plans that vary a lot. Depending on who we play, who's healthy, depending on who we think can play well for us that week," Kiffin said of the thinking that went into preparing for specific dates on the schedule.
"I don't think our stuff ever looks the same. I think it's always evolving and changing depending on what our players do best and what the defense gives us."