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It's the end of the spread as we know it.(COLLEGE FOOTBALL)
Everybody has a Vince Young. I can't tell you how many times this offseason a coach has told me, "He's like Vince Young."
No, he isn't.
And this is the problem with the ever-popular, ever-expanding myth that is the spread option. There is one Vince Young--and he is the sole reason the spread option succeeded at the championship level.
It's the player, not the scheme.
So with the help of a few friends--assistant coaches throughout the nation who prefer to be anonymous because, well, you never know when you're going to need a Job--I'm here to debunk the five biggest myths about the spread option.
Myth No. 1: The spread option evens the playing field in terms of personnel.
"Nothing could be further from the truth," says one Big 12 defensive coordinator. "It's based on deception. Deception ends after about a quarter if you don't have at least two guys in the backfield that can run 4.4s and a bunch of road graders on the line."
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