Some good stuff here:
http://www.campusrush.com/baylor-syracuse-offense-art-briles-dino-babers-2052161955.html
Some highlights:
Yet for all the yards gained and points scored, the Baylor system had not spread far beyond Waco. That was intentional. Briles had made secrecy a priority. There's no written playbook: Players learn from video and during practice. Briles won't talk publicly about the offense's intricacies, and unlike most of his peers, he rarely appears at off-season coaching clinics. Cincinnati coach Tommy Tuberville calls the system "very, very simple," but even in a copycat business, few have been able to mimic Briles's success.
The players speed through reps—the system is based on repetition—and strength coach Sean Edinger later points out that an hour-and-a-half practice will include 155 plays. "In a lot of places, that's a little more than two games' worth," he says. "[Other teams] just don't do that."
Well, most other teams. Two years ago Tulsa went 2–10 and finished 89th nationally in scoring. Then Philip Montgomery, 44, left his job as Baylor's offensive coordinator to take over. In Montgomery's first season the Golden Hurricane improved their point total by 12.5 per game, finished 18th in scoring and reached the Independence Bowl. "In the past at Tulsa, we had a package where we did some spread stuff and went fast," says senior quarterback Dane Evans. "Now it's our whole offense. We run our two-minute offense for two hours a day."
In each of Babers's first two stops his teams showed marked improvement in the second year, going a combined 22–5. In year two at Bowling Green the Falcons blew out Maryland at Byrd Stadium, 48–27; won at Purdue 35–28; and blasted Northern Illinois 34–14 to win the MAC title. This year the Syracuse offense is averaging 159.0 more yards per game and an astonishing 25.2 more plays per game, moving to No. 3 nationally from second to last. They have already tied or broken 16 school records, and Amba Etta-Tawo, a graduate transfer from Maryland, is second in the nation in receiving. He's already almost tripled his number of catches (to 56 from 20) and quadrupled his receiving yards (930 from 216) from 2015.
Of course year one was always going to be about building a foundation, but will Syracuse be able to flip the switch in year two? Says Edinger, "It has never not worked."
http://www.campusrush.com/baylor-syracuse-offense-art-briles-dino-babers-2052161955.html
Some highlights:
Yet for all the yards gained and points scored, the Baylor system had not spread far beyond Waco. That was intentional. Briles had made secrecy a priority. There's no written playbook: Players learn from video and during practice. Briles won't talk publicly about the offense's intricacies, and unlike most of his peers, he rarely appears at off-season coaching clinics. Cincinnati coach Tommy Tuberville calls the system "very, very simple," but even in a copycat business, few have been able to mimic Briles's success.
The players speed through reps—the system is based on repetition—and strength coach Sean Edinger later points out that an hour-and-a-half practice will include 155 plays. "In a lot of places, that's a little more than two games' worth," he says. "[Other teams] just don't do that."
Well, most other teams. Two years ago Tulsa went 2–10 and finished 89th nationally in scoring. Then Philip Montgomery, 44, left his job as Baylor's offensive coordinator to take over. In Montgomery's first season the Golden Hurricane improved their point total by 12.5 per game, finished 18th in scoring and reached the Independence Bowl. "In the past at Tulsa, we had a package where we did some spread stuff and went fast," says senior quarterback Dane Evans. "Now it's our whole offense. We run our two-minute offense for two hours a day."
In each of Babers's first two stops his teams showed marked improvement in the second year, going a combined 22–5. In year two at Bowling Green the Falcons blew out Maryland at Byrd Stadium, 48–27; won at Purdue 35–28; and blasted Northern Illinois 34–14 to win the MAC title. This year the Syracuse offense is averaging 159.0 more yards per game and an astonishing 25.2 more plays per game, moving to No. 3 nationally from second to last. They have already tied or broken 16 school records, and Amba Etta-Tawo, a graduate transfer from Maryland, is second in the nation in receiving. He's already almost tripled his number of catches (to 56 from 20) and quadrupled his receiving yards (930 from 216) from 2015.
Of course year one was always going to be about building a foundation, but will Syracuse be able to flip the switch in year two? Says Edinger, "It has never not worked."
