Everyone talks about the spread option and the zone read like they invented something new. I watched Ron Dayne run the option in the 1999 Rose Bowl against UCLA and that was real football. Quarterback under center, fullback in the backfield, two tight ends, and you better bring your lunch pail because we are running that belly option until you quit. The option is not some gimmick. It is the purest form of football there is. You are reading one defender and if he picks the dive you keep it and if he sits on you the fullback gets four yards. That is simple math. I see Oregon and Ohio State running these RPOs out of the shotgun and it works I guess but it does not have the same soul. When we ran the option in the snow at Camp Randall against Michigan State back in 1992 it was a war of wills. The quarterback had to be tough. The fullback had to be tougher. Nobody was sliding. Nobody was throwing the ball to the sideline and stepping out of bounds. You hit the hole and you earned every b...