Just saw ESPN's list of the best college football players by jersey number and of course they completely glossed over the option offense era. I watched LaDainian Tomlinson run the veer out of the old triple option sets in the late 90s and early 2000s and there was nothing prettier in football. That 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl against East Carolina? LT ran for over 200 yards and we ran that option to perfection. Coach Franchione understood something these spread-option RPO gurus will never grasp. You need a quarterback who can read the dive key, the pitch key, and the alley defender all in one heartbeat. Not some gadget guy who hands it off or throws a screen pass. We built a program on pulling guards and zone reads and quarterback counters. Now everything is five-wide and nobody knows how to block a linebacker in space anymore. I miss watching our fullbacks lead through the hole and our quarterback selling the fake hard enough to freeze the safety. That was real football, not this playground backyard stuff they call offense now.