Pretty interesting article...personally I'm not buying it that he's fundamentally changing football. I mean he's going for 4th downs, fake punts, onside kicks, fake field goals. He's not the first Riverboat gambler with a lot of talent, the Pirate (Mike Leach) was doing that stuff at Tech while Kelly was still and OCoord and his whole playbook and philosophy was written on a napkin. Plus if you give a team a month to prepare for Kelly's offense he almost always loses, the exception is Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. Give Bama a month and they will stuff Oregon's offense. Chip Kelly Changing Football with Math Somebody compiled an example of teams that have time to prepare for the Oregon offense, and the result. - 2009 vs. Boise State. 9-18 LOSS. 152 offensive yards. - 2010 vs. Ohio State. 17-26 LOSS. 216 offensive yards. - 2010 vs. New Mexico. 72-0 WIN. One of the worst teams in D1. - 2011 vs. Auburn. 19-22 LOSS. 449 offensive yards. - 2011 vs. LSU. 27-40 LOSS. 335 offensive yards. - 2012 vs. Wisconsin. 45-38 WIN. 621 offensive yards. Wisconsin became the first team with a pulse to lose to Oregon after having several weeks to prepare for their tempo. Thank you braintrust Bret Bielema.
Innovator he is not...balls he has. A Different Kelley Started It First Read This Short Article Shorter Easier Analysis..from 2006
Thks...I remembered reading that ESPN thing way back in 2006...had to hunt around a little bit but wasn't too hard.