Mazzone uses a similar scheme to Rodriguez', but includes a lot more pre-snap motion with his backs and receivers.

Immediately the year he was hired, the Bruins increased their PPG average by roughly two touchdowns and their YPG by about 90 yards. Mazzone, who after a two year stint at Arizona State, took the offensive coordinator job at UCLA in 2012. Today, we will take a look at one of the lesser-known offensive geniuses of the football world - Noel Mazzone. Last post, we took a look at how Rich Rodriguez used a predominately zone-based running scheme and an outside passing threat to enhance the effectiveness of his offense. This is the third part in the Package Play series, with the third post being divided into two subparts - this is the first.ĪRIZONA STATE/ UCLA - Into the Mind of Noel Mazzone Today, this post will continue on that path. These advanced concepts, specifically package plays, have been all the rage in the college football world. In the past week or two, we have been taking a look at how specific teams use advanced concepts to move the football and score points. There were so many times when OSU got caught in a bad play but didn't have either the time or the proper in-formation audibles to change things. They did occasionally have a solid gain from this play, thanks to Tyreek, but it's important to remember the definition of insanity. This was the same issue last year they would seemingly waste a down getting stuffed between the tackles and the drive usually ended in a long, unconverted third down. It would probably be safe to say that they ran the wham play 20-25 times, many with the same ol' 1-2 yard result. On the same subject, Oklahoma State's new favorite play, the wham play, is extremely limited in outcome. You need to get that player in open space, and you can accomplish that in ways other than inside runs and swing passes. He is not going to be as successful used as a bruiser, constantly going up the middle. Take Tyreek Hill, for example, who has already proved himself as an electric player. Looking back to last year along with this first game, the Cowboys' game-plan has consisted of trying to run it down the defense's throats instead of using their perimeter speed. Granted, the offensive line probably limited the playbook, but if the play-calling isn't going to become more diverse, there are still things that they can do to help the offense succeed. Obviously, it should be addressed to how vanilla OSU's offense has been.

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