1978_10 The Daily Collegian October 1978

              Understanding football
The basic offensive strategy
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By   BOB   JACOBS
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in the huddle   he si.n-.iks ir
i a language
Since our quarterback said '1 right"
he wants the backs in an "1" formation
and the t ght end on the right  side ol
He  might   say   somethi
the line
right,    slot    left      ;j    veer
on   blue"
Not all lortnations  have slot backs
but it has become increasingly popular
in both professional and interscholastii
r-rit   that   the   other   10  pli
lyers   in   the
their quar
1 he slot hack is one ot the two wide
terback is spying   They clap tlieir hands
receivers, and he lines  up behind the
line outside ol the nearest tackle  In our
over to the ball where they
example   the   quarterback   said   "Slot
left." so the slot back will line up out
side of the left tackle
Every offensive running play is de
signed to go to a very specific spot   It
formation   While the basic
may be that the back is to run between
covered in an earlier segment remain
the center and the left guard   However
generally constant  each te
it would be clumsy and wordy  in  the
i,  which are
huddle to have to say all of that, so off
simply    different    ways
cnsive   teams   use   a   coding   system
generally involving numbers
In every common formati
Each  space between  two offensive
terbadc    stands    directly
behind   the
linemen is considered a 'hole', and is
ignal on which
knowledge of the c
omplicated "downs"
the ball to his
game was invented
, will begin   In
tie ball   If they were
they  would  eventi
.ally  score    but  the
wfully  tedious    The
as developed for this
• signal caller
is the plays air
When a team tal
ces possession ot the
tootball thev autor
natirally are given a
-tirsl down"    That
in which to gain 10
sards     Ihe   phras.
-  generally  heard  is
•first and ten'   me
aning first down and
«■ tram has the first dowrpnd another
_r plavs to go anothe^Yi yards If
lev do not gain ten yards*v*four plavs
ie offense has to give up the football
In this example, the "I* formation,
the two running backs line up directly
behind the center as well so that
the center, quarterback, halfback
and fullback are in a row, forming the
'I' that gives the formation its name
Years ago, the most popular offensive formation was the 'T', in which
three players were used as running
backs and they lined up behind the
quarterback and parallel to the offensive line When the standard number of
running backs was reduced to 2 the
back standing directly behind the quarterback was removed and the formation
was then called the 'Split T* This became the most popular formation in
football, and is still used almost exclusively in professional football. For this
reason it is ofter simply reffered to as a
"ProSet"
The "l-nght" referred to in our
example has to do with the 'strong
side' of the line As we said, there are
two guards and two tackles, one of each
King or Diamonds
designated with a number When
play is called the quarterback merely
has to say the number and both the
linemen and the backs know what spot
the play is designed to go to Our quar
terback called a '_3 veer', the second
number of the 23 refers to the *3 hole"
in the offensive line That' s where the
back is supposed to go
The first number of the '23' tells the
team which man is going lo carry the
ball Usually one of the running backs
is designated number 2 and the other is
number 3 Therefore *23-veer* and
"33-veer" would be the same play with
a different runner carrying the ball
'Veer" simply refers to the type of
running play, and is not a really significant term The quarterback might say
•23-blast*, -23-drve', '73-power' or
some other similar terminology and
the play is basically the same The only
difference is in the blocking assignments, and that is a little too esoteric
plays are called Basically, there are
running plays and passing plays Run
ning plays are usually sure to gain at
least a few yards, but passing plays are
more likely to gain a lot of yards at one
time Therefore teams that are behind
might reh/ on passing, while teams in
the lead might rely more heavily on
safer,   more  time-consuming   running
Just as running plays are called by
numbers, there are codes for various
'pass patterns' that tell the recievers
where on the field to run, and each rec-
lever has a number The quarterback
might say '70-slant* which would tell
the *7' reciever to run a 'slant* pat-
When a pass play is called, the quar
terback generally 'droos back",
which means he runs backwards about
ti the Ii
Finally, "on blue' refers to the signals the quarterback will call when he
stands behind the center   If you recall
can see downfield over their heads
The offensive linemen form a protective 'pocket- and keep defenders
away from their quarterback long
enough, they hope, for him to spot an
open   receiver   and    throw   the   ball
Finally, no understanding of offen
sive football can be workable without a
if defensive tootball, and we
hat in our final installment n
n Bask Defensive Strategy
Guitarist
to perform
Robbie Basho will give two
mances at CSUF on October 4 His noon performance will be in
the College Union Lounge and at 8 pm
he will present a full concert in the
Music Building Recital Hall
For several years Basho has been
trying to establish the steel string
guitar as a concert instrument The
nylon string guitar was established as a
classical instrument several years ago
Basho draws his musical style from
American finger picking, Hindu techniques. Western European classicism
and the Japanese and Middle-Eastern
Robbie Basho s CSUF performances
are sponsored by the College Union
Program Committee
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October 3,1«7i
The Dally CoHeglan
AP&P: There will be no GE credit from CLEP
BY RICHARD EBERLE
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Students would not be able to obtain General Education (GE) credit
through the College Level Examination
Program (CLEP) under a recommenda-
ege credit for work that was essentially
done in high school
It was also said that CLEP was
unnecessary since students already
have the option to take tests challenging specific courses for full credit.
Those tests, however, are generally
agreed to be much more difficult
There is no M
In other action, APAP after k
discussion decided that a con*
should be formed to study E
maUcs, the other general chemistry
According to  Roger  Baily,  testing
services  coordinator,   only   about  40
students use the program a year and
not all of those are CSUF students
  , _,   _._ , AP&P is expected to pass a resolu
and    Planning    Committee    (AP&P)     tion this week calling on the Chancel
last Thursday. lor's office to eliminate granting credit
The APAP recommendatior aimed at     through CLEP entirely,
eliminating[abuses of the program by The Intent of the CLEP program is to      agency to perform those
incoming high  school  students  now     _„,_ -^ to ^ 'r^KrAndmonat.-      we   already   provide,*   said   Oonak
goes to the Academic Senate rjlder students who have gained exper-      E. Kausch, professor of English an
CLEP ., , mandated program from      *— ■»• «"• are. outside of school       coordinator of tnnovrtve Instruction.
the O-uTceilor's office whereby stu- One of the objections that APAP had Though it would be is
dents can obtain  units  of  credit  by     with CLEP was that lo and 19-year-olds
passing the equivalency exams   Four     were using the program to receive col-
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