Ohio University junior Alexander Moulton might as well have been the spokesperson for Bobcat football fans during Saturday's spring Green and White game.
Watching the Bobcats unveil a new, wide-open offense, Moulton said, It is like a breath of fresh air. It's like a sunny day
when it's been raining all week.
The rain Moulton speaks of is the old Ohio offense, a triple-option attack that kept the ball on the ground and the clock running. The sunny day began last weekend, as Ohio's two quarterbacks combined to throw the football 47 times, as compared to only 34 rushes.
It looks good Moulton said. I was just tired of seeing the option every damn play especially when people started to crack on to it and defend it.
White team quarterback Ryan Hawk threw for 198 yards and one score, leading his squad to a 10-8 victory. Hawk's green team counterpart, Austen Everson, connected for 32 yards and a touchdown of his own.
The new single-back wrinkle in Ohio's attack comes as the fruit of head coach Brian Knorr's January appointment of Phil Earley as the Bobcats' new offensive coordinator.
I came in with a plan to basically say
'What we've been doing
whatever it's been
has not been working good enough
' Earley said after his first Green and White Game in Athens. Now we're going to change; we're going to turn it up a notch.
Facing questions of a new, revamped offense, Earley joked that the option is still alive and well in the Bobcat playbook.
It's still triple option
though
he said. It's draws
screens and passes.
Kevin Witham, an Ohio fan and associate director of admissions, said he is eager to see the Bobcats use the new offense next season.
It's exciting to see a change and the potential that can transpire from passing the ball
Witham said. The triple option is fun too
