Triple Option is useless

[Rau71]

Is anybody else having troubles with pitching the ball with option teams? I usually run a dynasty with Army and the option pitch this year is broken. Bad. If there is a defender NEAR your QB he won't pitch the ball. If you pitch the ball earlier to prevent this, the RB/FB stops running and watches the pitch. It is sad, I really liked the option every year of this game, but this is so annoying I have to change my play type.

[Freakydeaky9]

Re: Triple Option is useless

Is anybody else having troubles with pitching the ball with option teams? I usually run a dynasty with Army and the option pitch this year is broken. Bad. If there is a defender NEAR your QB he won't pitch the ball. If you pitch the ball earlier to prevent this, the RB/FB stops running and watches the pitch. It is sad, I really liked the option every year of this game, but this is so annoying I have to change my play type.

I don't run the Triple too often but what I do is if I think i'm going to get man handled and I see my RB has even a little hole i'll pitch it. But i've never had the problem where he stops and waits for the pitch

[TN_Mike]

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I have a dynasty with New Mexico, one of the worst teams in the game. I play on Heisman and run the option exclusively. I average around 180-190 yards rushing a game. That's not unreasonable imo.

[jacketit10]

Re: Triple Option is useless

Is anybody else having troubles with pitching the ball with option teams? I usually run a dynasty with Army and the option pitch this year is broken. Bad. If there is a defender NEAR your QB he won't pitch the ball. If you pitch the ball earlier to prevent this, the RB/FB stops running and watches the pitch. It is sad, I really liked the option every year of this game, but this is so annoying I have to change my play type.

I haven't had much trouble pitching the ball on the 3O. You just have to anticipate what the defender is going to do. There are some times when I can't get the pitch off when I thought I should have, and a few times when the RB stops on a bad pitch and basically gives the defense the ball, but not as bad as you suggest.

If anything, its unrealistic when the defense picks the RB, b/c if you can hold the ball long enough, the pitch defender gets beat and the rest of the defense crashes, and you just get huge gains all day.

With my GT dynasty I've been top 10 rushing every year using mostly option plays for my ground game.

[Catamount53]

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You have to make your decision quicker this year than in the past. Before you could pretty much pitch as you were getting tackled, now you need to pitch once you see the defender commit to the QB.

[zmcman1]

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Using Army on AA, my QB finished in the top 5 of rushing yards. Mainly out of triple option.

[Sabo's corked Bat]

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I tried running an option offense, and two thirds of my QBs got injured in the first game and I quit that Dynasty.

[dickey1331]

I created the Coast Guard Academy and use them as an option team and haven't had any problems. I feel it's pretty realistic.


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[blkrptnt819]

No but on the load option instead of the FB going to make the first block outside he always goes back inside leaving me 2 on 2 instead of 3 on 2.

[Catamount53]

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No but on the load option instead of the FB going to make the first block outside he always goes back inside leaving me 2 on 2 instead of 3 on 2.

Yea the fullback/pulling guard/ any lead blocker logic is pretty bad.

Blockers in this game just aren't smart. I wish there was a way that I could call out blitzes and have my line change their assignments for them. There are just too many times where they let a blitzer free into the backfield when they could have easily adjusted and stopped it.

[cardinals57]

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This doesn't necessarily relate to the option but more of the running game in general.... I can't not tell you the amount of times where at least 2-3 olineman just totally whiff and not touch a single dlineman

[Reggie16]

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Go Coast Guard!

My brother played there and graduated in 2010

[BaylorBearBryant]

Playing Navy @ SMU now. Post-patch, default rosters. Adjusted sliders, slightly more difficult. AA, 7 min quarters. Will post stats soon.

[kingkilla56]

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I find that the triple option is terrible against good AQ teams. It works well against the more terrible teams which makes sense to me.

And now you have to be smarter about the pitch than ever before. No more cheesey plays.

[BaylorBearBryant]

Playing Navy @ SMU now. Post-patch, default rosters. Adjusted sliders, slightly more difficult. AA, 7 min quarters. Will post stats soon.

I had 205 yards on 54 carries. 5 of 10 passing. Long run was 39 yards with my FB. I was able to chew it up on the ground. Won 13-7. Defense really saved me in the end.

I'll say that pitching out of the triple option is difficult this year. You really have to be careful when you pitch. FB runs are money this year. That seems to be a lot easier. WB sweeps and misdirections were also effective. QB runs didn't really pay off until late. QB had 22 carriers for 50 yards, long of 7.

I found it frustrating when my OL would "whiff" as it had been mentioned before. But for the most part, it wasn't too bad. The worst part is the QB injuries. My starter was injured twice in the game. Longest he was out was about 6 plays, but I really don't know how you're going to make it through a whole season with just 3 QB's. If you plan on using a triple option playbook, you'll need to stockpile QB's.

Gamekiller? By no means. More difficult in '12? Yes. Perfect? No.