Bucs Using Western Kentucky Offense?
November 17th, 2013
Bucs commander Greg Schiano suggested his squad is using the same offense current-USF coach Willie Taggart used at Western Kentucky, where Bucs running back Bobby Rainey played.
Now here’s something you don’t often see: an NFL team running an offense from a Division I program. But that’s what Bucs commander Greg Schiano insinuated when he described why running back Bobby Rainey, who was walking the streets just four weeks ago, was able to rack up 163 yards rushing, with two touchdowns, as he did today when the Bucs beat the Dixie Chicks.
Rainey, who played for current USF coach Willie Taggart at Western Kentucky, performed so well today because, Schiano said, the Bucs have the same type of offense.
“The thing that Bobby has the benefit of is when he played at Western Kentucky, this is the stuff that he ran,” explained Schiano. “Power, inside zone, those [are] lays that we run. So he was very comfortable seeing them, feeling them. But to answer your question, I don’t think anybody thinks that a guy is going to come out and rush for, whatever he did, 163 yards. But [we are] very proud of him.”
Rainey, who set a franchise record with two rushing touchdowns and one touchdown reception in the same game, claims the Bucs have not dumbed down the playbook for him.
“I was pretty familiar with it and as the season goes on, I’ll get even better,” Rainey said. “Right now, I’ve got a good grasp of it, but I;ve got to continue to keep studying and get even better. You can never just know the offense. You always can go back and find something new.
November 17th, 2013 at 8:26 pm
Set a franchise record? Your tellin me that no other RB in Bucs history scored two rushing TD’s and a receiving TD in the same game? Wow, that’s quite a drought. Great game by Rainey nonetheless.
November 17th, 2013 at 8:41 pm
WHATEVER they are doing, keep doing it!
November 17th, 2013 at 8:44 pm
Is anybody missing Blount?…..We have at least one tradeable RB…
November 17th, 2013 at 9:08 pm
TBBF,
Well, if the Bucs ran Oregon’s offense last season, maybe Blount would have been the best RB in the league.
November 17th, 2013 at 9:21 pm
It’s nice to know we have guys that can share the load with Doug Martin in the future. Nice game guys. Let’s get to 3-8 next week.
November 17th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Another cheap shot. We dominated
November 17th, 2013 at 9:55 pm
Western Kentucky is Division 1-A, not 1-AA.
November 17th, 2013 at 10:43 pm
Atlanta was wondering why Warrick Dunn was back with the Bucs.
I don’t think any of the RBs should be traded…not at the rate they get injured.
November 17th, 2013 at 10:56 pm
It was fun to watch, whatever it was
November 17th, 2013 at 11:23 pm
Why waste your time annoying Joe. You’re now banned for repeated idiocy and time wasting. –Joe
November 18th, 2013 at 12:21 am
I don’t care if they used the Taliban’s offense…As long as they keep using it.
November 18th, 2013 at 7:20 am
Actually, it’s the 49ers-Stanford offense. Taggert was the RB coach at Standord under Harbaugh.
November 18th, 2013 at 10:14 am
Yeah, not a college style offense. Same scheme that the Harbaughs run. Only difference is they put a lot of emphasis on the tight end, where we make due with Wright and Crabtree.
November 18th, 2013 at 11:27 am
since it seems like no one else is doing it, or HAS done it, i’ll go ahead and give credit where I (thats a capital i for emphasis) feel some of it is due.
2 words: Ernest Byner
Might want to check Joe’s archives on that. Stories and references to it. –Joe