Urban Explains RPO Basics
Short video when Urban explains the basics and (supposed) origin of the RPO.
September 13th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
I do not doubt that Urban Meyer is a great offensive mind and is a great resource for football information, but I am getting a little bit tired of seeing clips of him on this blog and I am definitely not on a first name basis with him.
September 13th, 2019 at 4:38 PM ^
I've never understood this about our societal norm...why is it weird to refer to someone, i.e. (and usually) someone with a higher profile than us message board folk, by their first name. First names aren't some formal, off limits nomenclature. In a circle of friends, to refer to someone by their last name in a nickname manner means one is close and and has a relationship with that person; an outsider wouldn't come in to that group and just call someone by their last name like their friends do.
So why in this situation is it necessary to call him "Meyer" versus "Urban". And if it's because in real life we would greet him by Mr. Meyer, why don't we applicate that on the message boards whenever we're referring to another person (Coach Harbaugh, Mr. Meyer, Mr. Howard).
And then how we refer to these young kids is another matter...are first names okay then coming from an older person since the higher respect typically goes towards the elder...or do we call them Mr. Patterson and Mr. McCaffrey, also?!
And on an unrelated note to wrap this up...what a shitty weekend of football we have ahead.
September 13th, 2019 at 5:21 PM ^
Maybe we should adopt the Wall Street Journal policy of referring to everyone as Mr./Ms?
September 13th, 2019 at 6:26 PM ^
If you met Shaq you’d call him “Mr. O’Neal”?
September 13th, 2019 at 7:28 PM ^
I call him hey big guy
September 13th, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
September 13th, 2019 at 7:46 PM ^
I prefer to refer to him as "UM" because UM reasons.
September 13th, 2019 at 8:04 PM ^
Because "Urban" should be reserved for popes, and Meyer is just about the furthest thing from one of those.
September 13th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Ok dude.
September 13th, 2019 at 5:30 PM ^
Great point ijohnb. +1. Do OSU boards have threads started with 'Jim talks about..."?
September 13th, 2019 at 7:08 PM ^
Damn right!
Fuck Urban and everything that comes out of his dirty whore mouth.
September 13th, 2019 at 7:59 PM ^
September 13th, 2019 at 8:27 PM ^
What is your position on Harbz/Harbs ?
September 13th, 2019 at 9:49 PM ^
September 13th, 2019 at 9:46 PM ^
I know, I like Urbie.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:02 PM ^
You know, there are other videos that show you how RPOs work that aren't narrated by a guy who covered up domestic violence and various other transgressions all in service of winning football games.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^
Okay, but are those other videos narrated by a 3-time National Champion?
If this were a morality video, you'd have a point.
September 13th, 2019 at 4:31 PM ^
I'd counter that the X's and O's of how a play works doesn't require Urban Meyer to discuss it. Also, nobody is denying Meyer is a knowledgeable guy; I just think if OP's point was trying to show us how an RPO worked, he could have linked to, I don't know, Super Bowl-winning Doug Pederson discussing the same. I don't know his complete background but I didn't see anything in his Wikipedia entry saying how he covered up spousal abuse for other coaches.
I generally dislike the white-washing that occurs everywhere when a shitty guy goes from the sideline to the booth and everyone sort of gets amnesia and ignores the part where the shitty guy was shitty and instead praises him for being good at the thing he was already paid millions of dollars for and cared more about than, again, the safety and well-being of people he knew were being abused. And that's ignoring all the issues he had at Florida.
But yes, kudos to Urban Meyer for being able to discuss a football concept while in wing tips.
September 13th, 2019 at 4:41 PM ^
You were cock blocked by the NFL... nice!
September 13th, 2019 at 5:17 PM ^
Urban Meyer invented the RPO while at Utah. And he explained how it was accidentally invented in the video. It was interesting and I enjoyed it. It didn't have anything to do with Zach Smith, Ohio State or spousal abuse. It was about football and I can make that distinction.
But feel free to be mad about it. Because of you, I don't have to. Thank you for your service.
September 13th, 2019 at 5:23 PM ^
Wait, I thought Rich Rod invented the RPO
September 13th, 2019 at 5:36 PM ^
Rodriguez invented the read option, not the RPO.
September 13th, 2019 at 7:29 PM ^
I would say RR invented a variation of the RPO although it wasn't called that at the time. When he was at Tulane, his QB Shaun King didn't like to get hit so when the backside DE crashed on a read-option, instead of pulling and running around the end, he'd pull and throw in that situation. King put up huge numbers and got drafted.
September 13th, 2019 at 5:41 PM ^
Urban (yes i can call him Urban) did not invent the RPO offense
TCU in the early 1950s perfected the RPO which was around for years and years before this ,He used Sammy Baugh and Davie OBrien to run this system
Jack Neumeier and his 1970 Granada Hills High School Highlanders Los Angeles High School football team was making teams quit,after having leads of 60,70 and 80+ before half time.Due to his RPO.spread,speed offense
Urban admitted to taking his offense from Hal Mummie air raid offenses at Valdosta State in the early 1990s ,
A major defensive ruling in the mid 1990s changed football forever and greatly helped Urban ,defensive players were no longer allowed to hit (make contact) with an opposing player 5 yds down field,thus OPENING UP offenses,....
TCU 1953 offense
September 13th, 2019 at 5:54 PM ^
Urban Meyer lie about something publicly? I'm shocked.
September 13th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
You are also incorrect... Al Gore invented the RPO.
September 13th, 2019 at 5:53 PM ^
No, I got that from the video. And he technically didn't invent it; Alex Smith did. It's all very interesting. I simply took issue with Urban Meyer's apparent lack of any real accountability for being a shitty guy who is good at coaching football. But yes, I'm glad I was able to point this out so you could enjoy watching a video and not think about the guy speaking. I'll see if I can find some videos of Joe Paterno talking about linebackers in coverage or Rich Rid talking about the read option while making unwelcome advances on his assistant.
September 13th, 2019 at 6:38 PM ^
I would gladly listen to Joe Paterno talk defense or Rich Rod on the origins of his offense. That subject matter interests me, and again, I can enjoy that subject without pissing my pants with virtue.
September 13th, 2019 at 8:10 PM ^
And very well done to boot. Basic. But effective.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:02 PM ^
Fuck Urban Meyer
September 13th, 2019 at 3:24 PM ^
I'm sure he got flagged for referee interference.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:34 PM ^
Then he went and did this....
September 13th, 2019 at 4:42 PM ^
Put a GUITAR in that GIF and this WOULD have been an amazing piece of blog history!
September 13th, 2019 at 5:20 PM ^
If only that ref could have been Ed Hochuli.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:08 PM ^
His publicist is sure doing a masterful job.
Fox and USC are going to go dutch on a hefty bill after this tour.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:10 PM ^
Doesn't he have a character and leadership course that he should be teaching?
September 13th, 2019 at 3:20 PM ^
That was like one of those jobs at Maxton Auto, he just got paid, he never had to show up and do anything.
Which works better than him trying to teach 'character'.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:17 PM ^
Shouldn’t he be recruiting the 2020 class for USC by now?
September 13th, 2019 at 4:36 PM ^
What do you think he's doing? This is all a looooong con for when he comes back.
September 13th, 2019 at 5:25 PM ^
Given all the bullshit going on with USC and their AD/admissions, I don’t think they’re gonna hire Urban and overlook his character issues.
Plus, Slovis might save Heltons job
September 13th, 2019 at 3:23 PM ^
Can we add Urban Meyer to the list of banned Posts?
September 13th, 2019 at 3:25 PM ^
Anybody got Harbaugh's email address?
September 13th, 2019 at 3:56 PM ^
Could be explain it to Michigan's offensive coaches. Please and thank you.
September 13th, 2019 at 3:59 PM ^
Informative
September 13th, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
I hate that I enjoy his film breakdown so much, as basic as it is on these shows. No wonder he won so much, seems like a very good teacher regardless of his ethics....
September 13th, 2019 at 4:49 PM ^
kind of a conundrum that he teaches ethics isn't it?
September 13th, 2019 at 5:17 PM ^
Leinart is so lost in this clip.