Kirk Herbstreit predicts a trend will sweep across college football because of the Tennessee Vols
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit, one of college football's loudest voices, recently predicted that a trend will sweep across college football in large part because of the Tennessee Vols. Herbstreit joined On3 recently to discuss the upcoming 2023 season and he was asked about Tennessee's up-tempo spread offense under Josh Heupel. The longtime ESPN commentator admitted that […]
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit, one of college football's loudest voices, recently predicted that a trend will sweep across college football in large part because of the Tennessee Vols.
Herbstreit joined On3 recently to discuss the upcoming 2023 season and he was asked about Tennessee's up-tempo spread offense under Josh Heupel.
The longtime ESPN commentator admitted that he's a fan of Heupel's offense before suggesting that more and more programs are going to try to run Tennessee's offense in an effort to light up the scoreboard.
"I think you're going to see more and more of that offense in college football," said Herbstreit will discussing Tennessee's offense.
"I think people are going to start to mimic it," added Herbstreit. "I think a lot of people are going to study what Tennessee did last year. And they're going to try to create those one-on-one [situations]…you're always one man short. If you're light in the box and if you have a quarterback like last year with (Hendon) Hooker, you're always short. So you gotta get a safety down. And now you're playing [cover] zero. And now you got to find one receiver who can win one on one. So I liked that offense. I think you'll see more and more of it this year."
There are plenty of programs that already run the same offense as Tennessee. The problem is that it's not an offense that a program can just choose to run and then have instant success. One of the reasons the Vols' offense was so successful last season was because of the small details. Tennessee's players almost never looked confused or out of place on the field — they seemed to always be in the right place at the right time. When an offense is moving that fast, it's easy for mistakes to happen. But the Vols mostly limited those mistakes last season.
I'm sure plenty of programs will look into installing Tennessee's offense, but I'd be surprised if anyone figures out a way to run it better than Josh Heupel and company.
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