It's such a devastating attack
Hurry-up should be used when the other team least expect it. The key is to know your blocking reads before hand. As a strategist, you are always monitoring the movements of the other team. If that other coach is slow to set up, you utilize this tactic at that particular time.
I have been running this scheme for 10 years now and it depends on the interior O-blocking schemes. At the point of attack, I usually know where my linemen go. Unlike many MF'ers who think the game is simply about pure straight ahead power, the zone blocking that is used for lateral and angle blocking allows me the opportunity to know where the hole is when the defenders have no clue.
It is really a difficult scheme to stop. Back in 1999, my wife watch the Georgia Bulldogs run that scheme on the University of Tennessee for a whole half. I was working on a stadium and she said, "Reg, you need to take a look at this. The 'Dawgs are running hurry-up on the VOLS on every play. You need to run this on EVERY PLAY". I thought, "Wow, I run it some times but not like the 'Dawgs ran it in Knoxville". I went back and studied the schemes of the 'Dawgs and implemented a rival's schemes into what I do.
If you know your line movement, the runners will go through the who. It's all influence blocking (yes, even in MF!) This scheme puts pressure on the CBs to be matched right on the WRs. If your corners stink and the QB is worth his weight in gold, passing lanes will be open deep. The tighend can be made to go laterally and up the field which the LB has no clue on how to stop. So he is then free over the middle if the strong safety is not zoning and had moved forward.
This scheme can produce an 80-yard play in 1, 2, or 3 plays. I have seen it done and I practice it a lot.
It's difficult to stop but the best way to contain it is to make sure when you get the ball, you do not give it right back to that team.
Reg
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