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[QUOTE="Ozcuse, post: 1525258, member: 766"]
I think a reason that a lot non-power programs run it is because it's easier to recruit for than it is a pro-style or other traditional offenses. Skill players don't have to be as fast and linemen don't have to be as big to be able to spread teams out and exploit match-ups and/or create space. Sorta like Billy Beane & Moneyball, lesser teams were able to identify market inefficiencies- available, good football recruits and transfers that didn't quite fit the mold of Power Programs recruits and their traditional offenses. Teams like Oregon, Baylor and TCU have been able to exploit it further because they are P5 schools and can get the best of the best of these players that may not been recruited by traditional power schools before or under performed in a different system. As more and more teams evolve to this style and correct the market inefficiency, the weaker teams will have to come up with something else to compete.

If programs like Toledo, Western Kentucky, and  Memphis can do it to great effect with their inferior talent and recruiting prowess then we should be able to do it with our slightly superior talent and recruiting ability. It just takes a commitment to the scheme, knowing when to call what plays and putting the right guys in the right places to maximize their effectiveness. Simple, common sense football stuff but we know that coaches don't always do common sense things.
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