There are three or four variations of the quick fullback dive that utilize the inside zone blocking scheme. All are blocked with Inside Zone Rules.
Fullback CurlPlay call: 34/36 Curl The FB Curl starts with the QB reversing out from under center and the fullback taking a small slide step toward the playside. The play is often mislabeled as a trap by TV people, but is actually run using Inside Zone Rules (there is no pulling guard). The play is called a Curl because the fullback often finds his running room by curling back to the middle and backside of the formation. The I-back fakes 41/49 pitch to try to get the defense flowing outside. Formations: Any formation with a fullback. Companion Plays: Belly Option. The 32/38 option has very similar backfield action. 41/49 pitch. The I-back fakes this play on FB Curl. |
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Fullback Dive/Fullback VeerPlay call: 11/19 Dive or 11/19 Veer This is the fullback dive between the guard and tackle which is faked on 11 base option (the Huskers dive option). The line blocks Inside Zone Rules. The portion of the 1994 playbook circulated on the Internet calls this play a 11/19 Dive and is a straight handoff. According to that playbook, the QB does not keep under any circumstances. I believe that the "11 Veer" call heard in A Day in the Life of Nebraska Football may signal that the handoff is read by the QB as a part of the triple option. I believe this is the action that NU used in 1999 (and possibly in the 97 Orange Bowl win over Tennessee and earlier) as a triple option with the QB reading the defensive end to decide whether to give to the FB or run option with the I-back. It could just be a terminology change. Nevertheless, these plays are closely related. Against Texas A&M in 1999, a couple Willie Miller carries (including his fumble) are unquestionably triple-option reads by Eric Crouch. |
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Fullback Dive MidlinePlay call: 11/19 Dive Midline This is a play that has seemed to replace the inside trap in the HUsker offense. We were calling this play 34/36 Smash, but the last play of the Alamo Bowl provided us with the correct playcall. Solich can be heard calling the play after being dowsed with the Gatorade bucket. The backfield action is the same as 34/36 trap, but the line does not execute the trap block. The inside blocking could be using Inside Zone Rules, but most likely it is the same wedge blocking used to run a quarterback sneak (14/16 Smash) The naked QB bootleg off of this play has also seen quite a bit of use in 2000. Formations: Any two-back formation. In 2000, NU began running this play from one-back sets, like Spread or Ace, by moving Dan Alexander up to FB depth instead of IB depth. Companion plays: Because of its resemblance to 34/36 trap, this play is similar to 11/19 Wall Option and 34/36 QB Keep. |
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