Tigers defensive coordinator Kevin Steele knows a thing or two about option offenses, to say the least, having coached at Nebraska for six seasons under Hall of Fame coach Tom Osborne and having actually recruited legendary option quarterback Tommy Frazier.
According to Steele, the difficulty with Georgia Tech’s scheme is just when you think you’ve figured it out, Johnson actually has you right where he wants you.
“They say he watches film on fast forward. He’s just watching players, just watching players,” Steele said. “Because the way you line up in traditional games is not relative to him. And so, he gets so many different looks that I think they’re very conditioned to, ‘OK, what are we getting? What are they lining up in? And, how do we attack that?’”
And though the Tigers had a measure of success in the first meeting, at one point forcing six straight punts followed by an interception, Steele says that means very little going into the rematch.
“You can’t be a fastball pitcher at (Johnson),” he said. “I mean, we threw him a fastball the whole game last time, and he’s got it on tape. So, we’ve had to go back and scratch some things out, and we’ve got to be able to throw some curve balls and some knuckle balls. We can’t give him the same look. He’s too good a coach for that.”
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