"We talk about offensive philosophy, and I always say FTS, which is 'Feed The Studs,''' Petrino said. "It's kind of the quarterbacks and the coaches need to understand how do we get the ball to our best guys."

"I've never called a play just because this is a fancy play, so let's call it. I call a play to get the ball to (receivers) Noah (Thomas) or Ainias (Smith) or Evan (Stewart) or Moose (Muhammad). How do we get the ball to them? Where is the matchup at?"

This philosophy might be obvious, but it seems like our offense under Jimbo has been more about the play and less about the talent. This is a breath of fresh air and something that I think most of us will be happy to see.

It has always been a pet peeve of mine when coaches won't tailor their offense to the talent, but rather try to force a square peg into a round hole. Jimbo wasn't entirely guilty of this at all times as he would try to force the ball to Anias quite a bit, but the play would become so obvious because the philosophy was not consistent or applied utilized for others as often.

But with the amount of talent on the squad these days this concept can be applied in so many different ways that everybody can get some and the opposing defense will have to keep guessing. Also, it's nice to keep hearing Noah's name thrown around so much. We've been missing that piece of our offense since the Mike Evans days.

I gotta say, I'm liking this flavor of kool aid so far. Hopefully it has a good after taste…

I'm a bit shocked at just how at ease I felt after listening to Petrino. Saying the right things is only half the battle - didn't expect him to seem genuine at all though.

Depends on how big of a gap there is between your best player and your worst player at a position. If all of your receivers are at about the same talent level, Jimbo's philosophy of taking what the defense gives you is ideal since the ball will go to the most open receiver. If you have a few stud receivers, Petrino's philosophy will probably work better.

My recollection of Petrino's offenses reflects exactly what he said. I also think his offensive philosophy is more in line with Fisher than Dickey's was. I'm feeling pretty optimistic about what we're going to see.

Petrino's 2 favorite philosophies:

Feed the studs

Pop the clutch

The Collective said:

---

I'm a bit shocked at just how at ease I felt after listening to Petrino. Saying the right things is only half the battle - didn't expect him to seem genuine at all though.

---

This is probably the dream job for Petrino. As he even pointed out, he doesn't have to worry about getting worked up on the sidelines or with pleasing AD's and the likes. He gets to focus solely on his passion, running an offense.

And with the most talent he has ever worked with, what else could he ask for at this stage of his career.

If what Petrino is saying is working for you, cool. I'll withhold the praise until after the Miami game.

Burnsey said:

---

If what Petrino is saying is working for you, cool. I'll withhold the praise until after the Miami game.

---

I think we're all withholding judgment until we see some results, but I'll take that with Petrino saying everything we want to hear rather than that with him saying the opposite of what we were hoping to hear.

What's the Big Deal? Jimbo gave the ball to Achane 30+ times vs lsu last year.
With the blocking and his ability, it was a mismatch. Just like what Petrino preaches!

Burnsey said:

---

If what Petrino is saying is working for you, cool. I'll withhold the praise until after the Miami game.

---

I understand your point but the Miami game is in just game 2, on the road and against a drastically improved Miami team in the trenches. You can tell Cristobal focused on that area of concern.

I am not saying we lose to Miami but I do have it as a toss up game. Not b/c I am doubting Bobby P but we tend to start off a little slow, we have a massive potentially problematic OL and they have a vastly improved front 7. Addazio's complete failure last year is what concerns me. Does he get his head pull out that early in the season? I mean if we were playing Miami in game 6, I would count it as a win but on the road in game 2 with the questions I have about Addazio and the failure of a job he did last year, I have it as a toss up. My point and response to your post is I wouldn't right it off or make a judgement on Bobby P or our offense depending on that game 2 at Miami. I think if we do somehow fall there, we will only get better throughout the season. And yes, before you ask, I am leaning to the GOOD GUYS coming out on top in that game.

Addazio is the wild card for us this year

Bill Superman said:

---

"We talk about offensive philosophy, and I always say FTS, which is 'Feed The Studs,

This philosophy might be obvious, but it seems like our offense under Jimbo has been more about the play and less about the talent. This is a breath of fresh air and something that I think most of us will be happy to see.

---

Truth.

Under Jimbo it's been about his plays and his play calling and not about who gets the ball. I'm not sure he even kept tabs on who Damion Craig put on the field for any given down or series.

I'm excited for the season.

He is Ass My Dude said:

---

Bill Superman said:

---

"We talk about offensive philosophy, and I always say FTS, which is 'Feed The Studs,

This philosophy might be obvious, but it seems like our offense under Jimbo has been more about the play and less about the talent. This is a breath of fresh air and something that I think most of us will be happy to see.

---

Truth.

Under Jimbo it's been about his plays and his play calling and not about who gets the ball. I'm not sure he even kept tabs on who Damion Craig put on the field for any given down or series.

I'm excited for the season.

---

Better have a O Line that can block are those "STUDS" aren't going anywhere

Feed the Studs is what Petrino calls blowing a L on some T's.

Time for a new t shirt!

Wrecking Crew 21 said:

---

Time for a new t shirt!

---

Get you that FTS shirt, just be careful because the kool aid stains.

amskier1 said:

---

Burnsey said:

---

If what Petrino is saying is working for you, cool. I'll withhold the praise until after the Miami game.

---

I understand your point but the Miami game is in just game 2, on the road and against a drastically improved Miami team in the trenches. You can tell Cristobal focused on that area of concern.

I am not saying we lose to Miami but I do have it as a toss up game. Not b/c I am doubting Bobby P but we tend to start off a little slow, we have a massive potentially problematic OL and they have a vastly improved front 7. Addazio's complete failure last year is what concerns me. Does he get his head pull out that early in the season? I mean if we were playing Miami in game 6, I would count it as a win but on the road in game 2 with the questions I have about Addazio and the failure of a job he did last year, I have it as a toss up. My point and response to your post is I wouldn't right it off or make a judgement on Bobby P or our offense depending on that game 2 at Miami. I think if we do somehow fall there, we will only get better throughout the season. And yes, before you ask, I am leaning to the GOOD GUYS coming out on top in that game.

---

If we can't beat Miami we aren't good enough to get where we want to go anyway.

Hiring Petrino as the OC should save us at least an extra 10 yards in delay of game penalties and 2 extra timeouts per game we don't have to waste on Jimbo getting in the plays late. So right there we have already improved.

amskier1 said:

---

Burnsey said:

---

If what Petrino is saying is working for you, cool. I'll withhold the praise until after the Miami game.

---

I understand your point but the Miami game is in just game 2, on the road and against a drastically improved Miami team in the trenches. You can tell Cristobal focused on that area of concern.

I am not saying we lose to Miami but I do have it as a toss up game. Not b/c I am doubting Bobby P but we tend to start off a little slow, we have a massive potentially problematic OL and they have a vastly improved front 7. Addazio's complete failure last year is what concerns me. Does he get his head pull out that early in the season? I mean if we were playing Miami in game 6, I would count it as a win but on the road in game 2 with the questions I have about Addazio and the failure of a job he did last year, I have it as a toss up. My point and response to your post is I wouldn't right it off or make a judgement on Bobby P or our offense depending on that game 2 at Miami. I think if we do somehow fall there, we will only get better throughout the season. And yes, before you ask, I am leaning to the GOOD GUYS coming out on top in that game.

---

Miami is for sure drastically improved in the trenches. Vastly improved in the front 7.

While our OL is massively problematic.

Never mind we were better than them last year, and we return even more than they do. Ours is a wait and see. They are going to improve.

And of course, another shot at addazio.

To feed the studs you have to give them opportunities. We need a few deep 50/50 balls a game to Thomas. Is it hype or can he be that guy? If so we damn well better give him shots. And that's how you feed the studs.

Better than "all gas, no breaks" amirite?!?