If there's one thing we know about quarterback development, it's that it never happens on a perfect linear scale. Alex Smith ...

16-year NFL quarterback Alex Smith talks about the spread offense he played in at Utah, and how the professional transitions ...

"How do you stop the spread offense?" It might have been the biggest question in the sport of football, at the collegiate and professional level, for at least the last three seasons. LSU's hiring of ...

When Purdue coach Joe Tiller came to the Big Ten from Wyoming in 1997, he brought with him a western, wide open-style of play known as the spread offense. The offense gave the Boilermakers instant ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- In some ways, new Michigan football coach Kyle Whittingham closely resembles former coach Jim Harbaugh in demeanor and style of play. In other ways, it could look much, much different ...

When LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade on the Miami Heat, the expectation was that they would run off championship after championship — with James rather famously saying that’d be the ...

The shotgun spread-option offense has taken college football by storm in recent years, with teams like Auburn and Florida winning national championships while using the system. Most importantly, West ...

On the surface, it was not a match made in heaven. When Texas Southern decided to abandon its two-back running attack in the spring of 2000 for a spread system featuring three wide receivers, it put ...

St. John’s Catholic Prep lost its offensive cornerstone when Zion Ntemi graduated in the spring. Gone was a running back who averaged 21.3 carries a game and rushed for 1,867 yards, which ranked ...

For the first time since the spread was introduced, Michigan State is favored to beat Michigan. For the first time since 1968, the Spartans are ranked and the Wolverines are unranked. This showdown ...