Georgia Southern Football and the Triple Option

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Georgia Southern Football and the Triple Option

• By Jonathan Harnish
• ENGL 1101

Images Stolen from www.georgiasouthern.edu
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Triple Option Diagram
Image Stolen from espn.go.com/ncf/columns/davie/14
4132.html
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Another Visual
Vanderbilt.scout.com/2/188495.html
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Inside the Numbers

• 6 National Championships
• 234 Wins
• .752 Win Percentage
• 31.9 Points Per Game

Mikell
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Navy

• 9-35 before arrival of Paul Johnson and Triple
  Option
• Only three bowl games in the previous 22 years
  before Paul Johnson
• In four years since 28-21 record with three bowl
  appearances

Souce of information MacCambridge
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Just One More Time
www.georgiasouthern.edu
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Sources

• Davie, Bob. Football 101 Option Football.
  ESPN. 17 Oct. 2002. ESPN Internet Ventures. 19
  Sep. 2006. http//espn.go.com/ncf/columns/davie/14
  47132.
• MacCambridge, Michael, ed. Navy. ESPN College
  Football Encyclopedia. 2005 ed.
• Mikell, Robert. Just One More Time. 19 Sep.
  2006. http//www.georgiasouthern.edu/rmikell2/rec
  ord.htm.
• Posnanski, Joe. Born to Run. ESPN College
  Football Encyclopedia. 2005 ed.