NCAA 11 Offensive Styles (PISTOL)

NCAA11 Blog-Offensive Styles (PISTOL) Pistol — The Pistol combines elements of the one back offense with those of the shotgun based spread offense.  The quarterback aligns 3 yards behind the center as opposed to the 5 to 6 yards he would align in a normal shotgun formation.  The halfback aligns directly behind the quarterback at a depth of 7 yards (See Figure 1).  With this setup the offense can run traditional downhill running plays and [...]