I admit I don't know what the hell to call that dam Pass Play that Frost keeps trying to get to work for the RBs. But I do know enough to know that it hasn't worked very well and that's not from a lack of trying. Not sure where his creative offense from UCF has gone.
What do you define as working? I will say Martinez 1st and 2nd year it wasn't working. Last year and the year prior it was a successful concept attached to plays. For the longest time he would throw it to the wrong shoulder and fuck up the timing. That and not blocking well the perimeter lead it to be a failure.
It was very rarely called as a stand alone play. It was always attached as a box count RPO where we would read the apex defender and throw off him. We ran the piss out of a dart with the bubble tagged to it 2 years ago.
When you run it this way you either force teams to go 1 high or they have to give you something. If they give you the box you have to be able to run it for 5yds +. If they give you the perimeter you need to get your back/WR on the bubble 1-1 with the safety every time. You have to basically hit your layups. You do that you force teams to either take death of a thousand small cuts or they have to go 1 high and that can open vertical passing game up.
Nebraska's offense is conceptually very very good. Problem is we have yet to have a unit where part of the unit wasn't worst in the conference except maybe the 1st year. We had no talent at WR 2nd year or 3rd year. RBs sucked 3rd and 4th year. Our OTs were some of the worst in the country last year. Last years offense would have been intriguing with solid OL play.
You get to the point where your worst spot is serviceable and this offense will take off.