At present, Holgorsen is the only one manning the helm of a proper D-1 program. Leach is on a book tour and looking to sue ESPN, Tony Franklin is the offensive coordinator at Lousiana Tech. Hal? Well we’ll be seeing him at the ‘Dome this Saturday, looking to somehow rebound from an 82-6 beatdown. Look for lots of 4th-down attempts, lots of passes and a UTSA victory.
Chris Brown wrote a good read on Mumme back when he took the job in 2009.
But that offense. That elegant, "backyard"-yet-disciplined approach to throwing the damn football. Many of Mumme's hallmarks -- throwing the ball repeatedly with a grand total of about ten passing plays practiced endlessly, warm up drills instead of stretching, relentless passes against "air" with five quarterbacks dropping back on every play, and an unyielding belief in "throwing the ball short to people who can score" -- can be seen not only in places like Texs Tech and the University of Arizona, but in countless high schools across the country. (I really cannot overstate this.) Tony Franklin, Mumme's St. Paul, proselytized the word of the pass-first, shotgun spread offense, and while Mumme may not be divine, he is not without messianic qualities: the rise of the spread and passing offense in the last decade, particularly in the lower levels of football, may have been inevitable, but Mumme's little system, mesh, shallow, Y-cross, Y-sail, Y-stick, and the others, along with his ingenious practice methods, delivered football forever from its more ancient roots.Also, Brophy has Gary Patterson explaining the 4-2-5 in depth.
