Feature on Tulsa's "Run and Gun" offense

About how their offense averages a play every 23 seconds, many times using just 14 seconds with their no-huddle offense, Tulsa head coach Todd Graham said:
"We call it the 'Run and Gun,' man. It's put it in the left lane, and put the hammer down." (HSA)


About how their players have to be in great shape to run their offense, Graham said:
"We want to get 85 snaps on offense, and we want the other team to have 65 snaps. To do that, we run a fast-paced, no-huddle (offense). We practice like that, therefore our kids are in better shape. It takes two, three years to get in shape to run this system. It hurts your defense at first. But it starts to pick up as the years go by." (HSA)


Asked why they have such a fast-paced offense, Graham said:
"I'm tryin' to make a livin', man.  It sells tickets." (HSA)


About how he based him offense on concepts from Rich Rodriguez's no-back, no-huddle offense, Graham (who was defensive coordinator for East Central when they faced Rodriguez's Glenville State for the 1993 NAIA championship, and who was head coach at West Virginia when Graham was hired to be LB coach) said:
"The origin of the offense comes from Coach Rodriguez." (HSA)


About how he kept notes on the offense that made things hard on him as a defensive coach and installed the offense when he became a head coach, Graham said:
"I spent a lot of time developing this system based on attacking defensive principles. It's been in the making for well over a decade. We basically run everything I hate to defend." (HSA)


About how both high-powered offense should make the Hawaii Bowl fun to watch, Tulsa QB G.J. Kinne said:
"It's an awesome offense. We've got a great system. Hawaii has a great offense, too. It's going to be a fun game to watch." (HSA)


About how they weren't bothered by the rain in Hawaii over the past 2 days, Kinne said:
"When we left Tulsa, it was 30 degrees. We get here, it was in the upper 70s." (HSA)


About how his players preferred to go to the Hawaii Bowl so he faked them out for 30 seconds before telling them the good news, Graham said:
"I was really concerned if we weren't going to go to Hawaii, how was I going to get them ready to go to Fort Worth?  Nothing against Fort Worth, but when I heard we were invited to Hawaii, I decided to play a little joke on them. I told them we were going to Fort Worth. They were all like, 'Oh, no.' I let that go on for about 30 seconds. Then I told them we were going to Hawaii, and they all cheered. They were extremely fired up to come to Hawaii."

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