Modern offenses have become the proverbial melting pot of college football. Teams are constantly changing and stealing from others in an effort to find success, which has in turn made offenses too complicated to label.
Still, many fans or broadcasters will often use terms without actually knowing what they mean. (Brent Musburger: not everything is an end around; please stop misusing it like Ron Burgundy’s “When in Rome.”)
In the world of the spread, teams’ philosophies often get categorized in an effort to help one understand what they are. But due to the nature and prevalence of the spread, this isn’t an accurate way of describing an offense.