FalconBlog--Triumphs and Trials in the BGSU Falcon Nation

What is that other dude doing in the backfield?

full·back

Abbr.

Football

An offensive backfield player whose position is behind the quarterback and halfbacks and who primarily performs offensive blocking and line plunges.

The position of this player.

Oh! That's who he is. I thought one of the WRs lined up in the wrong place. I mean, I know we've used the "pony" formation, and put two runners back there, but he was supposed to misdirect...not a guy whose job it is to block. And yet Coach Brandon said....

The guy that has stepped-up for us is Pete Winovich. He has become kind of a pseudo-fullback for us and he is playing some running back. He will knock your head off as a blocker. He is really doing a nice job and we are giving him the ball a little bit to test his inside running. He is a load. He is 250 lbs. He brings a different dimension. Now we have involved our quarterback, similar to what we did with Josh Harris in the running game. We are able to utilize the entire offense where Omar was such a good passer that we did not necessarily need to run him. He would get the 50-60 yards passing that Josh would get running. Now I think we are back to that mode with AT [Anthony Turner] and Freddie [Barnes]. Those kids can run and they can do some things with their legs that Omar could do with his arm."

So, he's just a pseudo fullback. A head knocker, offer a slobber knocker. You get the idea.

We're written here before about transitioning back to the runspread from the throwspread, and that pretty much spells it out. A fullback! I never thought I would live to see the day.