Spring Schematics
4
Podcast: Early 2026 Michigan State Season Preview | Cover 3 Summer School
- Michigan State is transitioning to Nick Sheridan's modern spread, including tempo and RPO elements derived from the DeBoer offenses at Washington and Alabama.
- Personnel should make the first-year version more run-heavy and methodical, using repeated rushing attempts to create selective play-action and vertical shots.
- Alessio Milivojevic's on-time, low-variance style can keep the offense on schedule, although his limited rushing explosiveness may constrain some of the RPO menu.
- Receiver is the largest schematic constraint; the scheme can create openings, but the unit needs an unproven option such as Charles Taplin to emerge as a credible vertical threat.
excitementsmentions_alabamamentions_washingtonoffensepredictionschematics
The shotgun thread.
- Practice: If you can't do it all with an old Mossberg pump 20 gauge you need more practice.
practiceschematics
End-of-spring practice thread
- 11v11 drills: offense heavy zone runs, shotgun/pistol formations; defense generated good mid-line pressure.
defenseoffensepracticeschematicsspring_practice