Oregon's offense isn't a gimmick per se but the hurry-up aspect of it kind of is because teams are growing accustomed to it, especially the teams with great DCs and front 7 depth (like the Stanford sharks dragging the flailing ducks to deep water).
As for the 46 defense, I love the general principles of it and would be very curious to see the some of the principles redeployed with a 3-3-5 defense against spread option teams.
You lose your starting QB, RB, and all-alcoholics-anonymous TE next year. I'm sure Sark will have Miley Cyrus ready to go.
Besides losing all that fluff, what Sark needs is to embrace The Oregon Way and get the ducks and other BCS pretenders the fuck off his schedule. As Sark has demonstrated in 2013, a coach can have one too many hurry-up no-huddle gimmicks.
If oregon's offense is a gimmick, sign me up. It's no more of a gimmick than running the 46 defense.
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As for the 46 defense, I love the general principles of it and would be very curious to see the some of the principles redeployed with a 3-3-5 defense against spread option teams.
It's Ruth logic when you bring out the gimmick card. Their conference record ever since Kelly was the oc there tells the story.