EPISODE TITLE: Deception and Destruction – Breaking Down the Counter Game 🏈 PODCAST: Champion Standard 🎧 GUEST: Coach Flo 📍 TOPIC: The Counter Run Game in Ben Arbuckle’s Offense & Its Future at Oklahoma
In this episode of Champion Standard, Rob is joined by Coach Flo for a deep dive into one of the most explosive (and misunderstood) run concepts in football: the Counter play.
We break down:
What the Counter is and how it works
Ben Arbuckle’s use of it at Washington State
The “boom or bust” nature of the play
Why it produced 25% of Wazzu’s rushing TDs
How Counter could become a core piece of Oklahoma’s SEC offense
OU’s history with Counter under Coach Bedenbaugh
Concerns with tight end play and potential personnel solutions
How defenses try to fit Counter—and how offenses can attack back
This isn’t just scheme talk—we get into film study, real numbers, coaching insights, and why Counter might be the identity play OU leans on in 2024.
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0:00 Introduction 2:00 Arbuckle Counter Analytics 31:00 Clnic Series: GY Counter 54:00 Clinic Series: GT Counter 56:00 Arbuckle GT Counter 59:00 Arbuckle GY Counter 1:04:00 Empty QB GT Counter 1:08:00 QB GT Counter 1:15:00 QB G/RB Counter 1:24:00 Counter Bluff RB Rail 1:33:00 2025 Preview 1:41:00 Theme Song Close
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