Deception and Desctruction

 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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