At Parkview Baptist, we have been running a flex-bone/slot-option type of offense over the past nine seasons. During that stretch, we have been able to maintain a high level of consistency as an offense and as a program as evidenced by the following statistics: • 2 State Championships; the most recent being in 2007 (15-0). • 9 straight playoff appearances; quarterfinals or further 7 years. • Offensive averages of 35 points, 350 total yards, and nearly 30 minutes of possession time per game. A few of the reasons why we believe in this style of offense are: • It’s an unselfish offense. This is truly team concept offense. • The option makes a defense play differently than any other offense and differently from the way they’re trained. • Personnel reasons; I don’t believe that a team has to be great or overly talented at any position in an option offense to have a chance
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