BCS National Championship: Born from failure, evolution of spread-option leads Oregon to peak

In three short seasons after winning the Fiesta Bowl in January 2002 he watched the Ducks hit what was for them rock bottom, losing the 2004 Civil War 50-21 at Oregon State to finish 5-6.It was Bellotti’s only losing season in his 14 years as head coach at Oregon and the failure prompted him to make a dramatic change, scrapping the Ducks version of the West Coast, pro-style offense for the spread-option.
The coaching staff was against it. Bellotti didn’t care. He had a vision.
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