It’s called a few different things, but essentially Urban Meyer’s offense is known in football circles as a spread option. The philosophy is quite simple. Meyer and company spread out the offense and force you to defend from sideline to sideline, using the entire width of the field to their advantage.

The core of Meyer's offense is the same plays that you see every NFL team run Sunday: inside zone, outside zone, power, counter trey. The spread's primary purpose for Meyer is not to open up the pass game. Instead, it is to provide greater opportunities for the power run game to succeed.

By lining his receivers and occasionally his backs outside the “box” surrounding the quarterback and the center at the line of scrimmage in a formation that has come to be known as the “Meyer Spread,” also known as the double wing formation, Meyer discovered that it forced defenses to respond by spreading their players.