Flexbone Offense: Why Under Center Football Favors the Underdog
June 22, 2025
Under center offense works because it gets the ball into the quarterback’s hands faster, allowing quicker mesh points and downhill runs. It forces defenses to honor both sides of the formation equally, creating balance. It also enhances play-action by disguising run and pass more effectively, keeping defenses off balance.
- Faster snap-to-mesh timing for downhill runs
- Balanced formation forces defense to play honest
- Better run-pass disguise through play-action
Before the 2010 season, Falls City HS (TX) had never won a regional championship in school history.
In 2010, after running a camp with Lou Cella as Camp Director, Falls City HS (TX) won the Regional and State Championship for the first time in school history in Texas while scoring 680 points in 15 games.
“The biggest thing for us is that it gave our kids the opportunity to work together in our offensive system before the season started – the techniques and fundamentals they learned was so big, so was the team bonding, and so was having an outside source (Lou Cella) teaching them – this was invaluable.”
– Mark Kirchhoff, Head Football Coach
In 2024, after working with the Triple Option Football Academy and Dr. Cella, Questa (NM) won as many games as the previous 8 YEARS COMBINED and made the playoffs under first-year head Coach, Larry Roybal.
“We knew we had to run the triple option in an attempt to build our football program. Dr. Cella’s academy is without a doubt the #1 resource for any coach. The academy guided our implementation of the offense. We embraced Dr. Cella’s system 100%. I was hired by Questa in May, immediately hired Dr. Cella, completed the Triple Option Football Academy, and five months later, we won as many games as the previous EIGHT YEARS COMBINED! God Bless Dr. Cella.”
– Larry Roybal, Head Football Coach
