... the sweetness of life in small-town Texas, where he rode a tractor through the tomato fi elds with his grandfather, to the wild ride of college football today, where parity and the spread offense ... In short, the offense is giving multiple looks to the defense, causing the defenders to use their eyes a lot to see what the offense is trying to do. When you get defenders to use their eyes ... was shown prior to the snap. By showing their hand late, the defense limits the ability of the offense to make adjustments with their blocking schemes. You see it all the time: the ball is snapped,...