Jimmy Clausen was ESPN's "Sunday Conversation"

In Clausen’s defense, he said that the new system has “the same concepts.”

The new system still has an offensive line, including one guy in the middle of the line called a center (he’s the guy who has a quarterback’s hands under his crotch for half of the game, but if he’s lucky, they run a lot of plays from shotgun). See – similar concept. =)

The new system will have a guy called a quarterback. He takes most of the snaps from the center. The quarterback then throws the ball, hands it off, or runs with it himself. Another similar concept.

The new system does have wide receivers. They’re the fast guys who typically run down the field or across the middle and catch the ball when a quarterback can see them and can throw the ball in their vicinity.

Then, the new system will have these guys called tight ends. As BW has aptly described them, they’re the guys who are sorta like part-time offensive linemen, just not as fat. They also may be the guys who argue with the quarterback and wide receivers because they also want to catch the ball in the same manner as a wide receiver.

The new system will also have running backs. They’re the guys who run with the ball (the name kinda tips you off on that one). Ideally, they’re able to gain significant yardage because their offense is both creative and capable of passing so that the opposing defenses don’t know what to expect. However, the running backs also may carry the ball when a quarterback can’t do anything else with the football. They may also serve as receivers for checkdown captains.

See…Chud’s system and philosophy (the up-and-coming OC who very well may have a head coaching job in a few years) can’t possibly be THAT much different than the system and philosophy of our favorite doughnut connoisseur, Jeff Davidson. The only possible difference is the verbiage. (/sarcasm)

In all seriousness, I guess at the end of the day, football is football. But still, I’m honestly a little concerned – he comes across as thinking that he just “gets” it, or will pick up on it quickly and with ease. Maybe that’s the case – I obviously can’t actually know. But I have a hard time imagining that one year of experience consisting of 10 NFL starts under the direction of Foxy and Davidson will make learning Chud’s offense a walk in the park. Even if learning it really is that simple…there’s still the question of “Can you execute it?”