The spread offense has reached unmatched heights in recent years. Read how it has evolved and where it stands in today's football.

Day 1: Overview

• Schlabach: Decades in the making
  Before quarterback stars such as Tim Tebow, Pat White and Vince Young, the spread offense established its collegiate roots nearly a half century ago.
• Miller: Starts deep in the heart of Texas
  The spread offense is no recent fad; it traces its roots to Depression-era Texas high school football.
• Who runs the spread offense?

Day 2: Spread Xs & Os

• Bloggers: How to defend the spread
  With the spread offense being all the rage, the next question is: How do you defend it?
• Bloggers: Receivers' responsibilities
  While the quarterbacks are usually the faces of the spread offense, there's plenty of other kudos to go around.
• Ware: ABC's of the spread
  Former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Andre Ware breaks down the things he looks for in a spread QB.
• Winkeljohn: Spread for sale
  Coaches who want to introduce the spread at the high school level don't waste time watching tape and creating new plays -- they turn to Internet gurus for help

Day 3: The Players

• Griffin: Potts next in line at Texas Tech
  Taylor Potts is next in a long line of QBs who have thrived in Mike Leach's spread offense.
• Crosshairs: Building a spread quarterback
• Feldman: Top 10 spread QBs
• Luginbill: Spread QBs easier to find
  With more and more programs running the spread offense, finding a QB to run it isn't as tough as it used to be.
• Luginbill: Spread hurting QB development
  The spread offense is gaining in popularity, but the cost may be that QBs no longer have the basic fundamentals covered.
• Scouts Inc: Top 10 2010 dual-threat QBs
  Oklahoma-bound Blake Bell is the best dual-threat prospect in the 2010 class.
• Rapoport: Is 7-On craze helping?
  For high school teams running spread offenses, 7-on-7 competitions have become a way to get more practice. Whether they're actually helping the teams is another story.

Day 4: The Coach

• Podcast: Ivan Maisel and Mouse Davis
  Mouse Davis is considered the father of the run-and-shoot. But in the beginning, there were doubters. Nowadays you can see his influence on the game from Florida to SMU.

Day 5: The History

• Offensive Slideshow »
  When it comes to college football's offenses, what's old is new again. Yesteryear's single wing is today's Wildhog. Look back through the years at how offenses have evolved.