In the Baltimore Sun, an article written to celebrate the Triple Option offense led to this comment by Ken Niumatalolo as well as some narrative from the author:

"He (Army coach) and Niumatalolo both believe the triple option would be an effective counterpunch for lesser teams in the Power 5 conferences.

"'If you're the other guys competing against Ohio State or Michigan, why would you do what they do?" Niumatalolo said. "That doesn't make sense because you don't have the same kind of personnel.'"

As it pertains to BYU, Ty Detmer has installed a pro-style offense which has received some grumbling from some fans because it's not pleasing to watch. Though the pro-style is not the triple option, it has similar principles to the triple option which is assignment sound football. BYU is not in the same category as the military academies in regards to its recruiting restrictions, but I do believe they are in the same boat as teams like Stanford and Notre Dame in regards to recruiting. Stanford runs a pro-style offense because they know they won't be able to recruit athletes at the same caliber due to culture as Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, etc. who have recruits that can make plays against offenses similar to theirs. Stanford has been successful under this system. The point I'm trying to make is the system BYU is running would give us the best chance to win against upper P5 teams if we put the right pieces in place.