Article: A tough hodgepodge.(Sports)(Houston's offense has a little bit of everything thrown in, making it a challenge for the Oregon defense)

Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard

As the increasingly popular spread offense has been implemented more frequently around the country, it has naturally begun to mutate.

Schools from Texas Tech to Hawaii to Florida run unique variations of the scheme. Oregon this fall will use a hybrid of its traditional pro-style attack along with the spread and the option.

And another variation of the spread began to crop up on high school fields in Texas a decade ago before making its way to the University of Houston, which will host the Ducks on Thursday in a game to be telecast by ESPN2 at 4 p.m. PDT.

With its combination of the spread passing ...

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