HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- James Spady is bringing the pistol offense to Alabama A&M, but is still banking on winning with defense. The Bulldogs have been much more adept on that side of the ball, anyway.

Pistol is an action early in the offense with a guard handling the ball, a wing in the corner, and either another post or a wing settled at the elbow or 3-point line. They are set up in a loose ...

But they began the season at Wisconsin in the pistol and found some success. UNLV adopted that offense, and it paid off in the Rebels' 40-20 win over Hawaii on Saturday.

The birthplace of the Pistol Offense is a carpeted, 10-foot-by-30-foot stretch of space in the front of the Nevada football locker room. One morning in the spring of 2005, Wolf Pack head coach ...