🏈 Get ready for more hurry-up fun.

[joeman546]

I was reading this week that Houston Nutt closed practices this week, his first time ever to do so at Ole Miss.

I saw it and figured we would see a faster paced Ole Miss this week.

Why you ask? Because I would do it.

Whether it be from circumstance from playing flat or whatever, we have shown that we have been slow to react to the hurry-up. As it has been said by announcers, it negates our ability to change personell(sp?) and get in and out of our specialty packages.

Its like in Baseball and the batter is having trouble catching up to the fastball. What do you do?

Keep throwing him the fastball.

I just hope our guys can prove they can handle it this week, or its going to be a tough game.

 

[252BAMA]

It works both ways. Don't be surprised if Bama does the same on offense.

 

[TerryP]

IMO, Nutt is closing practices for adding his trick play stuff to his offense.

Hurry Jevan Snead up?!?! Seriously? At their normal pace he's screwing up.

Might pay attn. to what 252 posted here...

 

[joeman546]

A change of pace for a struggling quarterback is not neccessarily a bad thing.Snead does strike me as having alot of talent, as well as the fact that I assume all competition will be on their A game to eliminate any surprises. However, he might not stick with it through the entire gamr if that area of the defense isnt exploited.

One of my favorite sayings is "Luck favors the prepared". Though, I think its silly to think someone wont atleast try to exploit a percieved weakness, atleast until they end up exploiting their own, which isnt guaranteed.






But, I will say it would be nice if it were just stupid gadget plays.

 

[TerryP]

Snead's INT's are coming off of plays where he's making quick decisions. It's areas where he thinks there might be an opening, but there isn't.

Nutt's play calling is from the seat of his pants.

Combine those two, with a hurry up offense....????

It will be a game with more than two INT's.

 

[Southern Bama]

Snead may not be the one to take those "hurry-up" snaps It wouldnt surprise be to see Mcluster taking some...............

 

[RollTideinGA]

Im sure we'll see alot of wild cat, wild rebel, whatever the heck it is...

 

[joeman546]

I wouldnt doubbt that being the case, I certainly didnt know that he was having trouble in that area. I hope those INTs dont come with TDs in a Favre-esque manner. But,I still wouldnt be surprised to see Nutt do what he can to try to change up the pace of the game. When I say hurry-up though, I do not mean "no-huddle". I mean Id expect to see them go just fast enough to prevent us from interchanging players in a reliable manner.

This is the first thing I would do against our D, so Id be prepared for it, and if not Ole Miss, someone is going to do this who wouldnt normally.

 

[TerryP]

Im sure we'll see alot of wild cat, wild rebel, whatever the heck it is...

How much success did they have running that last year? They tried three plays, no gain.

Then, tried it a fourth and went to a pass...intercepted.

 

[usn92]

I really don't see an advantage for OM to run a hurry up offense.

 

[alagator]

When I say hurry-up though, I do not mean "no-huddle". I mean Id expect to see them go just fast enough to prevent us from interchanging players in a reliable manner.

This is the first thing I would do against our D, so Id be prepared for it, and if not Ole Miss, someone is going to do this who wouldnt normally.

If not a rapid fire succession of plays with little to no time off the play clock, then at least the 'Sugar Huddle' Sam Wyche devised with the Cincinnati Bengals - and used by many since.

Immediately after the prior play the offensive unit goes straight to the ball so they CAN run a rushed play - or simply threaten to do so. This forces the defense to align quickly, resulting in the defense not being able to substitute player groupings and in many cases tip their hand to coverages and schemes. Works much better with a home crowd than on the road.

 

[jdpas29]

if i were them i would take a page from kentucky's playbook as far as running the ball. ole miss's best chance to win is to run the ball primarily and only pass when they have to. attempt to play field position with Bama and try to set up play action. mccluster is by far their best weapon. they should use him as much as possible.

i'm starting to think it doesn't matter what they try on offense. it's going to be difficult anyway.

the story of this game will be how Alabama's offense moves the ball on their D which is IMO the best they will have faced this year.

 

[joeman546]

If not a rapid fire succession of plays with little to no time off the play clock, then at least the 'Sugar Huddle' Sam Wyche devised with the Cincinnati Bengals - and used by many since.

Immediately after the prior play the offensive unit goes straight to the ball so they CAN run a rushed play - or simply threaten to do so. This forces the defense to align quickly, resulting in the defense not being able to substitute player groupings and in many cases tip their hand to coverages and schemes. Works much better with a home crowd than on the road.

I was about to describe how you can do this but I didnt know it had a name. Indeed Kentucky did similar with success early on, Id expect to see this alot on the road especially

 

[usn92]

I wouldnt doubbt that being the case, I certainly didnt know that he was having trouble in that area. I hope those INTs dont come with TDs in a Favre-esque manner. But,I still wouldnt be surprised to see Nutt do what he can to try to change up the pace of the game. When I say hurry-up though, I do not mean "no-huddle". I mean Id expect to see them go just fast enough to prevent us from interchanging players in a reliable manner.

This is the first thing I would do against our D, so Id be prepared for it, and if not Ole Miss, someone is going to do this who wouldnt normally.

This is a good thought if OM has a player(s) that is a mismatch in their favor. Whatever personnel grouping/formation they start a drive with we'll have a "matching" group on defense. The speed at which they run the plays isn't that big a factor because they don't have a RB/FB/TE that can line up at WR to create an advantage for them. Also, we set our defense by formation, not by field position, which reduces the effect of a no huddle approach. BTW if they sub they, by rule, must allow the defense to sub.

 

[BamaPride]

Thats exactly how I would attack Bama's defense.

 

[Big_Fan]

It's what Utah did against us - but Utah had a veteran offense lead by a senior QB, running the spread that, was used to no-huddle and effective at it.

Early field position also played a factor in that game, as did our offensive line woes.

As I said in an earlier Trickle Down column, it was a perfect storm.

If Ole Miss goes no-huddle and fast break, it just shortens the amount of time before they punt - thereby increasing the amount of time their defense is on the field. That would b a very, very bad thing for them.

 

[BamaFisher]

I've noticed that most teams that try to run hurry-up style offenses only truly do so for a quarter or so. Seems to me that the first couple of offensive series are easily choreographed in advance (probably true for most teams at that). Once the game begins to wear on in the trenches, players tire out and things begin to follow a more even paced tempo. I think many teams (including Ole Miss) may try this for a little while, then fall right back into typical 30-45 sec plays as the Tide D begins to slowly take firm control the game.

Just my humble opinion.

 

[CRIMSON_SHARKER_83]

Why would ole miss want to hurry up and PUNT? :lol: ..... Time of possession will play a big role in this game, and i don't think ole miss wants to be giving Bama that many chances on offense. I think Bama's 'D' will be well prepared for anything Nutt has to throw at them.

 

[joeman546]

Well, the thing is that if Ole Miss is under the imprression that our D will dominate anyway like I think they do, theyd have nothing to lose atleast trying to do something we have never proven we can stop.

If we stop it cold, then I wouldnt expect things like that from future opponents. If we bend but dont break,Id get ready to see it over and over.

And Ole Miss may be doing something totally different, but we shouldnt be surprised if someone tries it again down the road (Like a certain redheaded step child in the state of Alabama)

 

[rtauburnsucks]

I was reading this week that Houston Nutt closed practices this week, his first time ever to do so at Ole Miss.

I saw it and figured we would see a faster paced Ole Miss this week.

Why you ask? Because I would do it.

Whether it be from circumstance from playing flat or whatever, we have shown that we have been slow to react to the hurry-up. As it has been said by announcers, it negates our ability to change personell(sp?) and get in and out of our specialty packages.

Its like in Baseball and the batter is having trouble catching up to the fastball. What do you do?

Keep throwing him the fastball.

I just hope our guys can prove they can handle it this week, or its going to be a tough game.

hopefully we have practiced that a little.