🏈 Mitchell: Hurry Up, No Huddle Madness; A little island of sanity in a world gone crazy

[BAMANEWSBOT]

What is undeniable is there was no discussion/vote to fundamentally change the way college football is played. To give offenses a material advantage over defenses. In 2008, a rule was passed to make games fit into a time frame better suited for TV broadcasting … which had the unintended effect of creating an inequitable advantage for the HUNH.[/B]{/td}

By Russ Mitchell
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Nick Saban is not a fearful man.

He’s not afraid of the Hurry Up, No Huddle (HUNH) offense. He’s not afraid of any coach or player. Nor is he afraid of “progress” … IF that’s even what we’re calling this.

Saban has attained the pinnacle of his profession, and still has both the time and resources with which to add to that success.

While we’re here, don’t kid yourself – Saban could go out today, buy the next Gus Malzahn, recruit HUNH prep players better than anyone, and in 24 months his offense would regularly score 50+ a game, rather than the three times it has passed that threshold in as many years.

If Saban surrendered to that temptation … if his offense went turbo and regularly scored ~50+ points … then any perceived defensive HUNH “deficiencies” would be moot. Don’t think so?

Quick – when was the last time Bama’s defense surrendered 50+? I don’t know, but it wasn’t with Nick Saban as the head coach.

Not all change is for the better

.Mitchell's commentary continues...

 

[TerryP]

Quick – when was the last time Bama’s defense surrendered 50+?

For the hell of it, how many of you guys know the answer to this? For that matter, how many times in history?

Spoiler: Click here if you want to know the answer.

2003, Shula, against UT. That was the third time it's happened. The other two were over 100, yes 100, years ago.

 

[TheChief]

And that was the five overtime game, Terry. Wow. Hard to believe.

 

[TerryP]

And that was the five overtime game, Terry. Wow. Hard to believe.

I almost tagged you on that post because I figured, if anyone, you'd remember.

 

[psychojoe]

So absent a rule change, we need to designate a defensive player to impede the umpire's path to getting to the new LOS.