🏈 The no-huddle craze: College football defenses play catch-up and even practice fake injuries

[BAMANEWSBOT]

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit: "No one is talking about this, but look for more fake injuries by the defense. I've talked to defensive coaches. These guys are actually practicing faking injuries in practice."



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[TerryP]

Georgia coach Mark Richt believes officials need to let defenders not only get on the field, but have a reasonable amount of time to line up and become set. Richt said he has seen many plays start when even the offense isn't quite set.

As have I and found myself wondering why there wasn't a flag thrown for, that the very least, an illegal formation or illegal motion.

Added Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze, a frequent no-huddle user, about spotting the ball: "Sometimes I have felt like in games, whether or not it was our officials or another league's officials, that it was different than the week before."

Not only different from the week before, different when there was a change of possession in the same game. It's here where I feel there needs to be a rule implemented.

IF an official is running to make sure the ball is in place in a matter of seconds for one team, and then when possession changes it takes twice as long because that team isn't running a HUNH, in essence you have an official aiding the offense.

 

[TerryP]

And having said ^that^ on wondering why there weren't flags thrown...I come across this from SDS,.

Just two days separate us from college football and the first SEC game of the season, in an underrated game between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt.

During yesterday’s press conference, Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin said last year’s film showed Ole Miss wasn’t set on 10-12 plays, and the officials couldn’t get in the right position and keep up with the pace. He wants to make sure the officials are watching the Rebels, via Tennessean.

“When the ball is snapped, I want everybody set,” Franklin said at his Monday press conference. “We went back and looked at (film of the game against) Ole Miss last year and there was probably 10 to 12 plays when they snapped the ball, their offense wasn’t set. But the officials had a hard time keeping up with the pace to get in position to do that.
“So as long as everybody is playing by the same rules and this isn’t Canadian football where people are running toward the line of scrimmage when they snap the football, I’m good with it. I think it’s great for football. I think it (forces) people to stay on their toes and come up with answers.”
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Franklin is already working the officials even before kickoff. According to the Clarion Ledger, Ole Miss was flagged for three false starts during last year’s game.

Asked about making substitutions and the style of defense against a fast-paced offense, Franklin joked his team will run an up-tempo defense.

“We’re going to run a tempo defense this year, which no one has ever heard of,” Franklin said jokingly. “You’re going to have to wait and see.”
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The Commodores’ SEC-leading seven-game winning streak will be on the line in their ‘blackout’ game seen on ESPN Thursday night.

 

[planomateo]

This one surprised me...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Hurry up no huddle dominates &quot;more plays&quot; talk but it was old-school LSU that ran the most plays (85) against Alabama last season.</p>&mdash; Travis Reier (@travisreier) <a href="https://twitter.com/travisreier/statuses/372387908230991873">August 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[TerryP]

This one surprised me...

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Hurry up no huddle dominates "more plays" talk but it was old-school LSU that ran the most plays (85) against Alabama last season.
— Travis Reier (@travisreier) August 27, 2013​

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Makes sense due to the offensive woes in the game.

How many times have you seen people talk about how the Tide struggled with Ole Miss last season and point to their hurry up offense? Yet, that game—and the struggles—weren't on the defense. The offense simply couldn't get anything going.

(Don't get me wrong. Ole Miss was the first team to expose pass coverage weaknesses in our nickel package that LSU and A&M used to their advantage.)

FWIW- Ole Miss ran 68 plays while A&M ran 77 and UGA had fewer than both with 63.


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