🏈 UGA player faking an injury to slow Clemson's up-tempo style?

[TerryP]

Sonny Dykes may have wondered about Northwestern, but Dabo Swinney doesn't need to 'wonder.' Watch this Georgia player. (Update: Though the video doesn't show it, a UGA fan tweets to me that the particular player was attempting to get off the field due to a groin injury, but felt he couldn't make it. At the least, it leaves people skeptical.)

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More on Sonny Dykes' comments from CoachingSearch.com

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This is from a few days ago where Solomon penned a piece about Herbie saying teams were practicing faking injuries

 

[ElephantStomp]

That looked faked as all get out

 

[Bamaman37]

Not surprising, this is par for the course for a Mark Richt coached UGA team...

 

[bcracker]

Frankly, I don't blame them. The hurry-up offense is designed to throw opposing defenses off their game. Why not use "creative" ways to slow it down?

 

[JoshB]

Happens all the time against the hurry up. Northwestern had 2 guys that literally both went down with "injuries" at least 5 times only to walk to the sideline to get no attention from trainers. It worked too, one time when they messed up the momentum they ended up getting a pick 6 on the next play.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I would do it in a heart beat

 

[doemasters]

the easiest thing to do to stop a fast offense is let your helmet come off and then they have to allow time for a substitution :icon_eek:

 

[bamaraider]

I blame Saban. NCAA must investigate this now. :icon_twisted:

 

[Bamabww]

I would do it in a heart beat

Without any hesitation so would I.

 

[bcracker]

the easiest thing to do to stop a fast offense is let your helmet come off and then they have to allow time for a substitution :icon_eek:

You got that right. Watching the TAM game I noticed Rice helmets coming off left and right.

 

[UAgrad93]

I guess the faking of injuries practice occurred when Richt cancelled a practice to take the team swimming! He was simply game planning! A helmet popping off will slow it down in a heartbeat. The officials are going to stop play to have the player in question removed, so why not do it.