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Tempo of offense

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1Griz_Fan

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Could the offense help the D by slowing the game down instead of running the hurry up? I get the purpose of this but it seems to be a problem in the second half when the offense struggles to move the ball and has quick three and outs. Besides it takes away one advantage of our running game instead of clock management. It could also be a factor on why the offense has a hard time moving the ball late in the game. Just a thought...

Have not seen this in the discussion lately so just wanted to throw it out there but it is probably in another thread anyway.
 
Truthfully it would only help if we can stop with the three and outs that seem to plague this team and I doubt would have little effect on that. :twocents:
 
The "hurry" part is the new way the game is played. Intended to weaken the defense in the latter stages of the game. Football experts claim you can do more with less using this hurry system. I have enjoyed Oregons play and they have been great running this system. The opposing teams seem to be catching on, so I wonder how long this continues.

With the Griz.......that is another story. As pointed out above we have been shooting ourselves in the foot and I don't think it would make a difference if we tried 10 offenses. My thought is that all these guys (coaches) are new to the system and I don't think they have it perfected like it requires.
The Griz coaches have only been togther for 3/4 of one season. I think they need to go through this year and all of them will be much better next season (if they are still around) but that is what it will take.

Remember this, Mick is in his new gig and has not been a teacher of this "hurry" system as it was new to him with Pflugrad bringing it to the Griz. Rosy is dealing with it for the first time. Even my favorite coach Ty Gregorak is having a hell of a time. Usually the head man is giving lessons to his DC and OC along with the special teams. In this case they are all new to this entire gig! Any teachers? Not enough this year!
 
We actually hurry? I see the no-huddle but it is not a hurry up offense, for as long as it takes they might as well just huddle.
 
BirdGrizman said:
We actually hurry? I see the no-huddle but it is not a hurry up offense, for as long as it takes they might as well just huddle.
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We were snapping the ball w/ 28-32 seconds on the 40 second clock. We were in a hurry to get our defense on the field.
 
Idaho State will be chucking the ball about 70 times on saturday, so the Griz need to establish the run game in a big way to keep them off the field since we haven't shown we can really stop anyone from passing at will.
 
I have a hard time for blaming the defense for the big plays we seem to keep giving up at the end of games. I look at how long they are on the field and the extremely short breaks it takes for us to go 3 and out or 2 and turnover they barely get to the bench before they are headed back out. Its gotta suck to look forward to halftime because it is the only break they get.
 
Griz Convert said:
I have a hard time for blaming the defense for the big plays we seem to keep giving up at the end of games. I look at how long they are on the field and the extremely short breaks it takes for us to go 3 and out or 2 and turnover they barely get to the bench before they are headed back out. Its gotta suck to look forward to halftime because it is the only break they get.
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I remember the Griz had similar issues in 2010 with TOP and the defense being on the field an awful lot. I believe there was a lot of debate on eGriz at the time on whether TOP was really that much of a factor or not. I agree though it probably does cause some fatigue to have to be on the field that much.
 
The spread option run at high speed, sometimes called the "speed option", works and the Oregon Ducks are the living proof. However even Oregon has trouble finishing games but the difference with them is that they have scored so many points that the game is out of reach. Look what happened versus ASU. Up by 39 points by early in the second quarter and then give up 21 later in the game. Sure it happens mainly in garbage time but their first string D has given up a number of scores after the offense has built a huge lead. The change of speed of the game seems to even affect their own defense and then their offense starts going 3 and out. The Ducks have the problem of not looking like they are trying to run up the score so they to slow it down somehow. They'd be happier if there was a "7 run rule" so they could call the game early.

I'm not even implying that the Griz O is anything like the Duck's O but the Griz have lost leads late in the game on multiple occasions and it is somewhat the function of the offense trying to slow it down to burn clock (and commiting a host of errors in the process). Given that the Griz don't build 40 point leads before they start to implode they certainly should not even think about slowing anything down. Keep the speed and energy level up for both the O and the D. It certainly couldn't hurt at this point. And of course find someone, anyone, who can stay anywhere near the other team's receivers. Get some PI penalties if you have to. Beats the crap out of getting toasted on long passes.
 
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