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It's just a fad like everything else. It won't be long and the wishbone will be the offense of choice.
 

JKill agrees with BB on this. I disagree with both of them- its within the rules so play on.
 

wait!what? said:
JKill agrees with BB on this. I disagree with both of them- its within the rules so play on.
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Too add what would happen in a two minute drill? Seems like an automatic runoff to me.
 

Maybe Bulimia can find a way to exploit that rule, like he did against PSU his first season when he exploited the kickoff time runoff rule at the end of the first half by continually booting it out of bounds until the half ran out.

I hated him for doing it, but he made his point and I'm pretty sure the new rule was cancelled by the next season.
 


cncmin said:
Maybe Bulimia can find a way to exploit that rule, like he did against PSU his first season when he exploited the kickoff time runoff rule at the end of the first half by continually booting it out of bounds until the half ran out.

I hated him for doing it, but he made his point and I'm pretty sure the new rule was cancelled by the next season.
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IIRC, He didn't boot it out of bounds. He told his players to get a head start, intentionally running offsides repeatedly. They were so far offsides they were able to effortlessly corral and tackle the receiver. They repeated that 3-4 times.
 

I guess I can see them having a 15 second break after first downs as long as they don't start the play or game clock until after the 15 seconds. Since the clocks are already stopped, just specifying that they won't be started for 15 (or whatever number) of seconds after the last play has ended doesn't really affect the "two minute" drives or the ability to either get off a play or run out the clock.

The only thing with doing it every first down is it could really slow the game down in situations where substitutions aren't required (first offensive play gets a first down - should be no "safety" need to substitute at that point). Or the team that normally milks the clock that now has another 15 seconds on top of the play clock between plays.

Another option would be to do a mandatory substitution break every X number of offensive plays (say 10 just as an example) or first downs. That way if it is a long sustained drive they just do a quick 15 second substitution break. If not, no need to hold up the show.

But I agree with most everyone else that this is less about player safety and more about trying to win. I really don't think he'll be happy if a referee takes his time starting the play clock so the defense can substitute if his team is in a two minute drill.
 


I'm not a fan of this idea, the offensive players aren't getting a break so why should the defense? Toughen up and stop the other team or condition yourself that much more in the offseason.
 



Sorry Deltahog but I hope this jackass fails at Arkansas. Why not burn a few bridges too.
 

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Hilarious,
The big boys(Bert being one of the biggest waistwise at least) of football trying to eliminate a niche offense that has allowed smaller schools to compete with bigger ones.
Sour grapes.
He got exposed against Oregon in the Rose Bowl and squandered the greatest assembly of talent the popcornbox wearing skunks will ever see because his fat Dline couldn't catch their breath in the 4th Quarter.
High tempo offenses are a fad, but it's just bad policy to make rule changes for the specific reason of catering to big school coaches' whims.
 

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