I know there was talk on here earlier about how UIN drew us off sides and snapped the ball to get a 1st down. I saw the UNI-Southern Illinois game from this past weekend. UNI drew them offsides and got a 1st down, too. They just snapped it to the QB, he dropped back a few yards and knelt down. That's 2 games I've seen them play and 2 games where they've used that. Berry drew them off-sides twice on 1 play and we didn't snap it. I know there is a chance for a fumble but it seems to work for them.
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Originally posted by RunninRabbit View PostThey talk about that on the Stig Show from last week. He basically sounded like he didn't have faith in the qb to pull it off. (not that bluntly) I was a little surprised. I don't think that's too much to ask of an experienced college quarterback."You just stood their screaming. Fearing no one was listening to you. Hearing only what you wanna hear. Knowing only what you heard." Metallica
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Originally posted by RunninRabbit View PostThey talk about that on the Stig Show from last week. He basically sounded like he didn't have faith in the qb to pull it off. (not that bluntly) I was a little surprised. I don't think that's too much to ask of an experienced college quarterback.Holy nutmeg!
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There has been a number of times that we have lined up and tried to pull the opponent offsides in the last couple years. What is the point if you aren't going to snap it?
Sometime when the qb is dancing around and calling an audible they need to snap it. That way the next time the formation comes out the other team will know that we MAY just do it which could result in a penalty. It's a moot point if you aren't going to snap it though.
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Originally posted by JimmyJack View PostThat's not exactly what he said. He said he doesn't trust the officials to actually call the penalty on the defense. He worries that they might call an offensive penalty, or no penalty, in which case your QB is standing there with nothing to do with the ball or worse, there's a fumble and you lose the ball. His basic point was that many bad things could happen and he doesn't trust the officials to make the right call.
I've seen this play happen several times(UNI has done it successful 2 weeks in a row) and the official calls it 95% of the time. The only bad thing that could happen is there could be a fumble. The UIN QB just dropped back 3 yards and took a knee. We had the punt the ball against them because we didn't snap it. What's an extra 3 yards when you can get a 1st down out of it most of the time? I think even if it works 1 out of 10 times, that 1st down should make up for the 27 yards lost.
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Originally posted by 91jack View PostI think SDSU tries to get the other team to make contact so offsides will be called.
I've seen this play happen several times(UNI has done it successful 2 weeks in a row) and the official calls it 95% of the time. The only bad thing that could happen is there could be a fumble. The UIN QB just dropped back 3 yards and took a knee. We had the punt the ball against them because we didn't snap it. What's an extra 3 yards when you can get a 1st down out of it most of the time? I think even if it works 1 out of 10 times, that 1st down should make up for the 27 yards lost.
One of Stigs big beliefs is you never leave anything to chance.
There have been too many times on the road during transition that a call went the way of the home team so why take a chance on the official making the right call. See if the other team jumps off and makes contact, if they don't let your punter earn his scholarship."The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all."
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Originally posted by eqguy View PostBoth of the attempts in the UNI game were on 4th down. If the QB steps back and takes a knee and the ref doesn't call it then UNI takes the ball over at the point where the QB put his knee down.
One of Stigs big beliefs is you never leave anything to chance.
There have been too many times on the road during transition that a call went the way of the home team so why take a chance on the official making the right call. See if the other team jumps off and makes contact, if they don't let your punter earn his scholarship.
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The worst part was they jumped off-sides 3 times on the same play so there were plenty of opportunities to snap the ball and get the off-sides penalty. I'm not a huge fan of the play as it is, but it worked to perfection 3 times in one play and the only penalty called was a delay of game on SDSU. Just from reading Coach Stig's body language on the sideline, I believe he felt the same way. I didn't ask him so I'm not trying to put words in his mouth. Just my observation."You just stood their screaming. Fearing no one was listening to you. Hearing only what you wanna hear. Knowing only what you heard." Metallica
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