Not so fast, college football offences.
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prohibit offences from snapping the ball until at least 10 seconds had run off
the 40-second play clock, slowing down the up-tempo, no-huddle attacks that have
been making defences dizzy. The rule allows defences time to make a substitution
without the offence changing players -- as is currently required -- and with no
fear the ball will be snapped before 29 seconds are left on the play clock. An
exception will be made for the final two minutes of each half, when the offence
can snap the ball as quickly as it wants. "This rules change is being made to
enhance student-athlete safety by guaranteeing a small window for both teams to
substitute," Air Force coach Troy Calhoun, chair of the football rules
committee, said in a statement Wednesday. "As the average number of plays per
game has increased, this issue has been discussed with greater frequency by the
committee in recent years and we felt like it was time to act in the interests
of protecting our student-athletes." The committee also proposed a change to the
targeting rule that would eliminate the 15-yard penalty when instant replay
officials overturn an ejection. Last year, when a targeting penalty was called,
the 15-yard penalty stood even if the replay official determined the player
should be allowed to stay in the game. Both proposals need approval from the
playing rules oversight panel, which is schedule to consider them on March 6.
The proposal to slow down offences will have a hard time passing if the many
coaches who run up-tempo these days have anything to say about it. "Its
ridiculous," said Arizonas Rich Rodriguez, who has been at the forefront of the
fast football trend. "For me it goes back to the fundamental rules of football.
The offence knows where they are going and when they are going to snap the ball.
Thats their advantage. The defence is allowed to move all 11 guys before the
ball is snapped. Thats their advantage. "Whats next? You can only have three
downs? If you play that extra down you have more chance of injury." Mississippi
coach Hugh Freeze said he found about the proposal when he got a phone call from
Auburns Gus Malzahn, a fellow advocate of up-tempo offence. "I said, Yall are
kidding me. Thats not true," Freeze told Malzahn. This is a non-rules change
year for the NCAA, but exceptions can be made for rules that affect player
safety. There was much discussion about the pace of the game last season, with
some coaches -- most notably Alabamas Nick Saban and Arkansas Bret Bielema --
questioning whether something needed to be done to slow down offences. Safety
concerns were cited because of the increased number of plays. The fastest-moving
teams -- such as Arizona and Ole Miss -- average more than 80 plays per game.
Texas Tech led the country with 90.3 plays per game last season. Arkansas ran
64.7 plays per game, 121 out of 125 FBS teams. Alabama was at 65.9, 116th in the
country. Freeze said he was skeptical of the health risks presented by up-tempo
offence because hes never seen any data to support the claim. "I would think
they would have some type of study that proves that," he said. Rodriguez has
been pushing the pace with his teams for more than two decades and doesnt buy
safety concerns. "If that was the case wouldnt every team that went fast in
practice have more injuries?" he said. The committee said "10 seconds provides
sufficient time for defensive player substitutions without inhibiting the
ability of an offence to play at a fast pace. Research indicated that teams with
fast-paced, no-huddle offences rarely snap the ball with 30 seconds or more on
the play clock." Freeze and Rodriguez both said their offences rarely get plays
off within 10 seconds of the ball being spotted. "If they say its not occurring
anyway, why put in a rule?" Freeze said. "I just dont really understand what we
gain from this rule other than a chance to create more chaos." Its not just the
up-tempo coaches who voiced their disapproval with the proposal. "I just spent
two days at Big Ten meetings and it wasnt even brought up," Rutgers coach Kyle
Flood said. "It doesnt make sense to me." The Scarlet Knights ranked 84th in the
country in plays per game (71). Cincinnati coach Tommy Tuberville, a former
defensive co-ordinator whose team averaged 78 plays per game (28th in the
nation), said the proposal was never discussed during last months American
Football Coaches of Association convention. "This came out of left field," he
said. "Its wrong."
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