Why no huddle with Laviano?

[BillyC80]

I only watched the game once, in real time on tv, but it seemed like many of the Laviano-led plays were in the hurry-up offense. Why?

We are not likely to use the hurry-up against Wazzu, and since the outcome of the NSU game was never in doubt, why not have Laviano practice running the play clock all the way down?

I think the no-huddle, hurry-up play calling also made it appear, perhaps artificially, as though the team was responding more to Laviano's energy and pace.

The QB in the WSU game will undoubtedly be running a slower paced offense out of a huddle, and we saw much more of that from Rettig against NSU.

Curious...

 

[JQRU91]

Didn't they have some trouble getting the plays in on time in the first half? Maybe they went no-huddle to try to smooth things out.

 

[BillyC80]

That's possible RQ, I may be overthinking it. However it does seem like they could have given Laviano more work from the huddle, in preparation for WSU.

 

[RUSK97]

Anything's possible. Imagine this: Rutgers has the ball on its own 35. WSU leads 24-21. Only 1:35 remains on the clock to close the first half of play. Time to put into play the hurry-up offense practiced during the NSU game. You never know when you'll need it.

 

[ruready07]

coach McDaniels was using some different tempos. You have to switch tempo to make substituting tough on the defense - its just another advantage the offense has in football these days.

Its good to see we can get into a no huddle, fast tempo scheme like that. When a team can run the ball and slowly wear you down and then all of a sudden kick it into high gear, it can really overwhelm a defense and serve as a knockout punch.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

While Laviano benefited from this, I think the reason was probably mentioned earlier.. playcalling took too long in the first half so this may have simply been an attempt to "stress the system" to see if they could improve on that if forced to.

We have a real QB controversy, but I don't think that is a bad thing in this case. maybe we should not avoid this.. but embrace it instead. No one cares that we have too many good RBs sharing the ball.. as long as they give these QBs cohesive sections of the game to play I don't see a real problem here. Split it by halves, quarters, possessions, alternate starts.. whatever they do, embrace it, rejoice in it until we see that one is much better than the other.

imho, all these QBs need is to KNOW what to expect. And if one puts himself above the needs of the team and demands to be the full-time starter... well, that adds information to the equation, doesn't it?

 

[StyleKnight]

We will be running no-huddle at various times all season to keep the defense off-balance.

 

[SouthJerseyRU]

coach McDaniels was using some different tempos. You have to switch tempo to make substituting tough on the defense - its just another advantage the offense has in football these days.

Its good to see we can get into a no huddle, fast tempo scheme like that. When a team can run the ball and slowly wear you down and then all of a sudden kick it into high gear, it can really overwhelm a defense and serve as a knockout punch.

Basically this. OSU killed us with it last year (along with their superior talent), several plays on a few of their drives we weren't even lined up right. Several other college teams use it and in the pros McDaniels' brother uses it for the Patriots, Kelly uses it with the Eagles. Tempo is a weapon, probably getting some game time practice with it.

 

[PhilaPhans]

And when you're more comfortable with the playbook, the OC can run a higher-tempo offense. Which is one reason why Laviano is the starter -- for now.

 

[RU#1fan]

Anything's possible. Imagine this: Rutgers has the ball on its own 35. WSU leads 24-21. Only 1:35 remains on the clock to close the first half of play. Time to put into play the hurry-up offense practiced during the NSU game. You never know when you'll need it.

No. We run the clock out.

 

[BillyC80]

I understand the importance of being able to run a no-huddle offense. Just questioning the timing of using it in the second half against NSU with Laviano, when our next game is against WSU.

 

[loyalty_policia]

For the love of god with all of the conspiracy theories. You guys are sick. I was under the impression that the team responded better because they scored a lot more points.

 

[lighty]

"For the love of god with all of the conspiracy theories. You guys are sick. I was under the impression that the team responded better because they scored a lot more points."

Or because a future NFL wide receiver had just entered the game...

 

[BillyC80]

I suppose if we fall behind WSU by more than one touchdown we may have to try the no-huddle to get back in the game, depending on the time remaining.

Otherwise I would've liked to see Laviano run our offense out of a huddle, and bringing the play clock down to a few seconds, in preparation for a ball-control strategy against Wazzu.

 

[WhiteBus]

It turns out that Laviano hates circles.