The Hurry Up Offense

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I am watching Texas run their hurry up offense and be able to score their two touchdowns in the 3rd quarter of the Fiesta Bowl utilizing that offense. It is amazing to watch Ohio State's defense run around like they don't know where they are and line up in the neutral zone on multiple occasions. This made me think of how well this could potentially work for us.

I think that implementing the hurry up offense in the early game would be simple and effective for GT. We run an offense with only a few plays (albeit with multiple options) and it would seem easy to execute a no huddle offense. The defense would not be able to recover and we could continuously be shoving the ball down their throats. It would also force plenty of errors on the defense (neutral zone infractions and substitution headaches).
 
It takes a very good and experienced quarterback to run the hurry up (Colt, and Matt Ryan for an example). Even if CPJ wanted to implement it this year, I kind of doubt Nesbitt and this offense could have run it.

Hopefully it will be an offseason addition though.
 
Texas ran 11 plays on that last drive. They started with less than 2 minutes on the game clock, did not use a time out, and scored with 16 seconds left in the game. Awesome clock management in the offense. I was amazed they ran that many plays.
 
Sewak somewhat did it at GSU by calling plays 2 at a time so we could quickly jump up and rush to the line. Not too sure it worked all that well for us.
 
We run a very standard or base offense; the defense is set up pretty much the same every play. Hurry up doesn't help us much unless we had very unusual wrinkles.
 
The nice thing about the no huddle is it keeps the defense on their heels, to run it effectively you have to do it between 12 to 15 seconds from when the play clock begins. Substitute fast and hope you can get some mismatches.
 
one of the key benefits of running the hurry up is not letting the defense make personnel changes. so, as someone pointed out, if you are able to run multiple formations and sets (we dont seem quite there yet) then you can get the defense in a mis-match like forcing a DE to cover a TE or a LB on WR.

with an option-based offense that is light on passing, it wouldnt really affect our opponents defense much.
 
Ole Miss actually did change defensive personnel against Texas Tech's no huddle. It looked like a hockey line change.
 
refrigeratormover said:
The nice thing about the no huddle is it keeps the defense on their heels, to run it effectively you have to do it between 12 to 15 seconds from when the play clock begins. Substitute fast and hope you can get some mismatches.
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If you substitute, then the refs will make sure there is time for the defense to substitute. At least that is how it works in the NFL. What you do, is don't substitute and snap the ball quickly.
 
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