I don't mind hurry up offenses. What I don't like are the offenses that rush up to the LOS and then don't hurry up. Instead they look to the sidelines for a play call before running a play. There is no attempt to hurry the next snap. It is a ruse.
IMO, if you support the idea that an offense can employ such a ruse simply because it is within the rules, you should all support the defensive player flops - also a ruse, and also within the rules. Right?
Since there is no huddle, some teams (like Auburn) get the play from the sideline. I don't know that it's necessarily a 'ruse'. Rarely do they wait until 2 or 3 seconds on the play clock to snap the ball. The pace of play is faster than teams that actually huddle.
I'll say this about 'flopping'... if a player becomes too exhausted to continue, then he should take a knee. If he's hurt, he should remain on the ground.
I tend to think that if the NCAA changed the way that the clock runs (see rgw's posts on thisin another thread - he has said it much better than I could) it would alleviate much of the criticism while not infringing on HUNH as a strategy. A team could still employ that offense and, more than lkely (with good execution), get more snaps than their 'traditional(?)' opponent -- therefore more opportunity for offensive scoring than their opponent.
I'm not totally against
ANY change --- but the 10 second proposal, in my opinion, isn't the best option.
