I almost posted a new thread about this yesterday, but I was waiting to hear if others were talking about this. I asked this question in a couple of the ongoing threads, but never saw a response so I'll just post a new topic.
I'll preface this by saying this is not a trash Lane or question Sark thread, but just a question specifically about something I noticed Monday night.
With Kiffin (let's say "good Kiffin" when he's focused) it seemed in our hurry up we'd get the play in, get lined up, and then he'd look at the defensive alignment and signal to run that play OR he'd change it. In doing all this, it explains why the play clock would often run way down close to zero. So even though we went no huddle we were really taking our time and changing plays.
On Monday, it seemed like Sark got the plays in very fast. But it seemed like we snapped the ball a lot quicker. I'm sure I might have missed it, but I don't remember JH looking to the sideline as much for a possible change. Therefore, we snapped the ball quicker (while not running off as much clock and speeded up the game, which was a huge issue and explains why they ran 99 plays).
But it seemed that on a number of occasions the Clemson linebacker (team leader on defense) was signaling the defense as if he knew which play was coming. So they would adjust, but instead of changing our play, we'd run right into what they were expecting.
So my question: Did this happen as much as it seemed AND do you think Sark was a little rusty at play calling and /or communicating audibles OR was out game plan to go faster at the risk of not calling audibles?
Hope this makes sense and I'm looking forward to hearing the varied responses.
I'll preface this by saying this is not a trash Lane or question Sark thread, but just a question specifically about something I noticed Monday night.
With Kiffin (let's say "good Kiffin" when he's focused) it seemed in our hurry up we'd get the play in, get lined up, and then he'd look at the defensive alignment and signal to run that play OR he'd change it. In doing all this, it explains why the play clock would often run way down close to zero. So even though we went no huddle we were really taking our time and changing plays.
On Monday, it seemed like Sark got the plays in very fast. But it seemed like we snapped the ball a lot quicker. I'm sure I might have missed it, but I don't remember JH looking to the sideline as much for a possible change. Therefore, we snapped the ball quicker (while not running off as much clock and speeded up the game, which was a huge issue and explains why they ran 99 plays).
But it seemed that on a number of occasions the Clemson linebacker (team leader on defense) was signaling the defense as if he knew which play was coming. So they would adjust, but instead of changing our play, we'd run right into what they were expecting.
So my question: Did this happen as much as it seemed AND do you think Sark was a little rusty at play calling and /or communicating audibles OR was out game plan to go faster at the risk of not calling audibles?
Hope this makes sense and I'm looking forward to hearing the varied responses.