Huskers Will Go Fast, but Also Change Speeds

[Mavric]

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In actuality, UCF ran 924 plays on offense last season, which put the Knights 47th in the country among snaps taken for the year. It was an offense that averaged about 73 plays a game. Sort of in that meaty part of the curve of what many teams average, really. UCF's offense that ranked fifth nationally in yards, and second in points, was changing up the pace just like the plays themselves.

 

"We’re going to mix our tempos — like a baseball pitcher," Walters said just before this spring ball began. "That’s what we do as an offense, we keep the defense off-balance. The guys understand what we’re trying to do tempo-wise."

 

You could see that change-up being executed even during the early drills of this past Tuesday's practice. Quarterback Tristan Gebbia could be seen moving quickly back to his spot immediately after a play to set up for another snap. Everybody on offense was moving fast after a play, ready to go again. Still, the defense didn't know for sure when that next snap was coming.

 

And true to what has been said, there were guys you might think would be third-teamers getting reps immediately from the jump of practice.

 

"The more guys you have contributing, the better the culture," Walters said. "We’re going to encourage guys to find a fit on offense, defense. The more guys we have playing, the better we’re going to be culture-wise."

 

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[84HuskerLaw]

If that is true, then Riley may have run more plays on offense than Frost.    Hmmm?    Interesting.   

[Scarlet Overkill]

14 minutes ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

If that is true, then Riley may have run more plays on offense than Frost.    Hmmm?    Interesting.   

 

I thought i heard a stat that UCF only averaged 3 more offensive snaps per game than NU did last year.

[I AM FOOT FOOT]

I think the difference between the two will be the production of the plays.

[C-4]

On 4/7/2018 at 12:08 PM, Mavric said:

In actuality, UCF ran 924 plays on offense last season, which put the Knights 47th in the country among snaps taken for the year.

Ok, but they missed out on a whole game due to the hurricane. What was their rank in snaps per game?

[ScottyIce]

11 minutes ago, C-4 said:

Ok, but they missed out on a whole game due to the hurricane. What was their rank in snaps per game?

UCF 72 plays a game - 57th in country

Nebraska 71 plays a game- 77th in country

 

Nebraska had the ball on offense that much because their defense was constantly giving up scores, usually quick ones. UCF has the ball that much because they were scoring so many points. I don’t remember the stat, but they had a very high amount of points per possession.

[Moiraine]

Here is a chart of Time between Snaps from 2016, ranked from lowest to highest. I'm guessing UCF got faster in 2017.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FZBMbxtBrwh-G4Dh-Czz-lRkOLuOEAjRgBfvldp6MmI

 

original source: https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2016/11/7/13549506/college-football-tempo-pace-increasing

 

Team	Conference	Season	Rush Plays	Pass Plays	Total Plays	Time Of Possession	Time Between Plays	TBP Rank	Plays Per Game	Plays PG Rank
Missouri	SEC	2016	291	263	554	9509	17.2	1	79.1	12
Baylor	BIG12	2016	325	198	523	10013	19.1	2	87.2	1
California	PAC12	2016	279	416	695	13388	19.3	3	86.9	3
Mississippi	SEC	2016	231	284	515	10385	20.2	4	73.6	50
Bowling Green	MAC	2016	255	296	551	11180	20.3	5	78.7	14
Texas	BIG12	2016	388	246	634	12933	20.4	6	79.3	11
New Mexico State	SunBelt	2016	293	326	619	12639	20.4	7	77.4	22
Northern Illinois	MAC	2016	293	241	534	10946	20.5	8	76.3	28
Tulsa	AAC	2016	367	242	609	12485	20.5	9	87	2
Oregon	PAC12	2016	308	230	538	11092	20.6	10	76.9	25
Texas State	SunBelt	2016	194	226	420	8660	20.6	11	70	83
Syracuse	ACC	2016	241	262	503	10683	21.2	12	83.8	6
Texas A&M	SEC	2016	281	243	524	11165	21.3	13	74.9	39
Texas Tech	BIG12	2016	214	385	599	12801	21.4	14	85.6	5
North Carolina	ACC	2016	218	259	477	10305	21.6	15	68.1	96
TCU	BIG12	2016	231	295	526	11405	21.7	16	75.1	37
Clemson	ACC	2016	253	287	540	11724	21.7	17	77.1	23
Memphis	AAC	2016	261	244	505	11051	21.9	18	72.1	61
South Florida	AAC	2016	340	231	571	12557	22	19	71.4	69
Cincinnati	AAC	2016	234	273	507	11386	22.5	20	72.4	58
East Carolina	AAC	2016	252	351	603	13578	22.5	21	86.1	4
Indiana	BIG10	2016	322	282	604	13675	22.6	22	75.5	35
UCF	AAC	2016	299	208	507	11499	22.7	23	72.4	59

Edited April 8, 2018 by Moiraine

[Apathy]

3 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

If that is true, then Riley may have run more plays on offense than Frost.    Hmmm?    Interesting.   

It didn’t help that the defense couldn’t stop a fart and Tanner Lee was handing out pix 6’s

[The Dude]

A lot of UCF's longer drives were ruined by them scoring 40+ yard touchdowns.

[get huskin!]

1 hour ago, The Dude said:

A lot of UCF's longer drives were ruined by them scoring 40+ yard touchdowns.

 THAT is a great 'problem' to have, eh...?