We should never, ever, ever, try to rush a play to "catch them off guard"

In general, not just limited to Alabama, but the whole "shift formations, put a man in motion" stuff drives me nuts. Does anyone think an offense gains a tactical advantage compared to the amount of false start/delay of game penalties they accrue? You know how you'd gain a tactical advantage? Get up to the line of scrimmage, get set, AND SNAP THE BALL!

How many times do you see a defense standing up and looking around when the offense takes the line of scrimmage? You can bust big plays just snapping big plays.

Let undermanned teams try to "fake out" a better opponent. We don't need to do this.
I agree wholeheartedly.

The call and execution on that 4th and Goal were horrendous. Everyone looked confused and the play was fricked from the start

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I was screaming at the TV, just pick a fricking play and hit them in the mouth.

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Yeah, well, there were times last night we lined up and tried to run it down their throats on short yardage, and that didn't work worth shite either.

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Does anyone think an offense gains a tactical advantage compared to the amount of false start/delay of game penalties they accrue?

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You got numbers to back this up?

Offenses across the country have been using pre-snap motion for decades. Ours included. Its simple football. When a man is in motion, someone on the defense has to account for him, often taking a defender out of the actual direction of the play.

I hate Lane's over-reliance on horizontal cuteness as much as everybody, but a lot of it works when executed correctly against aggressive defenses in man coverage

I know motion makes a defense declare whether they are man or zone (not 100% of the time, but basically it does). I also know that motion basically blocks a defender by formation. I get all that.

I'm just wondering if anyone has done any quantitative research as an organization to determine if how many penalties/negative plays they accrue as a result of pre-snap shifting and motion.

I personally wish we'd line up quickly and do a hard count WITHOUT snapping the ball. If the defense doesn't jump offsides, take your time to run the play or call the timeout to talk about it.

It's almost as automatic as Griffith missing a FG that we either aren't set or false start.

Especially in the red zone.

I've come to just expect a CamRob false start

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Go back and watch these "hurry up" plays, not a single one of them has worked and they usually are a huge disaster.

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I notice it, but I'm sure our quality control guys have data that Nick reviews with Lane. Surely we're not just pissing in the wind and hoping not to get wet as far as pass/fail percentages go