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re: Malzahn: Rule change will stunt scoring
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:06 am to RandySavage
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:06 am to RandySavage
Gus says...
He isn't wrong about football needing offensive highlights to make the game more attractive to a degree. No one wants soccer type scoring, or even the offensive production like the SEC had in the 80's & 90's, but he is wrong in saying that fans won't come to games unless both squads are marching up and down the field with the last team with the ball winning...
We are getting close to that now, just this past fall two of the supposed “best” teams in the country play a regulation-length game that ended 61-58. That's not a type of game I want to become the norm but there are more & more of these type games every year...
It's becoming apparent that the rules implemented over the years to favor the offenses have added up to the point where it has cheapened the ability & skill needed to score so much that it's threatening to ruin the game. Defenses & special teams have to matter or it's just a 100yd. version of Arena League football...
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“Scoring will be down. You’re not going to see teams scoring as many points, and when it’s getting harder all the time to get fans to come to games, is that something that college football wants?”
He isn't wrong about football needing offensive highlights to make the game more attractive to a degree. No one wants soccer type scoring, or even the offensive production like the SEC had in the 80's & 90's, but he is wrong in saying that fans won't come to games unless both squads are marching up and down the field with the last team with the ball winning...
We are getting close to that now, just this past fall two of the supposed “best” teams in the country play a regulation-length game that ended 61-58. That's not a type of game I want to become the norm but there are more & more of these type games every year...
It's becoming apparent that the rules implemented over the years to favor the offenses have added up to the point where it has cheapened the ability & skill needed to score so much that it's threatening to ruin the game. Defenses & special teams have to matter or it's just a 100yd. version of Arena League football...
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 8:11 am
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Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:47 am to OleRockyTop
To hell with the Chuck & Duck spread teams like the aggies and barners.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:54 am to dallasga6
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He isn't wrong about football needing offensive highlights to make the game more attractive to a degree.
Yup. If you asked people if they would rather watch a 61-58 shootout or a 9-6 slugfest, I am going to bet that they choose the shootout.
With all the TV deals and HD options, fans are staying home instead of going to games. Malzahn is right about people wanting to see scoring.
Defenses and ST will still matter. Turnovers and big returns will still be a major piece of the game. Your defense will have to do more than just tackle.
As for the rule change...I'm not a fan. Who cares if linemen are downfield. As long as they don't catch passes, what does it really matter. Why should 11 players on one team get to go wherever they wish, while only 5 or 6 can on the opposing team?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:00 am to bopper50
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To hell with the Chuck & Duck spread teams like the aggies and barners.
Chuck and Duck, lol.
If I'm not mistaken Auburn had the most prolific RUSHING offense in SEC history two years ago.
But derp on brother...
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:06 am to skirpnasty
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Why? All I see it doing is being confusing on read option plays. If a interior OL doesn't have someone in front of him he should be allowed to move up field and lay a block on an LB, regardless of the play.
I wonder if we will see more DL's lining up off the LOS. There is no longer the threat of the OL getting extra push or just blocking them further downfield, not sure what is going to keep a 300 pound nose guard from getting a running start and demolishing lines. Better yet, how are you going to keep teams from just not using interior DL's? Just leave the middle open and overload the ends. Not like the guards and center are free to do anything other than stand there if there isn't someone to block, no longer have to worry about your LB's getting blocked.
Wow, this post shows a severe lack of understanding of the game of football.
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 9:14 am
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:12 am to 5thTiger
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As for the rule change...I'm not a fan. Who cares if linemen are downfield. As long as they don't catch passes, what does it really matter. Why should 11 players on one team get to go wherever they wish, while only 5 or 6 can on the opposing team?
Wtf? I'm starting to wonder if some of you have ever watched football.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 9:54 am to bopper50
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To hell with the Chuck & Duck spread teams like the aggies and barners.
Do you even watch watch football?Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:11 am to 5thTiger
quote:This dumbass comment makes everything else you say, or may say about football irrelevant.
As for the rule change...I'm not a fan. Who cares if linemen are downfield. As long as they don't catch passes, what does it really matter. Why should 11 players on one team get to go wherever they wish, while only 5 or 6 can on the opposing team?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:16 am to 5thTiger
quote:WTF dude?
As for the rule change...I'm not a fan. Who cares if linemen are downfield. As long as they don't catch passes, what does it really matter. Why should 11 players on one team get to go wherever they wish, while only 5 or 6 can on the opposing team?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:20 am to coachcrisp
Hunh are forming a committee consisting of Moozahn, Rodrguez, Freeze, Kingsbury, and two others. They are going to submit a solution to these offensive rule changes. All changes must go through this group first. They should have the veto right to cancel changes out. As they, aren't to concerned about the defensive side of the ball.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:26 am to bamamonty
Who's proposing this rule change?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:52 am to Gladius Veritas
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and when it’s getting harder all the time to get fans to come to games
especially when your season collapsed like a house of cards.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 10:53 am to Gladius Veritas
I'm ok with the rule just because it will make things easier on the officials.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:03 am to 5thTiger
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Yup. If you asked people if they would rather watch a 61-58 shootout or a 9-6 slugfest, I am going to bet that they choose the shootout.
Why either/or? I'd rather see a 31-28 game that has both good offenses and defenses.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:07 am to RT1941
quote:the officials. And to those who are talking like this is some kind of radical rule change, this is the way the nfl does it, and the way college did it until the 80s. It only makes sense, because 3 yards is much harder to judge than one, especially since the official responsible for catching ineligible players downfield is the umpire, who is standing in the middle of the defense behind the linebackers. Its so easy for us to spot from the sideline view, much harder to judge from field height head on, so its almost never called. 1 yard past the neutral zone is much easier to judge from that position. I can see why coaches that incorporate stessing the officials ability to call the game accurately as a major component of their offenses would dislike this rule though.
Who's proposing this rule change?
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 11:08 am
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:08 am to RT1941
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Why should 11 players on one team get to go wherever they wish, while only 5 or 6 can on the opposing team?
because this isn't soccer
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:09 am to RT1941
It's a pretty self explanatory rule. Linemen and "ineligible receivers" are not allowed more than 1 yard past the line of scrimmage in certain situations, otherwise it is a flag.
Point was, if a team wants to let their linemen go downfield and leave their QB to get crushed, why not let them?
Point was, if a team wants to let their linemen go downfield and leave their QB to get crushed, why not let them?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:14 am to 5thTiger
Why can't offensive players get a running start before the snap? Because it's against the rules.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:21 am to bopper50
quote:Someone doesn't understand football.
To hell with the Chuck & Duck spread teams like the aggies and barners.
Par for the course on this board.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:23 am to Gladius Veritas
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Malzahn: Rule change will stunt scoring
quote:He's scared for defending current rules?
He scared
Remind me again who it was trying to get rules changed to help their team because he can't scheme to stop it?
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