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.

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Posted by BamaGradinTn

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Posted on 11/6/16 at 8:39 am to SoFla Tideroller

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You know how you'd gain a tactical advantage? Get up to the line of scrimmage, get set, AND SNAP THE BALL!

How many games have you actually watched this year? I mean really watched. Two huge gains in the Old Miss game...the long pass to Ridley and the long run Harris busted to the 1 yard line...were a DIRECT result of the WR motion and faked jet sweep. Go back and watch what how the LB and DB take themselves out of the play following the motion man.

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Posted by stomp

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Posted on 11/6/16 at 9:25 am to SoFla Tideroller

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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?

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

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