re: Fake Injuries

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Not saying those offenses are dishonorable but are they really honorable? They're bending the rules of the game. Not saying any defense *should* do it but I don't feel bad for those type of offenses. I'm just glad it's dying out. Except in the Big 12. They have no choice. It's pretty much what a team does when they don't have the personnel to compete with the elite.

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They're both kind of dishonorable, sitting down and the offense itself because you're putting the other team's players at a heightened risk of injury.

The defense has to 'react' and probably runs a lot more/expends more energy. In boxing, as an example, you can tire out an opposing boxer by simply making them follow you and think too much, mental exhaustion is a real thing.

So I mean, you run that type of offense to exploit the defense and tire them out, making them more susceptible to injuries. Players trying to stop you/protect themselves feign injury.

I think it's a good compromise, personally, and that a coach should be prepared for that.

But we all know Taggart is a whining little bitch arse snake of a coach who was woefully unprepared to play in a blackout night game at home against weak competition and is looking for any straw to grasp as an excuse for why his team looked like diggity dogshit.