Lou_C
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i bristle at this. do you think baylor would've averaged the same yards per play if they huddled and bled the play clock?
i think it's clear that playing fast helps your offense. we were better per play this year with a horrible offensive line and our best back is 98 lbs.
for a lot of teams it's not worth it because they never think they'll be able to close the yards per play gap. but what a horrible way to live. in college football you have to have an identity and i don't want to plan on being bad forever
No, I don't think Baylor would have averaged the same yards per play if they huddled. That's part of the way this offense stomps on the neck of anyone it has an advantage over.
But I also don't think playing fast helps the offense that much by default. And it can be negative to the team. Going three and out in 40 seconds is not exactly a recipe for success. The OP's advanced metrics show a modest improvement in the offense...part of that could be pace, part could just be better offensive coaching.
Pace is mostly just a means to an end of better talent for the most part in my opinion.