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Message: [QUOTE="Sudano, post: 4023777, member: 822"] I truly believe this is an underutilized point in the college game, that rule means after first downs the clock essentially stops and allows teams to line up, get into alignment, while calling a play, in a hurry up offense that hopefully they've practiced with down and distance. With our offense not being a quick strike, pass every play the clock stops more in college and we need it being a methodical offense needing 3 or 4 minutes to drive. We need to run plays for first downs to stop the clock only and minimize plays that run the clock without stopping and running. We've had many times where we are moving the ball and on 3rd or 4th and short feel the need to call the timeout or slow down our offense when we should be hurrying up to run a quick run with our great RB or 230lb QB to get the first down to stop the clock to then realign. In a sense a first down in college ball is a mini-TO that isn't thought that way. [/QUOTE]