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[QUOTE="Stern, post: 373001, member: 527"]
Not playing up tempo? With 3-5 min left in the 4th quarter and a slim lead SU is snapping the ball for some odd reason with 20 seconds still on the playclcok!! They are playing up tempo! Trust me they are playing up tempo! The problem is unlike the first couple games they aren't getting 1st downs;  hence less snaps per games as there are more 3 and outs. So they are playing up tempo but they aren't executing.
 
They are playing too much up tempo, especially late in games when they have the lead. It's like they ignore the clock and don't mind if they give the ball back to the other team. They did it vs Stony Brook and they got away with it. They did it vs Pitt and they got away with it. One of these weeks they will have a lead late, they won't milk the clock and use it to their advantage and they are going to needlessly give the ball back to the opponent with more time than they should and that opponent will make SU pay.
 
There is playing UP TEMPO but at a certain point of the game you gotta look at the situation and scoreboard and play smart. SU doesn't.
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