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Message: [QUOTE="TheCusian, post: 2733999, member: 2585"] Alright, let's dig in. Again, I'm not assuming you're dumb or haven't played sports or don't have a Wall Street Journal login. I'll leave that to you. - I'm not blindly defending anything. Inefficient offense is crappier than efficient offense, [I]no matter the tempo[/I]. What we're talking about is what puts more pressure on a defense - assuming both a run at the same level of efficiency. - Plays run at tempo are designed to tire out the defense. In the drive it's meant to keep the D from subbing and catching them out of position. Over the course of the game, it's meant to make a defense defend more plays - so that by play 80+ they are whupped. So if your point is that the Briles style of offense is meant to tire out the D, than yeah. I'm with you. It's a feature. [B]And it sounds an awful lot like that stresses a defense out.[/B] - You keep making this rudimentary argument about tempo (the 3rd grade math argument) and assuming that I don't understand it. I do. I'm assuming that we have that base of knowledge and agree on it. Scoring fast, gives more time to the opposing team to respond. Right. I can do the math - and I've watched enough CFB to see it play out. - Back the original question. Slow methodical teams use clock to put pressure on a D. By shortening the game they are limiting your time to respond. There’s a mental advantage to doing what you want and the opposing D not being able to stop you. They are more open to random chance and by running clock limit thier own time to respond. Less margin for error, so effeciency become more important. Tempo teams give their opponents more time to respond, but also leave themselves more time. There’s more margin for error. They also gain personnel advantages by limiting the opponents ability to sub. They can catch opponents out of breath or out of position. If you score quickly in succession, you can create all kinds of issues for opposing defenses and offenses (become more predictable). Tempo offenses can limit the effectiveness of a pass rush. They can also limit the ability of the opposing team to call plays. More reps in practice. I there’s a trade off no matter what style you go with and I agree that it’s good that we are all in on one. It’s an identity that is working for us. [/QUOTE]

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