I thought the purpose of it was to play the time of possession game.. keep the UF offense off the field.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Steve McKibben <[email protected]>wrote: > I think the number of plays was supposed to be significant not only > because it meant our defense was on the field (getting tired?) but that also > meant more chances for USCe to score, and fewer plays for our offense to > score. Of course if we had more 3 and done posses ions like our first one, > that statistic would be beyond moot. > > --- On *Tue, 11/17/09, [email protected] <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > The CBS analyst kept talking about South Carolina running a number of > plays - the higher the number of plays the more likely they were to win. > > I kept disagreeing. > > Granted if the CBS analyst meant that - SC kept moving the ball down the > field the whole game - ok - I agree - but why didn't he say that - and that > is too obvious - so I don't think he meant that. > > My point was - the way that we rotate defensive players - and the depth > that we have - we look as strong and fast in the 4th quarter as we do in the > first quarter - if not stronger and faster. > > Whereas most opposing offenses tend to wear down during the game - our > defense usually gets stronger. So more plays would not help them. > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
