11-23-2015, 01:38 PM
(11-23-2015, 06:56 AM)winflop link Wrote:I don't know about never, but 4th & <2 against a porous run defense like that absolutely NEVER. UDFG's run defense will be a different challenge, but I think 4th & <2 will be ripe for play action against any future opponents. Fake the Remound dive over the top and somebody is gonna be WIDE open.
I wasn't thinking about Stanford's offense with my never punt comment, but rather its defense. If you are going to essentially give the other team all they want to your own 20 before tightening up, you might as well never punt since the odds would be in your favor. Time of possession isn't as important as what you do with those possessions, as the Oregon and California games both demonstrated.
I don't think we will see the same strategy on Saturday, but I do like the idea of play action out of the Ogre on 3rd and short.
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