FW: [NU Sports] Whew!

[Jonathan Hodges]

NU's new OC, Mick McCall, was the OC at Bowling Green last year, and prior
to that was the QB coach there (he coaches both Jacobs and Harris who were
rather good QBs).  Prior to that he was a position coach at some schools,
but most of his career was spent as a high school coach at a big program in
Colorado.  While he doesn't necessarily have as much experience as an OC at
the college level, he's been involved in coaching for a long time, and does
have some experience running the spread offense.  I would expect some
hiccups while transitioning to a new coordinator, so hopefully things will
pick up soon.

Regarding Duke's no huddle, they rushed to the line, and if the defense was
set in place (which it almost always was for NU) they looked at the sideline
for the play call.  They ran the clock a good amount while waiting for the
call.  NU's no huddle was a bit different as they got to the line but didn't
set before looking over for the play call.  I agree that it was annoying,
though, even more on the internet TV where there was no play clock or other
graphics on the screen.

Jonathan

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Chris and Lori Patterson <
cp2m at enterprisesw.com> wrote:

> Like Jonathan said in a later post, Duke was also running no huddle, except
> they kept doing this really annoying setup and stop before the snap where
> they would get in position to run the play and then stop, stand up (can't
> remember if the O-Line would stand) get a new play or reassurance to run
> the
> same play.
>
> It was quite annoying to many of us in the stands and there was some
> noticeable grumbling around me at times.
>
> That all said, the Duke offense maintained position and moved the ball and
> earned every bit of their 40 minutes of possession.  NU, on the other hand,
> well ... couldn't ... thank goodness for Duke's punt failure (NU scores 2
> plays later) and for that 45 yard catch.
>
> I just read Jeff's post about Duke stopping NUs run and I think he hits the
> nail on the head.  BTW, what's the background of the Cats new OC?
>
> Chris
> Go CATS!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:14 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Whew!
>
> Cutcliffe has a good chance of turning Duke into a decent team, especially
> on offense.  Whether they can compete for the ACC title in a few years
> remains to be seen.  (And whether 'decent' will be enough for their fans
> is another issue.)
>
> > Did anybody
> > notice that the time of possession was Duke 39:15 to NU's 20:45?  Ouch.
> And
> > it felt that bad too. The D played a lot and held them! Good job.
>
> Dave Eanet kept pointing that out, I think Duke had over 90 plays on
> offense to NU's 60 or so.
>
> That's the downside of the no-huddle offense.  Yes, it can wear out the
> other team's defense (as it seemed to a week ago), but it can also cause
> your defense to get tired if there are a lot of 3-and-outs on offense.
>
> Did anyone notice that we now have one vote in the coaches poll?
> --
> Mike Nolan
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