Boston College loves IOWA's "pace of play"

[Floyd_Of_Rosedale]

...."Iowa runs just 67 plays a game, going at a slow crawl with a lot of plays in the huddle. That's 105th in the nation. While that kind of pace is par for the course in the Big Ten--four programs play slower than Iowa--the ACC doesn't face those kind of teams. The slowest ACC team that BC faced was Wake Forest, which is 48th in the nation in that category (73 plays per game--four teams in the ACC are slower than Wake, but BC didn't play any this season). BC, by contrast, runs 77 plays per game, 22nd fastest in the nation. Most teams the Eagles face go up-tempo or in the shotgun, while Iowa slows it down.".....

https://bostoncollege.rivals.com/news/ty-schwab-on-his-excitement-iowa-s-pace-of-play

 

[lonhawk]

https://bostoncollege.rivals.com/news/ty-schwab-on-his-excitement-iowa-s-pace-of-play

...."Iowa runs just 67 plays a game, going at a slow crawl with a lot of plays in the huddle. That's 105th in the nation. While that kind of pace is par for the course in the Big Ten--four programs play slower than Iowa--the ACC doesn't face those kind of teams. The slowest ACC team that BC faced was Wake Forest, which is 48th in the nation in that category (73 plays per game--four teams in the ACC are slower than Wake, but BC didn't play any this season). BC, by contrast, runs 77 plays per game, 22nd fastest in the nation. Most teams the Eagles face go up-tempo or in the shotgun, while Iowa slows it down.".....

Wake Forest 34 Boston College 10

 

[pkongsh]

Doesn't this mean they hate our pace of play?

 

[anon_2zMXH429BhxV1Npk]

Doesn't this mean they hate our pace of play?

Their one LB said they are excited for the "slow" pace of play because it means they will be able to read plays easier, especially play action.

Not sure that's how it works, but if they think so, have fun.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

Their one LB said they are excited for the "slow" pace of play because it means they will be able to read plays easier, especially play action.

Not sure that's how it works, but if they think so, have fun.

what play action?

 

[lonhawk]

what play action?

The play action one where they freeze on Wadley and Fant flies into the end zone and gets a penalty...

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I would settle for a bootleg now and then

 

[lonhawk]

I would settle for a bootleg now and then

+1

 

[spiderland]

Anybody have time to plot team win % against average plays per game for FBS teams this year and post? Would love to see it just to see what a meaningless statistic it is...

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I u

Anybody have time to plot team win % against average plays per game for FBS teams this year and post? Would love to see it just to see what a meaningless statistic it is...

I used to follow third down conversions last two years and it sucked badly for iowa

 

[lonhawk]

Anybody have time to plot team win % against average plays per game for FBS teams this year and post? Would love to see it just to see what a meaningless statistic it is...

 

[MitchL]

I have to think Iowa is one of the easiest teams to game plan for. And that hurts us when the talent levels have been so lopsided against teams with any semblance of speed.

BC is not one of those teams. I will be really surprised if either team wins by 10+ points.

 

[spiderland]

I used to follow third down conversions last two years and it sucked badly for iowa

Why on earth would you do that to yourself? For two whole years?!