Information Request re: "Jet" Tempo
I know all of the broadcasters made a big deal about the hurry-up offense that Rodriguez installed when he first came to Michigan because it was such a drastic change. I remember hearing and reading that the offense includes three tempos, including the fastest that is called "Jet."
Does anyone have any information/data on how many snaps per game Michigan runs the Jet tempo? Under what circumstances it is used? What plays are usually called at this tempo? The success rate of the plays called at this tempo?
October 5th, 2010 at 9:50 AM ^
Jet is not snaps per game. Jet is when they snap the ball with 25 seconds left on the play clock.
October 5th, 2010 at 10:07 AM ^
Jet is a tempo and they run it several times a game. I was asking if anyone knew how many snaps are run at the Jet speed tempo (the number of snaps per game made with 25 seconds left on the play clock).
October 5th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^
There is no set number of snaps per game. It varies. They will mostly run it if the defense looks winded or if they have them caught with bad personel to defend what Michigan has on the field. Ex. If Michigan has 4 WR and 1 RB on the field and they catch the defense with poor personel to defend it they will go jet. They do it to get as many snaps as possible with a mismatch.
October 5th, 2010 at 9:51 AM ^
I'm assuming were "jet tempo"
October 5th, 2010 at 9:56 AM ^
was not really "jet" They got a couple first downs where they could actually take their time in making the right call. Watch WolverineHistorian's video starting at 12:25. You'll see that almost a full 20 seconds of game clock lapsed between the first and second play of that drive.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:10 PM ^
Yeah, I got the impression that we wanted to make sure to use up as much of the clock on that possession (whether we scored or not) as possible. It worked out perfectly.
October 5th, 2010 at 9:54 AM ^
Outside of the end of game situations, it doesn't seem like the offense is hurrying to get the snap off. My guess is the staff is trying to slow the pace down, as much as the constant stream of 50+ yard plays allows.
October 5th, 2010 at 10:25 AM ^
ND's Maple Street Press Preview had an interesting calculation where the author of an article tried to estimate average time per possession over the season. With Kelly moving in, he figured ND would speed it up. I don't have the mag with me presently, but Michigan was around the 5th fastest team (on average) last year.
October 5th, 2010 at 11:12 AM ^
Then you saw the effectiveness of the Jet Tempo. On several Oregon drives they caught Stanford either tired, or in a mismatch on the line, and ran up and snapped the ball w/ 27-28 seconds and just ran their basic zone read plays over and over again. Stanford couldnt do anything about it.
October 5th, 2010 at 11:37 AM ^
Harbaugh connection aside, I got more and more excited while watching that game because of what our present sophomores will be able to do as seniors in this offense. Kept telling my wife that was Michigan in two years.
October 5th, 2010 at 11:55 AM ^
I remarked that watching that game was like watching Michigan from 10 years ago vs. Michigan 2 years from now.
October 5th, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^
The whole purpose to use Jet would be to keep the defense from subing, keep the defense personal set so you can exploit the weaknesses even more and to wear them out.