Can someone clear something up for me about our offense/cadence?

Submitted by littlebrownjug on

I've noticed that the QBs clap their hands when they are ready to receive the snap. Is this really necessary, and does this totally eliminate our ability to try to get the denfense to jump early by varying the cadence? If the answer is yes to the second question, I would think that would be a shame.

Thanks,

Little Brown Jug 

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dex

September 9th, 2008 at 4:43 PM ^

I'm 100% positive there is some sort of mechanism in place by which the coach or QB could change the snap count, as in, smack his hands but not have the center snap the ball until a different signal.

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bsb2002

September 9th, 2008 at 5:07 PM ^

1-  the clap doesn't necessarily mean "snap now," there's still a cadence. it just means "i'm ready."  a lot of the time, the center is the one making the "go" call, not the qb.

2- "One of the big mistakes you can make is to play around with the snap count" - Bill Walsh

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formerlyanonymous

September 9th, 2008 at 10:58 PM ^

they get adjustments from the sidelines/OC in the booth.  same thing you saw illinois do almost every play last year.  the coaches see something from above, send it via headset to the sidelines, they signal it in to the players.

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ChipBleedingMaize

September 10th, 2008 at 8:11 AM ^

its for OL adjustments. if you watch, the center is peaking between his legs most of the time and once the QB clap his hands he knows the QB has made all his adjustments. the C then will make sure the OL has protection in the right place, and will snap the ball shortly after, on his own doing. i'm a student at central michigan, its the same thing butch jones does here (yes bc he coaches under RichRod at WVU).

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