Something of interest: Tempo in College Football

[Christopher Walker]

http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2013/4/24/4263582/tempo

.....aaaaaaand we're #101.

[Harry]

Good find as much as it hurts...

[adman]

Id like to see all those tempo times 1-120 and relate them to wins/losses overall and then each individually vs teams they played.

Clearly, playing slow doesn't hinder Bama too much but then they could be considered an anomaly.

[Arkstfan]

Tempo is merely a strategy. Arkansas State varied wildly. If the offense was on a roll, the coaches the last two years are going crazy on the sidelines to get lined up and go. Then they'd suddenly slow down to see how the opponent was reacting. Offense was struggling they often would cut the pace for a bit then speed up. Trailing or close, usually kept a face pace, comfortable lead, slow down.

If you look at Alabama last year (a slow team) led Michigan by 21 after one quarter, WKU 14 after 1Q 21 at the half, Arkansas 24 at the half, FAU 14 after 1 quarter 30 at the half, Ole Miss by 20 at the half, Missouri 21 after one quarter, Tenn 13 at half, 20 after 3Q, Miss St 24 at the half, Western Carolina 21 after 1 42 at the half, Auburn 14 after 1Q, 42 at the half, Notre Dame 14 after 1Q, 28 at the half.

Out of 14 games last year they had 11 basically in hand by halftime if not the first quarter. That has a big impact on pace.