UTC Mocs logoThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offense mostly huddled and took its time during Saturday’s 31-10 win at Furman. While the defense kept forcing three-and-outs, the offense was seldom in a hurry to get to the line of scrimmage.
That wasn’t the plan at the start of the season, when the Mocs were trying to play as fast as possible, but it’s the right plan for now, offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said.
“It’s far from where we originally thought we’d be, just trying to play fast, but like [Notre Dame coach] Brian Kelly said in an article the other day, he had too many speeding tickets from going fast,” Satterfield said. “We slowed things down some, eliminated some of our speeding tickets and at least focused on the communication.”
Because the Mocs (3-3, 2-1 Southern Conference) are lining up in so many different formations and putting quarterbacks Jacob Huesman and Terrell Robinson in a variety of positions, huddling actually helps the Mocs hide what they’re doing.
Before, when UTC wasn’t huddling, the players often lined up and then looked over to the sideline for the play. That allowed defenses to adjust, something they can’t do as well because they have to wait for UTC to break the huddle.