Jul 10, 2010
The No Huddle offense has become an instrumental part of the college game as many teams base their entire offensive strategy around controlling the tempo. Instead of trotting back to the huddle after a play is over, teams will simply line up in a formation and either snap it quickly to catch the defense off guard, or switch to a new play based on what the defense is showing them.
One of the benefits of using a No Huddle attack is that a team has the opportunity to run more plays during a game, since they are using less time in between plays. The No Huddle strategy is just one of the ways that you can try and run your offense in NCAA Football 11.
In NCAA Football 11, you will have the opportunity to run a No Huddle offense at any point after a normal play is over where there is not a change of possession, time out, penalty, injury, or any other stoppage of play. At the end of a play, you’ll have about 4 seconds to press the “No Huddle” option. This will redirect your players to skip the huddle and get set in their previous formation positions. As they’re lining up, a modified play call screen will appear so you can call a new play. From here you will even be able to change your formation. However, you won’t be able to sub or use packages at this point. The same is true for the defense as they will be stuck in the personnel that they currently have on the field. With that in mind, it will be important for you to call formations and plays that are best suited for your current personnel package. For example, if you start a drive and the first play you call is from a 5WR personnel package, you will probably want to stick to mostly 4 and 5 WR sets when running No Huddle. If you were to no huddle and switch to a base I-Formation with this personnel package, you would have receivers playing positions they are not accustomed to (TE/FB/HB). This will make things more difficult, especially if the receivers are trying to block inside against bigger defenders.
