Faking It? SEC teams warned by league about a practice to slow down high-tempo offenses
Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer had a final farewell for Mississippi last month as Rebel after Rebel went down on the ground with injuries, some serious, some minor, and created stoppages that slowed things down. Coaches happy for reminder Amen, said LSU coach Brian Kelly, who called the warning shot from Sankey “timely.” Sankey, Kelly said, was standing out among “people in college football in making it clear that this kind of nonsense, which is a word that was used, needs to stop. It’s silly.” Sankey’s memo said creating injury timeouts on either side of the ball is “not acceptable and is disrespectful to the game of football.” There would be financial punishments for transgressors, Sankey reiterated. Oregon coach Dan Lanning said he purposely put 12 men on the field on defense to draw a penalty — and drain the clock of precious seconds — as Ohio State desperately drove for a go-ahead field goal in the top-ranked Ducks’ 32-31 victory last month. “Our guys need to understand, if they’re hurt in a game, never come off the field,” Wommack said.
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