Which leads to another point:
This whole "it makes your own defense tired" argument would have merit if the bulk of the yards and points allowed were coming in the second half. That's usually not what actually happens. Take the Cal game. They scored 35 by halftime. Halftime. You don't get to argue "tired defense" if 70% of the points you allow come before you go to the locker room. If it was the reverse and they were holding them to 14 or whatever until the wheels came off in the final quarter, ok I'll buy the "tired defense" card.
The reality is that Texas' defense is Donald Trump-level bad. They're helping themselves with this hurry-up offense because by scoring quickly they're at least forcing the opposition to consistently score in response, which is difficult to do even against a bad defense at this level. If you go at them with the kind of offense they ran in 2015 (only no-huddle a handful of times and in an outdated and nonsensical system), you're a 4-8 ball club.
If anyone wants to go back to that, just say so. But please spare the rest of us this pious "oh run the clock, won't someone think of the children" business.
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