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MORGANTOWN — The whole offseason, the talk around Rich Rodriguez’s offense has been about tempo. The famous “spot the ball,” saying is back. Rodriguez’s offense is going to be moving out there.
Over the past couple of weeks and in the spring, the players and coaching staff discussed how they’ve adjusted to the tempo, whether that’s through getting in better shape and simplifying the playbook.
There hasn’t been too much discussion on how Rodriguez will actually call the tempo offense. Usually, a coach calls in the play from the sideline, and then the quarterback relays the play to the rest of the offense in the huddle, but the biggest part of the tempo offense is running it without a huddle.
Last year, the tempo offense received a buff, allowing for offensive players to have helmet communication up to 15 seconds left remaining in the play clock. Most of the time, the offensive coordinator is in the helmet, but Rodriguez is the playcaller. The closest thing to an OC is offensive assistant Travis Trickett, but he won’t be in the helmet either. Quarterbacks coach Rhett Rodriguez will be in the ear of quarterbacks.
WVU has been using the in-ear communication every day at practice with all the quarterbacks.
“I probably should be on it,” Rodriguez said. “I probably wouldn’t have to yell as much. I have out-of-helmet communication. [Rhett] has in helmet communication. Perfect for his personality. I have out-of-helmet communication, which is perfect for mine. I just yell… I won’t use that during games. I’ll be screaming this or thinking this. Rhett’s the calm, measured guy, telling them the coverage.”
On the defensive side, defensive coordinator Zac Alley said he’s been working with the linebackers on the in-helmet communication. Alley said he…
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Publish date : 2025-08-22 02:35:00
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