The Bulldogs ran 63 plays at Alabama and 42 of them included shifts of motions, something they put in to take some time off the play clock and to keep the Crimson Tide defense guessing or at least thinking before the snap.
They did that without a single procedure penalty – no illegal motion, no illegal formation. The only penalty Fresno State had was an illegal block on a kickoff in the second quarter.
“I like the way our guys executed it and just the whole procedure of it, whether it was the shifts or the silent count,” offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer said.