Scripting plays and No huddle

Many teams in the NFL like to script the opening offensive plays of a game. The idea is to use the week before the game to develop a sequence of plays that takes advantage of the opposing team's defensive weaknesses. The offense can be poised on the opening drives because it knows exactly what plays it will run and because the players have practiced those plays during the week.
It seems like a good idea, though I don't know if it has been proven to make a difference in the outcome of the games.

I've watched many games where the offense is said to be a following its game-openening script, but I have not seen many where the offense is going no huddle. The consensus is that no huddle helps offenses by giving defenses less time to prepare for the play. By moving quickly, the defense can't substitute players as well and becomes more tired and frazzled. The frenetic pace of no huddle can also unhinge the offense with the players going out of sync. That's why most teams don't run no huddle often, but those downsides should not occur with scripted opening drives. The players on offense will know all the plays that they are going to run, so there should be no confusion. Since defenses will still be disadvantaged by no huddle, it seems like going no huddle on the scripted plays is an obvious benefit for the offense. Why don't more teams do it?

The Smell of New Pavement in the Morning

What's not to love?
One of the better things that's happened lately has been the repaving of parts of 101. The beginning of the work was annoying because the road surface was gouged and uncomfortable to drive. Now, that the new surface is in place, it's a pleasure to drive. The road is so smooth. The contrast between the new surface and the old surface is very noticeable. As if to remind us without relying on our fragile memories, Caltrans has left patches of the old pavement interspersed with the new pavement in a few places like overpasses. They needn't have done that since a bigger contrast is further south on 101 where the road is the crummy old pavement. That can't be repaved fast enough -- some of the lanes seem to have ruts in them.
Hopefully, this new road surface stays smooth and shiny for a long time.

Some good sandwiches that are no longer with us

I used to eat turkey meatloaf sandwiches at Specialtys all the time, and they were awesome. For various reasons, I stopped eating lunch at Specialtys, but I kept meaning to go back and eat the turkey meatloaf sandwich. I finally had the chance recently, and I discovered that they no longer made it! It was quite a disappointment.

Now this wasn't the first time that a good sandwich has disappeared from the menus of Bay Area shops. It was at least the third time which calling to mind the famous Goldfinger quote means it is enemy action. But who would do such a thing?
In case it helps you, the other two times were the cuban sandwich at Bi-Rite and the Vietnamese sandwiches at Yucatasia. I miss them too.