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That's what I said last night. Caleb Downs shot through a small crease that blew up the play. Most defenses don't make that play.
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That's what I said last night. Caleb Downs shot through a small crease that blew up the play. Most defenses don't make that play.
Controversy
Superstar
That was a reg season game for the ages
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
I'll never forget it. I had eaten a bunch of shrooms so the intensity was hitting extra hard
Not eating grass fed/grass finished beef gonna make them lose a step by next game...
Irish by 3
I bet it pains you to have to choose between Nut Nation in ya mouf or Lucky Charms on your tongue
The issue with the play is risk assessment. In that situation the last thing you want to do is run a play that could possibly lose yards. Sark's response to that play call is it would have worked if blocked correctly, well no shyt, but sometimes you have to realize the defense will win and what happens if they do.
Had he QB sneaked 4 times at the 1yd line and failed I wouldn't have any issue with that. You are still only down one score and you have your opponent backed up in the end zone. The one thing you couldn't let happen is allowing the defense to score in that situation and Sark put the team in position to allow that to happen. I understand coaches can't go out there an execute for the players but sometimes the easy answer is the answer. I felt like he panicked after we didn't get in on 1st down(due to a Helm missed block) but Arch should have been in the game and we should have run it 3 more times if we had too.
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holidayinn21
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Long developing play, wrong formation, four defenders, three blockers, but now it was a "good play call"
Contrary muthafukkas. The play sucked from the start. It's okay to say that.
I'm not calling it a great situational call but when you watch the film 78 and 5 failed at their assignmenta....I don't care what play you call if you have players failing their assignments the play will fail....if you're too lazy to block you dont deserve to win5 vs 6 (shouldn’t even count the receiver because he ain’t blocking shyt, so really 4 on 6) and the buckeyes are on the line of scrimmage and the RB is 9 yards back. Ion care if it’s Larry Allen pulling, that play was dead by alignment. They looking in the backfield, looking at the RB.
Mister Terrific
It’s in the name
Reach blocks on a blitzing DB with outside leverage isn’t easy assignment football. Nor is it an example of laziness. The DB is hidden behind the DE and only comes into the lineman’s sight at the last moment. Lastly 78 couldve sent his man to the stratosphere and it’s still getting blown up with a loss of yards as Texas is blocking 5 with 4. Downs shoots the gap because it’s 2nd and 1 and his man is the RB.
Once again, Larry Allen isn’t making this block.
He wouldn't have been blown up, their running back dirted downs with a stiff arm without breaking stride and would have had a chance to attack the goaline if his receivers gave any effort and the tackle did his job ... Getting a big man moving laterally to the edge isn't easy but it's doable and he didn't do the job period... don't know why you're making excuses for poor execution or bringing up Larry Allen lol...if anything I would blame Sark for trusting his guys to be able to execute in that situationReach blocks on a blitzing DB with outside leverage isn’t easy assignment football. Nor is it an example of laziness. The DB is hidden behind the DE and only comes into the lineman’s sight at the last moment. Lastly 78 couldve sent his man to the stratosphere and it’s still getting blown up with a loss of yards as Texas is blocking 5 with 4. Downs shoots the gap because it’s 2nd and 1 and his man is the RB.
Once again, Larry Allen isn’t making this block.
You can talk all you want about the formation and headcount but if his blockers actually block instead of that half ass laziness he's threatening the goal line
Mister Terrific
It’s in the name
He hitting a stiff arm already 9 yards in the backfield and one second after getting the pitch. Talmbout he got itHe wouldn't have been blown up, their running back dirted downs with a stiff arm without breaking stride and would have had a chance to attack the goaline if his receivers gave any effort and the tackle did his job ... Getting a big man moving laterally to the edge isn't easy but it's doable and he didn't do the job period... don't know why you're making excuses for poor execution or bringing up Larry Allen lol...if anything I would blame Sark for trusting his guys to be able to execute in that situation
You can talk all you want about the formation and headcount but if his blockers actually block instead of that half ass laziness he's threatening the goal line
We ain’t talking about what’s doable, the DB already had outside leverage as your clip shows. What you want the tackle to teleport to the opposite side of the DB. How does he make that block without holding or getting a block in the back?The running back isn’t even going forward he’s moving laterally because there are 4 Buckeyes in the backfield
Sark had two timeouts. He should've called timeout when he saw the safety following his man in motion.
Long developing play, wrong formation, four defenders, three blockers, but now it was a "good play call"
Contrary muthafukkas. The play sucked from the start. It's okay to say that.
Bigwhite2498
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Reach blocks on a blitzing DB with outside leverage isn’t easy assignment football. Nor is it an example of laziness. The DB is hidden behind the DE and only comes into the lineman’s sight at the last moment. Lastly 78 couldve sent his man to the stratosphere and it’s still getting blown up with a loss of yards as Texas is blocking 5 with 4. Downs shoots the gap because it’s 2nd and 1 and his man is the RB.
Once again, Larry Allen isn’t making this block.
He’s stupid af lmao it was a bad play callHe hitting a stiff arm already 9 yards in the backfield and one second after getting the pitch. Talmbout he got it
The running back isn’t even going forward he’s moving laterally because there are 4 Buckeyes in the backfield
Bigwhite2498
All Star
We have a 6’4 225 qb I don’t care what them nikkas talking bout. The first down run only got stopped because the guards whiffed on their blocks. Our tight ends having been good at blocking all year, wanting a 6’4 320 pound lineman to get outside on a guy like downs or really any db is stupid af that’s why I’ve been mad all year long that he keeps pulling our lineman so much if we literally just block it normally downs doesn’t have that crease to get through
We all see Caleb did a great job shooting the gap but it didn't matter as he clearly was put in the dirt and didn't do anything to impede the progress of the back...getting to the spot and getting dominated isn't "blowing up a play" lmao what I want is a tackle physical enough to actually impact the forward progress of a guy that's 200 pounds less than him when he gets his hands on him and is able to deliver a shot but clearly Texas doesn't have the personnel to achieve thatHe hitting a stiff arm already 9 yards in the backfield and one second after getting the pitch. Talmbout he got it
The running back isn’t even going forward he’s moving laterally because there are 4 Buckeyes in the backfield
There's 4 buckeye in the backfield because every blocker in this clip failed, you clearly see that there's a Texas player present for every buckeye besides downs who was rendered useless with that stiff arm in the screen shot
good lord, like I said from the beginning....if you can't execute it doesn't matter what play you call it will fail
