Overlooked detail on the final TD

[TXDawg.sixpack]

I haven't seen it mentioned here, but on the final TD plan (Zero Dark 30), ASU's blitzing safety tripped over Traore's foot as Traore was running his route. This bought Shapen an extra second or two to find Thompson and make the throw without a defender in his face.

I don't think the safety would've gotten to Shapen, but he certainly would've made the throw more difficult.

 

[patdog]

I haven't seen it mentioned here, but on the final TD plan (Zero Dark 30), ASU's blitzing safety tripped over Traore's foot as Traore was running his route. This bought Shapen an extra second or two to find Thompson and make the throw without a defender in his face.

I don't think the safety would've gotten to Shapen, but he certainly would've made the throw more difficult.

Traore finally makes a good play and it's a compete accident.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

Traore finally makes a good play and it's a compete accident.

I guess his TD against USM doesn't count?

 

[57stratdawg]

I haven't seen it mentioned here, but on the final TD plan (Zero Dark 30), ASU's blitzing safety tripped over Traore's foot as Traore was running his route. This bought Shapen an extra second or two to find Thompson and make the throw without a defender in his face.

I don't think the safety would've gotten to Shapen, but he certainly would've made the throw more difficult.

I noticed it. Crazy how little things matter in close football games, because he’s coming unblocked off the edge. He’s in Shapen’s face before Thompson can get into the open field.

I’ll take it though. Ha

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

I haven't seen it mentioned here, but on the final TD plan (Zero Dark 30), ASU's blitzing safety tripped over Traore's foot as Traore was running his route. This bought Shapen an extra second or two to find Thompson and make the throw without a defender in his face.

I don't think the safety would've gotten to Shapen, but he certainly would've made the throw more difficult.

Yeah, I think that is what Matt's film study showed.

 

[CaptainFalcon]

It was an enormous gamble by Dillingham to have nobody deep on that play and he got burned by it. He was worried too much about keeping us out of FG range that he forgot about the fact that we had been burning his secondary on deep balls all night.

I mean think about it, we had already connected on two deep balls early in the game and overthrow another one that was open early in the 4th quarter…. And they still didn’t have anybody over the top to protect against it.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

It was an enormous gamble by Dillingham to have nobody deep on that play and he got burned by it. He was worried too much about keeping us out of FG range that he forgot about the fact that we had been burning his secondary on deep balls all night.

I mean think about it, we had already connected on two deep balls early in the game and overthrow another one that was open early in the 4th quarter…. And they still didn’t have anybody over the top to protect against it.

Thompson's speed is an absolute game changer.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

I noticed it. Crazy how little things matter in close football games, because he’s coming unblocked off the edge. He’s in Shapen’s face before Thompson can get into the open field.

I’ll take it though. Ha

Agreed! How many times has that play gone against us in the past? Either the other team does it to us, or we fail to execute (errant throw, dropped ball, holding, illegal formation, etc).

 

[CaptainFalcon]

Thompson's speed is an absolute game changer.

I suspect DC’s are going to watch Saturday’s film and learn from ASU’s mistakes i.e. we are going to see more Cover 2 and fewer successful deep shots and it will be on Shapen and the running game to do more work in short and intermediate stuff.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

I suspect DC’s are going to watch Saturday’s film and learn from ASU’s mistakes i.e. we are going to see more Cover 2 and fewer successful deep shots and it will be on Shapen and the running game to do more work in short and intermediate stuff.

Keeping one or two safeties deep should open the mid-range stuff and the running game. It's great to have elite speed to stretch the field.

 

[CaptainFalcon]

Keeping one or two safeties deep should open the mid-range stuff and the running game. It's great to have elite speed to stretch the field.

Need the OL to step up their game in run blocking or it could start to feel like Leach 2020 with how teams defend us. But we’ll cross that bridge in a few weeks. Maybe a couple of games against lesser competition helps get guys more ready for SEC play than they are now.

 

[22yardpunt]

We have darn near a fall camp for the offensive line to gel and get ready for UT.

 

[maroonmania]

All I know is, if SEC refs had been officiating the game, we would have gotten flagged for SOMETHING on that game winning TD pass. I'm sure of it.

 

[NWADog]

Also Booth with a perfect block on an edge defender which is rare for RBs to be able to pick up those blocks so easily and he locked him up. Just perfect scenario all around.