Why did we use Perkins as a goal line back in the bowl game?

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What was the thinking there?

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To score a TD

We was the biggest “back” on the roster with Emery out.

to piss off Diggs so he would go into the portal and free up another scholarship

We had other backs. Perkins has not has a carry in his college career. It was the first half and we were behind. So, why use Perkins?

Was this like a wildcat type of thing to throw off the defense, but with a LB in the backfield? Maybe they didn’t think he’d get the ball?

A promise to keep him happy? Will he play both ways next year?

I’m all for it, but I never heard it explained.

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They could have done that with Kaleb Jackson. Smh No, I think he was just begging them to let him try a stint at RB to show them what he can do because he is an athlete.

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This answer makes the most sense. Thanks.

That's the answer right there, he is an athlete like I said and played RB in HS even though you play everything in HS including both ways. He just begged Kelly and them to let him play some at RB.

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just a fun game at the end of the day

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Until you lose a game like this to a team like Wisconsin.

Glad it worked but its very risky to run a play like that at the goal line instead of your backs who are used to taking a hand off. Remember the Copeland fumble at the goal line against Alabama when LSU was going to go up two scores in 2015.

I was impressed with that also, that's a play that top RBs do, it showed that athleticism I was talking about.