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re: Fake punt!! Why?

Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:19 am to
Posted by cartig
Member since Feb 2010
2983 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:19 am to
Gives teams down the road something to think about . If the Tigers did it once , they might do it again ....
Posted by TigerFan4040
Member since Sep 2013
4386 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:30 am to
Great call with bad execution. No more, no less.
Posted by Barbellthor
Columbia
Member since Aug 2015
8636 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:40 am to
Didn't go for it on fourth against ND, gets crucified for no balls.

Goes for it against a very winnable and VERY momentous and important game against conference and division rival when we need momentum and inside their territory, gets crucified for going for it. It don't make no sense.

Good call, and good execution until punter isn't a QB.
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
17890 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:42 am to
I've been in the nega-0 camp, but that was a good evaluation and call. Just very poor execution by Zach Von Sticktopuntingberg.
Posted by jayo
HARRISBURG,NC
Member since Sep 2014
16 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:43 am to
The reason for running it was because it was Auburn. 10 point underdog and Offense was stalled. Les was very successful catching teams off guard to give an edge. Tigers loaded with talent but very inexperienced. Receiver was wide open just over threw him. If it works they are geniuses.
Posted by PorcelainPunisher
Member since Sep 2018
268 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:44 am to
quote:

That Fake Punt should never be tried again!! They shouldnt have done it especially at Auburn!!
yeah and every one of you guys being negative about it would have had O in the fake hall of fame ahead of Les if he had pulled it off...... it was a great attempt. WE COMIN!
Posted by RaginTXTiger
Boynton Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2016
637 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:44 am to
Also, a TE should not be backpedaling for a pass. Moreau judged that ball badly.
Posted by BayouFann
CenLa
Member since Jun 2012
6868 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:52 am to
Execute the play!!
Posted by boxcar willie
kenner
Member since Mar 2011
16035 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:54 am to
Dontworry

Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68620 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:57 am to
quote:

Goes for it against a very winnable and VERY momentous and important game against conference and division rival when we need momentum and inside their territory, gets crucified for going for it. It don't make no sense.


One person said it was a bad call. You guys get really insecure about Ed. I liked the call, just need to practice throwing that ball a bit more.
Posted by KC Tiger
Member since Sep 2006
4617 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 9:57 am to
quote:

it should have been called off when they saw Auburn in punt safe but even still it almost worked.


Stop regurgitating the nonsense you hear from announcers. These are the same idiots that said the clock would have expired in 2007 if Demetrius Byrd didn't catch the TD from Flynn.

The fake punt was a good call and the play was open. The punter (a former pitcher and QB) just didn't execute.
Posted by tjohn deaux
GA
Member since Feb 2007
10177 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:04 am to
It looked like a good call to me. It aaleo let's folks know to stay alert. Plays like that affect the special teams of your opponents.
Posted by Barbellthor
Columbia
Member since Aug 2015
8636 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:08 am to
quote:

One person said it was a bad call. You guys get really insecure about Ed. I liked the call, just need to practice throwing that ball a bit more.

No...this was not an anti-/pro Ed thing. This was about a particular trick play, which could be a point made in an overall discussion about the head coach but which was not here that I'm aware of. And yes one person said it, which is why I pointed out the discrepancy to the person I responded to. I also liked the call.
Posted by LSUStar
Medellin
Member since Sep 2009
10441 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:09 am to
A good pass and it works. Designed to beat 'punt safe'.
Posted by rrboy
USA
Member since Jan 2005
5324 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:09 am to
why not?
Posted by tiger94gop
GEISMAR
Member since Nov 2004
2916 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:15 am to
I liked the call, didn't like the pass. He should have stopped running, hesitated, then threw and it is a TD or he could have run it himself, it was wide open. The guy was a pitcher and QB, they should have let him throw a normal pass, his momentum killed it.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
19520 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:15 am to
I have no problem with this call vs the ultra-conservative BS we've been seeing for years.

Remember when Les called a fake punt at Ariz St? What happened to that guy?
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
28361 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:17 am to
On my list of Top 10 Things Great Teams Do, consistently running surprise/fake plays is in the top 5, assuming the risk is manageable.

It really plays hell on an opposing team’s game planning having to account for a team that does so if they’ve done it consistently enough to pose a threat. They need to do it more.
Posted by maxxrajun70
baton rouge
Member since Oct 2011
3726 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 10:22 am to
I love the play call and it should have worked.

But Foster is so fricking slow...
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
64346 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 12:20 pm to
No one ever ask that when it works.
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