re: The LSU Tenn 2010 ending

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and T-Bob snapping the ball early, iirc

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It wasn't early. It was just in the nick of time. He saw the time expiring and knew he had to snap the ball, ready or not.

I love that it is 3rd down and there's 25 seconds left. Normally plenty of time to clock the ball. Plenty of time to even just run another play. Somehow Les screwed both of those things up.

ETA adding this since OP didn't

I was living in Colorado working on an H&P rig out in the Pieonce. I set us on a 12 to 12 schedule and took midnight to noon so I could catch LSU games on my time off. Watched what I thought was the end of the game and said "frick it I'm going catch some sleep before my night starts". Before my head hit the pillow good my wife starts screaming from the living room "redstick13 LSU just won!". I thought she was suffering from altitude sickness until I got up and watched the replay.

The famous Volunteer 13th man tradition.

Upper deck.. west side

The ramps to leave the upper decks were packed on the southeast side watching the final play. Thousands of people left after the snap and then got word that there was a penalty.

I wish there was a picture of that

It was fricking insane

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Classic Les miles clock mismanagement saved by a 12 men on the field penalty against Tennessee

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I remember that game. TBH I wasn't sure if I was happy we won (even if it was because of 10RC's stupid penalty), or if I was disappointed in seeing a Les Miles short-yardage special get stuffed AGAIN, only to get a second chance because Tenner effed up.

I fluctuated between being elated, depressed, and embarrassed after that game. Little did I know that it was a sign of things to come with Les and his 1970's era offensive schemes...

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Nightmares listening to that nonsensical justification and warped English. I swear that man began every sentence knowing he would have to perform verbal Jiu-Jitsu to make it into a cogent thought by the end of the sentence.

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Les and Dooley were both idiots on that play and T-Bob looked like the smartest guy in Tiger stadium, Jefferson had no idea the clock was running out. A UT friend and I were sitting on the east side and he had literally stood up to leave before that play and I said it's not over yet. Didn't UT have 13 guys on the field?

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and T-Bob snapping the ball early, iirc


It wasn't early. It was just in the nick of time. He saw the time expiring and knew he had to snap the ball, ready or not.

I love that it is 3rd down and there's 25 seconds left. Normally plenty of time to clock the ball. Plenty of time to even just run another play. Somehow Les screwed both of those things up.

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Once a play starts the game doesn't end at 00:00, but when the play is finished (assuming no penalty). T-Bob snapped the ball at :03, meaning that there was fraction more than 3 secs remaining. Watch any football game; that's actually quite a bit of time.

T-Bob didn't see shite. He didn't know how many TN players were on the field and he didn't see the clock. He simply did not trust his QB.

Crowton was the immediate cause with his stupid play calling that required substitutions.

Miles has overall responsibility for not have his staff prepared for this obvious situation.

T-Bob couldn't hold his water and got lucky that TN bailed us out. His only defense is that was a long time to hold water, but he should have.

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T-Bob couldn't hold his water

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That is EXACTLY what T-Bob said. He should have held his water.

It's baffling to me that the two people most responsible for that disaster are either exalted or forgotten.

Crowton called for the package substitution. He fricked that play up almost beyond redemption.

Hebert snapped prematurely. Jefferson was just about to call for the ball, but T-Bob prematurely snapped it before Jefferson was ready.

That disaster is on Crowton and Hebert.