One Frame At A Time: Hawaii
I see you, Bleacher Report. I see you.
[Hit THE JUMP for much more of THAT and the rest of the GIFs from the Hawaii game.]
Before I even list the honorable mentions, I should note that this was one of the most difficult games from which to choose a top ten in recent memory. Sixty-point wins will do that, I guess. For example, this didn't make the cut:
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Neither did several touchdowns.
As always, click the stills/links to open each GIF in a lightbox, and don't forget to vote for your favorite at the end of the post.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Butt pylon dive.
Darboh sets critical block for a screen to... Darboh.
Chris Evans touchdown the first.
Gedeon sack.
Literal jumpman jumpman.
Peppers TFL on Hawaii's first play.
Speight's pinpoint throw to Chesson.
Speight to Perry for the touchdown.
Bredeson/Cole combo opens a huge hole for Evans.
Glasgow runs the QB right into McCray.
Devin Asiasi defeats attempted jam with authoritay.
McCray strip-sack while Rashan Gary COVERS A DAMN WHEEL ROUTE.
Evans spins nothing into something.
Harbaugh digs in.
Harbaugh approves of Chris Evans.
Khalid Hill's TD run.
McDooooom end-around with mean-ass stiff-arm.
WOOP.
Morris throws an absolute laser to Kekoa Crawford.
Stribling's pick-six.
Thank goodness the refs didn't call a run play.
10. McDoom Defeats Hold, Makes Catch
The refs may not have seen it, but Harbaugh sure wanted a hold.
Well, it's either that, or he's way ahead of me on the hot new dance craze. You never know.
9. Hybrid Space Murderer
There are not one, but two pulling linemen in perfect position to block anyone but Jabrill Peppers. Unfortunately for them, they had to block Jabrill Peppers.
8. Follow The Eyes
I love this replay angle; it captures how well Delano Hill read the quarterback's eyes and broke on the ball before it was even thrown.
7. Yip To The Victors
Hail to the yiptors valiant.
6. Room To Run
The blocking on this is exquisite. The defending is... not that. And Chris Evans is quite fast.
5. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This started out at #10. Then I took another look at the hat. Then someone in the mgo slack chat pointed out the Prince chain. Then I watched it several dozen more times. I highly recommend doing the same.
4. Strong First Impression
There's at least one player who will have a hard time forgetting Devin Bush Jr.'s first ever collegiate play.
3. In A Phonebooth
I cannot blame Ben Bredeson one bit for turning and watching the carnage.
2. Harbaugh Hype Beating, Season Two
A wily veteran move by Speight to put his helmet on before Harbaugh got to the head-slapping portion.
FRAMES OF THE GAME: JABRILL HITS TRIANGLE
Going up.
Everyone needs a friend who's as happy to see them as Jourdan Lewis is to see Jabrill Peppers after that return.
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September 6th, 2016 at 4:15 PM ^
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September 6th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
Get off my lawn guy for this. I wasn't crazy about seeing the jump from Peppers. The last thing we need is him wrecking his leg on a return against a team that was clearly overmatched in game 1 of a long season.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
UMMMMMM, WTF, I just asked about a slack channel.
September 6th, 2016 at 5:15 PM ^
To answer your original question, we keep the slack chat limited to site contributors. There are a lot of reasons for this; I'll leave it at that.
September 6th, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^
fair enough, I get it..
p.s. the response was to they guy commenting "get off my lawn" ;-)
September 6th, 2016 at 7:32 PM ^
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September 6th, 2016 at 10:29 PM ^
September 6th, 2016 at 10:37 PM ^
No display of that much athleticism is ever pointless.
September 6th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
Let's just only play him versus MSU and OSU...and only in the 2nd half when he's needed.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^
It's gotta be the Harbaugh Hype beating.. I can't get over that.
September 6th, 2016 at 6:39 PM ^
I like how halfway through, Speight is like "oh crap, I'd better put my helmet on. He's going to hit me in the head."
September 6th, 2016 at 7:24 PM ^
Harbaugh appears to be saying "Put your helmet on" after the initial blows.
September 7th, 2016 at 9:34 AM ^
Yep. Definitely said that. Good thing too. A knockout blow was coming if he hadn't.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
Holy crap. Earlier today I read the front page on Kick out Blocks. Then I came back later and watch #9 Hybrid Space Murderer. Jabrill single handedly beat 2 blockers and took down the ball carrier for a loss. That was amazing.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:25 PM ^
That poor damn corner on the Darboh screen. Gets thrown down by Darboh, gets knocked back down trying to get up from Perry, and then gets up just to get rolled up by Newsome. I'd pretty much quit after that.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
...but we're also going to win with cruelty"
September 6th, 2016 at 4:46 PM ^
I totally missed this. Such awesomeness!
September 6th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
missed it too can anyone post a link or what quarter and time this play happened?!?!
September 6th, 2016 at 10:30 PM ^
September 6th, 2016 at 5:32 PM ^
I just spent a few minutes giggling about that. I'm not proud. That poor guy.
September 6th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
Darboh clearing that guy out confused the shit out of Perry too. It was clearly his guy to block but he was already on the ground and Perry got torn between just laying on top of him and going to get the safety and sort of just did neither.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:26 PM ^
I liked the Yips better before when I could assume they had no legs
September 6th, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^
Love the take-off effect. Sounds just like DBZ.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
I believe Harbaugh tells Speight to put his helmet on mid-beating.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:33 PM ^
That takes that GIF to a whole other level.
September 6th, 2016 at 5:13 PM ^
Was this right before the INT? Poor Speight was probably concussed.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
I was gonna vote for Yip Yip alien. Loved seeing them on the broadcast, costume game is strong. I hope they're there all year.
Then I got to the WOOOOOOOO guy. A+++ would revote for him.
Harbaugh hype beating gif will be with us forever, but for this week, that guy rules.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:35 PM ^
There were some that were better and way more funny, but good God that lane for Chris Evans was a thing of beauty. Sort of a Moses and the Red Sea moment.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
and McDoooom's catch are my top two, but for the love, I can't pick a favorite. The Whoooo guy is on a whole other level too...
September 6th, 2016 at 4:37 PM ^
September 6th, 2016 at 4:39 PM ^
If you read Harbaugh's lips during the beating, he says "PUT YOUR HELMET ON!" right before Speight does just that.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
is sick. Sometimes the best runs are those that don't result in touchdowns.
September 6th, 2016 at 5:33 PM ^
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September 6th, 2016 at 5:29 PM ^
I remember seeing that live and thinking, 'is that legal?'
September 6th, 2016 at 4:48 PM ^
I didn't vote for it, but I love every occasion where Harbaugh throws a tantrum when we're up a billion points.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
My 2nd favorite is definitely Darboh blocking for Darboh, because...damn. I voted for the Peppers leap because...day-yum!
September 6th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
Is Bleacher Report okay now? That gif is fantastic either way.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:55 PM ^
the Harbaugh hype beating, but the room to run gif is so exsquisite. I could watch the pulling blockers for days.
September 6th, 2016 at 4:56 PM ^
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September 6th, 2016 at 7:21 PM ^
That Chris Davis play that looked like a loss--then magically turned into a 3 yard gain! So much greatness on display. The play where Peppers shot through 2 olineman to pick up a tfl. McCray playing like a guided missile. The play of all the qbs. Watching that game, my thought was "We look like a playoff team." I didn't see anything that looked like a busted assignment on either side of the ball, which would've been expected given that it was the first game of the year. We looked like a well-oiled machine playing at mid-season. And we played with speed, strength, power, and ruthlessness.
September 7th, 2016 at 9:38 AM ^
Chris who? The baseball player?
September 6th, 2016 at 5:22 PM ^
Love our coaching bitching about a missed holding call....on a ball that was CAUGHT while our team was up FORTY NINE!
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September 6th, 2016 at 5:25 PM ^
Re: #8, I had noticed that on replay when watching, how well Hill tracked the QB's eyes and read the play
Re: #2, I saw that video a billion times on game day, and just for the first time noticed Speight putting his helmet on halfway through. That really puts this hype pummeling over the top to me.
Also, there are few things in this world I find funnier than Harbaugh freaking out on the refs when we're up a million.
September 6th, 2016 at 5:29 PM ^
I love our coach. Hat tip to Dawkins who originally posted these here.
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