Kneel formation fake play
In last night's Purdue vs Arizona game, the Boilermakers had the ball in their territory with ~1 minute until halftime and a 14-point lead. They lined up in a "safe" formation, typically used for kneeling the ball and running out the clock. They then ran a fake, advancing well into Arizona territory on a play where most of the defense stood still at the snap.
Is this a saavy move by an up-and-coming coach that shows you never stop competing, as the media suggested? Or has he compromised the integrity of a mutual concession to run out the clock? Having seen it, I would have no problem with any DL blowing up Purdue's OL on an actual kneel.
Maybe someone would be kind enough to embed a video for me.
December 28th, 2017 at 2:51 PM ^
Yeah, faking a kneel down is totally bush league. That's different from faking a spike. You can't anticipate and shouldn't anticipate a spike. But the whole point of the kneel down is player safety. You're penalizing your opponent for helping to protect your player from injury. Bush league shit...
December 28th, 2017 at 10:50 PM ^
This is incorrect. The whole point of the kneeldown is NOT player safety. The point of the kneeldown is so the offense can run out the clock without subjecting themselves to much of an opportunity for a fumble.
December 28th, 2017 at 4:55 PM ^
December 28th, 2017 at 8:34 PM ^
will never be topped!! (makes me smile just to think about it...
December 28th, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^
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December 29th, 2017 at 4:10 AM ^
His crime is that he didn't win enough. But some of you act like he screamed "Fuck Michigan" while pissing on the Big House's 50 yard line on his way out the door. Brady Hoke regressed every single year and wasted the development of one of the most physically gifted QBs that Michigan has ever seen(following his amazing run replacing an injured Denard in 2012) but you aren't loudly rooting against him and laughing at his failures.
I was excited for him taking over because he represented something I had never seen in all of my years as a UM fan(besides Carr's last game vs Florida)-an innovative, new school offense featuring those fast QBs that always used to beat the Wolverines. Unfortunately, UM's defense completely tanked and the offense could only show flashes of greatness. It didn't work out but we did get positives like Denard, Gallon, Roundtree, Hagerup, Dileo, Schofield, Lewan, Toussaint, Gardner, Martavious Odoms, Omameh and Jake Ryan. And he held on to Demens, Mike Martin and Koger from the 2008 class. I'm not a fan of his run in any way. I think it was the suckiest of all sucky eras in my lifetime. But I'm not completely placing the blame on RR. There were plenty of people who had their hand in him not working out. Having to start your year with Nick Sheridan as your starting QB doesn't help, either.
December 29th, 2017 at 4:12 AM ^