VIRGINIA TECH 20 LSU 15 Wild Finish in Baton Rouge Hokies Top Tigers 20-15 The contest between LSU and Virginia Tech played out like a locomotive building up steam until it was at full speed. The two teams played a tight but scoreless first half that parlayed into an intense, fast-paced third quarter and an exciting and unpredictable fourth. With the clock winding down and trailing by seven, a short pass completion on 4th and 2 followed by a broken tackle by LSU WR Andrew Wolfe put the Tigers an extra point away from a tie. Not having confidence in his defense to prevent Virginia Tech from scoring, the wily LSU Coach decided to go for two, and promptly converted against an unprepared Tech defense. Now finding themselves trailing 15-14 with less than a minute left, Virginia Tech found itself in a must-score situation after controlling the majority of the game. A good kickoff return gave Virginia Tech the ball around their 35 yard line. From there, the Hokies took to the air and with a couple of big completions, including one into air-tight coverage, reached inside the LSU 30 yard line. With a timeout remaining, but not wanting to settle for a 40+ yard FG, Coach Guster called one more play to give his kicker a better opportunity knowing full well that LSU would ice the kicker in an attempt to Psych him out as they done at the end of the first half. In that instance, the Virginia Tech kicker missed on a 54 yard FG attempt, and though this kick would be much shorter, the lack of confidence in converting in such situations made this decision a no-brainer for Guster. What ensued was a quick pass to TE Jeremy Nicholson who proceeded to break a tackle near the sidelines and fell into the end zone with just seconds on the clock. The touchdown gave Virginia Tech a 20-15 lead, and ultimately, the victory over LSU – Coach Boom’s first over the wily LSU coach. The Hokies had built their 14-7 lead on the strength of a 106 yard INT return for touchdown after LSU had entered the Virginia Tech five yard line. An ill-advised throw by LSU QB John Thomas allowed CB Ryan Wheeler to catch the pass uncontested after which he merely needed to outrun one Tiger before smooth sailing down the sideline. The interception was the third on the day for the Tigers, but more importantly, the second inside the Hokies red zone. Despite their offensive struggles throughout the game, it was the LSU offense that opened the scoring midway through the third quarter on a 11 yard TD run by HB charlie Thomas. Virginia Tech followed suit, and responded on the next possession with Nicholson scoring the first of his two TDs on the last play of the quarter. The first half saw both teams fail to move the ball with any consistence. Moreover, when they did move the ball, turnovers turned away scoring opportunities. Dru50, great game. The INT TD was really the turning point of the game. It was at worst a 10 point swing and with the way we were playing offense, having to come from behind again would have been tough. On the final drive I got lucky with the Deep In that got me inside your 40 yard line because I just threw it on faith and fully expected your DB to knock it down or intercept it. Notable Stats Virginia Tech Hokies LSU Tigers QB Justin Sanders - 19/25, 228 yards, 2 TD, INT QB John Thomas - 9/12, 115 yards, TD, INT HB Gemara Anderson - 14 car, 56 yards, long 17 QB JJ Meyer - 5/9, 85 yards, 2 INT WR AJ White - 3 rec, 41 yards, long 16 HB Charlie Thomas - 12 car, 50 yards, TD, long 11 TE Jeremy Nicholson - 4 rec, 82 yards, 2 TD, long 36 WR Jeff Salyer - 6 rec, 74 yards, long 20 CB Ryan Wheeler - tack, INT, TD DE Brandon Crawford - 5 tack, 2 sack MLB Tony Clark - 4 tack, INT SS Kendrick Gibson - 6 tack
This is true. I couldn't do run the ball at all. I'll have to see what advantages they have for rivalry/big games.
Florida 31 vs 17 Georgia Number 8 Florida faces off against the undefeated Georgia Bulldogs... Prior to the game, Coach Sangel was heard joking his QB would throw a pick six and the Bulldogs needn't worry about the aerial arsenal... So how does this game start off? Florida throwing an INT three plays in. Georgia takes this opportunity and runs right down the throat of the 2nd ranked Rushing defense. However, Georgia would be stuffed on 4th and Goal from inside the 1. BIG stop for the Gator defense. Florida would drive inside the 10 and face their own 4th and 1 but would settle for the 3 points. After a Bulldog turnover, I believe an INT, Florida found themselves back inside the 10 and this time Matt Jones would punch it in from 1yard out. 10-0 Georgia comes back with another sustained drive and would score on a 14yard TD run by Herschel Walker Jr to cut he lead to 10-7 with just over 2 left to play in the first half. Knowing the Bulldogs would get the ball back to start the second half the Gators were looking for a time consuming drive. They converted some ridiculous third downs. Including one play where the receiver was so sure the DB caught the ball he ran five yards back toward the line of scrimmage before realizing he had the ball. The drive would conclude with a TD with 27 seconds left in the half and Florida would take a 17-7 lead into half. Georgia would tack on a FG as the only scoring in the third quarter. I think there was some turnovers at the tail end of the third. Or dueling punts. 17-10 after three. Florida would open the 2 score lead again midway through the fourth on a 2yard TD run by Trey Burton. 24-10. Here's where things got crazy, (RS)Freshman Something McCalister hits Stafford Jr ridiculously late. I knew it as soon as i hit the dive button.... Stafford gets the ball off... PICKED OFF. Returned to the 10 and a surely game sealing play... but theres that little incident to deal with... 15yard roughing the passer play. Georgia has life. Still down 2 TD with under 3 to play they need to get down the field... BOY do they ever... very next play... 59yard TD down the middle to his TE. Just over the MLB who then dove and missed. Both safeties came over and dove and missed... 24-17. Plenty of time for a stop and all their timeouts. Georgia kicks off deep, the video camera back as far as it can go, but Debose sees the yellow circle and brings it out... He starts off up the middle and then notices the left side blocking obliterated the Georgia coverage team. Debose almost jumps out of his shoes to get left. Gets a block, gets by the kicker.... TOUCHDOWN 109yard KO return (108 listed in the scoring). 31-17 Florida. Memories of the game vs Recchem and the game winning KO return. Georgia would come out and throw a game ending INT with a little over a minute left. Driskel kneels it out. Driskel 16/21 215yards 1TD 2INT Walker Jr 10carries 72yards 1TD
Irish 31 noles 29 Notre Dame got the ball to start but after a quick 3 and out the Seminoles were in business. Winston would complete his first pass of the game for a 35 yard TD strike to give FSU an early 7-0 advantage. The Irish would come back with a long drive and score on a 1 yard run to even things up. FSU would once again look impressive gaining huge chunks of yards on the ground before scoring on a short pass play to go up 14-7. The Irish would answer again, this time on a short TD pass to the TE. FSU would stall quickly and be forced to punt. With a chance to take a lead, the Irish would turn it over on a poor throw into double coverage. Luckily for Irish QB Fountain, his defense was up to the task and forced another punt, unluckily for him, the punt would be downed at the 1 yard line. Fountain would then engineer a great drive, going 99 yards before finding Haynes for an 8 yard TD with just 6 seconds left in the half. The teams would trade punts to open the third quarter and FSU would then put together a nice drive until Winston took a chance deep. Winston thought he had single coverage but a safety came over to help and the CB made a great play to intercept the ball near the goal line. After his momentum carried him into the endzone he was tackled by an FSU WR for the touchback..... yeah right, the game is fucking broken on goal line interceptions and they called it a safety. Now down just 21-16 after getting points and the ball off of throwing a pick, Winston went back to work. Ultimately Winston would call his own number and take in the option keeper on the last play of the 3rd quarter to give his team a 23-21 lead going into the fourth. The Irish knew they needed points and were able to move into FSU territory, but after a terrible throw that was dropped by a DB they would be forced to kick a 55 yard FG, 24-23 Notre Dame. On the ensuing drive the Irish defense would once again come up big and force a punt.... a fake punt that is! Unfortunately for FSU the punter's pass was broken up and the Irish had the ball already inside FG range. After a couple plays ND had first and goal at the 2 which shortly became 3rd and goal at the 5! Fountain made a risky throw, slipping the ball just past the (user) MLB and finding Haynes for the TD. Down 8 with just over 2 minutes to go on the road, FSU went to work. The converted a huge 4th and 17 with about a minute left and then had a crazy play as time was ticking away. Winston was sacked and fumbled in the backfield, a lineman picked it up but was hit and fumbled, then another lineman grabbed it and fumbled as well, finally FSU jumped on the ball for an 8 yard gain on the sack. Time ticked down after the chaos but Winston was able to spike the ball with just 2 seconds left at the 25 yard line. On the next play, despite their being 3 DBs right their, Shaw manged to somehow make an uncontested catch in the back of the endzone! Needing a 2 point conversion to force overtime FSU went to the ground where they had such great success for most of the day, but HB Freeman was wrapped up and dragged down at the 1 yard line to secure an Irish victory. The win was critical in the ACC Atlantic division race. If ND beats Clemson next weekend they earn a spot in the CCG. However, there are still multiple scenarios. If ND loses at Clemson and FSU beats Georgia Tech the Seminoles win the division. If Clemson loses to GT this week and FSU loses to GT next week, ND wins the division regardless of their game vs Clemson. If Clemson beats GT, then FSU and ND both lose next week the division will end in a three way tie....... GG Kapono
Yeah good game Wyrmreaver , actually on that sack fumble play I panicked thinking it would be the last play of the game, so we thought we needed a 1st down and our O-Line was taught to just pitch it to anyone. We didn't get the 1st down at the 25 but Not So Fast (Lee Corso voice), we get a spike off with 1 second remaining. And the last TD was passed to Rashad Greene, Kenny Shaw was in the right place at the right time. Honestly I think I accidentally set a pick in the endzone trying to nudge you off and make a back-shoulder catch but I missed by about a 2 yards, and Kenny Shaw's there for the catch. We had no shot on Freeman's 2 point conversion run.
SatansAngel1104 GG and great job closing out the game bro. Your team made all the right plays and GA didn't. I must have had a "BRAINFART" by going for it on 4th and GOAL in the first QTR. I should have taken the points. Seems like whatever defense I was running, ( ZONE..MAN..BLITZES....ETC )you had the answers. You had 5 3rd and at least 15 yards to go and you converted them all. Once again GG and see you next season at the best SEC cocktail party.
#7 Georgia 24 #1 Georgia Tech 9 Georgia Tech came into this Rivalry game with the #1 ranked rushing attack in the Nation. The Dawg just lost in Jacksonville to Florida and were looking for some answers as the Campus newspapers were labeling them soft after their 2nd half collapse against Florida. Tech would get the rock first and started to run it down the Dawgs throat right away. They got into the red zone and faced a 3rd down. Armstrong threw a pass across the middle. AJ Hawk Jr. stepped in front and the Dawgs were in business. Then they started driving the ball down field using their running game as well. The last play of the first QTR saw Rodney Hampton Jr. run 47 power from 1 yard out to give GA a 7-0 lead at the end of the first QTR. Very quick 1st QTR. The 2nd QTR began as Georgia Tech was on the move once again. They crossed midfield they faced a 4th and 3 from the GA 41 yard line. ( I thought the rule was that it had to be a punt. So being a rookie in AM, I had to pause the game to ask if it was ok to do that per the rules. He advised that it's a grey area as the FG kicker is weak.) Anyways he went for it and got the first down. They drove down and had a first and goal at the 6. GA would hold and force Tech into a short FG to make it a 7-3 game with 1:45 left in the half. GA got the ball back and drove down field and the last play of the half they kicked a FG to make it a 10-3 GA lead at the half. GA would add a TD drove down the field using their running game and a couple of timely 3rd down conversions as Matthew Stafford scored from 4 yards out to make it a 17-3 GA lead. Tech would begin to drive again. This time Anderson tried to go deep and Ty Law Jr picked him off. GA would then begin to march down field as the 3rd period would end. 17-3 Dawgs going into the 4th QTR. The first play of the 4th QTR saw FB Rocky Bleier Jr blast up the middle from 1 yard out to make it a 24-3 GA lead. GA tech then marched down field as it was the Steve Gary show. He was carving up the Dawgs defense and he finally went off the 5 hole and ran it from 35 yards out. Then Tech tried for a fake FG 2 point conversion but it was unsuccessful as the GA lead was cut to 24-9. GA would get the ball back and run out the rest of the clock and the very fast played game was over as the Dawgs defeated the Yellow Jackets 24-9. Players of the game. GA TECH: Gary 11 carries 78 yards 1 td 35 long Georgia: Rodney Hampton Jr 25 carries 129 yards 1 td 16 long. gg whygodwhy1111
Per the rules thread you were correct G - see below. "Going on 4th down – Coaches should kick on 4th down in accordance with realistic gameplay; however there are certain circumstances where going for it on 4th down is allowable, see below: If you are behind 3 or more TD’s in the 3rd quarter or 2 or more TD’s in the 4th quarter, going for it on 4th down is allowed at any time. If you are losing with less than 3 minutes to play in the game, going for it on 4th down is allowed at any time. If you have 4th and less than a yard from inside the 50 yard line, going for it on 4th down is allowed at any point in the game. If you have a kicker with low kick power, you may go for it on 4th down from the 40 yard line in at any point in the game. Issues such as this should be communicated to your opponents in advance of the game so that they are aware. " From the 41 on 4th and 3, I would have expected a punt from whygodwhy1111 as well, but we've always said that whats more important is that guys communicate on issues and if you were both ok with the decision to go for it then it's cool. Later in the game I'd think it would be a no brainer to go for it, as he's a running team and needs to keep games close, but in the first half I think that I'd probably be a little leary. For reference, when recchem2000 and I played we each had 4th downs we went for that were discussed and agreed to (I had a 4th and 1 inside the 40 and my kicker would have been facing a 10 mph headwind, and Zach had a 4th down in the 4th quarter from inside his 50 when he was down 17), so it was all good.
Thanks as I was just asking questions to ensure that I was thinking correctly that's all. Yes we did send one another several messages back and forth. Being the "NEW GUY" in this AM premiere OD, I just want to be sure on things that's all. After several messages, he found a wide the f67k open rb for a 17 yard gain. These same rules were in my premiere OD and my other OD as well. Got it going forward
Georgia 49 Auburn 37 Dam Auburns offense was looking like Can Newton was still around playing QB. Holy Sh%t. Team passed for 340 dam yards on my defense. Unreal. Then again it was senior night in Auburn. J wheeler ( Aub QB ) was 19/27/322 yds / 3td's / 1int
I guess I did not really think about it. I ran on 3rd and 3, gain a yard but it still said 4th and 3. My opponents more often than not, go for similar situations. Perhaps it does not matter that IRL GT would definitely have gone for it. I had just sat through an 5 minute + Georgia TD drive. Various factors had conspired to make 90% of my running plays unusable, I was offensively panicking. It was my second of 4 possession in the entire game, one of which was 1 play long. Granted I just wanted the game to be over as soon as possible after I went down 24-3, in the 4th quarter having only had 3 offensive possessions. So its possible I could have had another possession if I had kept trying. I did ask if he wanted me to punt but asking "do you want me to punt?" is a little passive aggressive and hard to say no to.
If you and I were playing I'd probably give it to you as well. I think being on the mic chatting during the game helps make these issues easy to deal with.
I think at the 41 on 4th and 3 is probably fine, I would want to go for it if I was tied or behind no matter what quarter
I've punted in that exact type of situation on several occassions this season, solely because I know the league rule says that is what we are supposed to do. If guys are going for it in that situation (or want to be able to) then we either need to change the league rule or something. recchem2000
Nope...guys should be punting or kicking a long FG. You don't free reign to go for it just because you crossed the 50.
And like Dru said if you're on the mic or in contact with the other person and they are ok with it, then so be it.
I think if someone knows they are going to want to go for 4th and short(ish) once inside the 50, they should probably discuss that before the game with their opponent, so that there is an agreement if that's going to be acceptable before you are in the heat of the moment during the game. Just my $0.02.
All the triple option teams regularly go for it on 4th and 1-2 anywhere near midfield, especially when losing. And 4th and 3 or 4 when it's a little too close to punt of even in FG range.
Nobody is disputing that it happens in real life. But the rules we are all supposed to follow say differently, and there is a reason why (it's way easier to pick up 2-3 yards in the game than real life). I honestly don't care, but I don't want to punt on 4th and 2 from the 42 on the first drive of a game only to have my opponent go for it on the next drive "because it happens in real life". Personally, I want to know in advance of starting a game if my opponent wants to chuck that rule out the window so that I can plan, and play, accordingly.
Ya I get what you mean. I could run triple option out of a pistol set and pick up 2-3 yards a little too easily also. I wish the D on read/triple option would be better, different guys should be responsible for the handoff, QB, and pitch man.
