[personal] Re: [Husker] Fake punt

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

Your memory is off.  If you watch the play, Auburn TOTALLY bit on the
run to the left side and Shanle had NOBODY in front of him and
probably would have run for a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nIvj53yURc

FYI, it's about 1:15 into the highlights

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 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net


TH> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, JEN_SENS wrote:
>> From: "Theodore Heise" <theo at heise.nu>
>>> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Pat Gaule wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Without a doubt, the decision to run a fake punt on 4th and 1 
>>>> from our own 25 yard line was the worst call of the season to 
>>>> date.
>>> 
>>> Dunno if it was the worst, but it seemed ill conceived to me. 
>>> On the walk from the stadium to the busses, I overheard a couple 
>>> of Auburn fans talking behind us.  They were amazed by that call, 
>>> and didn't see how anybody could have reasonably made it.

>> Maybe not the smartest call, but except for stone hands, would it 
>> have worked? Were the defenders right around him? Seemed there was 
>> a lot of open space in front of him if he catches the ball. 
>> Remember, he may not have the best hands ;-) but he is very fast.

TH> My memory may be off, but it seems like Auburn had the play pretty 
TH> well covered and it wouldn't have gone for much even with a catch.