[Husker] 15 laterals in one play?

[Pat Gaule]

Mike Nolan wrote:
> I think the Cal-Stanford play has been surpassed, but without a trombone
> player:
> 

I'm just glad that people are comparing it to the Cal-Stanford play and 
not the "Michigan-Nebraska" play.  Both of those plays had a major thing 
in common though: the Millsaps players pretty much "gave up' after the 
last lateral hit the ground, which allowed the Trinity player to easily 
run into the endzone.  Most of the NU defense acted the same way when a 
Michigan lateral was dropped/fumbled.  Thankfully, there were a few 
defensive players in position to force the play out of bounds.

I think we're only going to see more attempts at these plays in the 
future.  As hard as it is to score on a crazy schoolyard lateral play, I 
think it's more likely to succeed than lobbing a hail mary from 60+ 
yards, especially since the offense can keep the play alive for a long 
time.  After all, there's really no reason to get tackled with the ball 
in this situation....you have nothing to lose by blindly throwing the 
ball backward.

If this stuff becomes more prevelant at the end of games, it would be 
interesting to see how defensive coordinators react.  I wouldn't even 
know where to start.