[Husker] 15 laterals in one play?

[Theodore Heise]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Mike Nolan wrote:

> Off the top of my head I can come up with just 2 successful 
> end-of-the game plays with more than 2 laterals in them: 
> Stanford-Cal and this one.
>
> (I'm not counting hook and ladder or other gadget plays like the 
> ones Boise State used against Oklahoma last January.)
>
> On the other hand I can come up with 3 or 4 successful 'Hail Mary' 
> type plays just in the last few seasons.

Ah, but are the denominators anywhere near comparable?


> My guess is that in both cases the success rate is well below 5%, though.

No doubt.  Maybe well, well below even.

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA