[Husker] Uninspired first half

[Mike Jaixen]

I've only seen one good replay of it, but Pelini has said that the fake was actually supposed to be a Henery pass...of course, it got blown up before that could occur.  The replay I saw indicated that the tight end on the right side of the line broke deep for the pass, letting Jimmy Smith rush in unblocked.

Mike Jaixen
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--- On Sat, 11/29/08, Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com> wrote:

> From: Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Uninspired first half
> To: husker at tssi.com, theo at heise.nu
> Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 11:10 AM
> > > That fake field goal call has got to be about the
> worst play call 
> > > I can remember in a long long time. Sure it
> worked a few weeks ago 
> > > but it looked like Colorado was waiting for it,
> especially from 51 
> > > yards out for a FG attempt. The kicker really
> didn't help either 
> > > by taking off way too early.
> > 
> > Not a great call, but how did the defender come
> through unblocked?
> 
> To sell the fake, the outside man on the line needs to
> block mostly
> to the inside to draw the defender into the rush, but from
> the snap
> the outside defender looped pretty far outside clearly
> playing the
> fake and not the kick.  So, it was very difficult for the
> blocker
> to get far enough outside to make the block.  The defense
> was
> ready and Pellini was well out-coached that play.  It
> really wasn't
> the blockers fault.
> 
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