The TO on Aub 3rd & Goal

[lazlow]

...was brilliant.After watching the replay 3x that was by far the heads up call of the game.

 

[missouridawg]

The Redmond pick?

I watched that play again on SEC Network tonight and can't figure out why Will left his man there to make the pick. Must've had the QBs eyes read, cause he left his guy on the sideline wide open to cut off that pass. Glad he did though...

 

[dawgstudent]

Before end of 1st half. I think he's speaking of when they brought jeremy Johnson in, we called TO, then they brought back in white, got stopped and missed FG.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Got stopped bc of a bad snap I recall. I was hoping we could jump on it. The result was a missed FG. Right? I've watched no replays.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

They came out on 3rd down in a heavy package with Johnson at QB. He would have basically walked in for the TD. Mullen called a time out to reset the D. When Auburn came back on the field White was at QB. The snap went over his head and they went on to miss the FG on 4th down.

 

[lazlow]

yup, and that's what was so great about the call was that the eagles got zero out of the drive. The whistle blew right at the snap but it looked like JJ had it all the way. Also, we got to see that it was a QB keeper off left tackle so it was unlikely gus was gonna go w/ a repeat of the play. Had they scored anything there who knows how that might've changed the game....the season for that matter. For all the **** mullen gets for hording TO's, I'm surprised that one was lost on the masses.

 

[MaroonNation]

We could have scored 28+ in that game if one sentinel event had not occurred. Auburn was one play, one completion by Dak, from quitting in this game. You could tell it on the sidelines and in the stands. We were one completed pass from absolutely dominating them for the rest of the game. Then Walley gets the ball ripped out. God bless the kid because he has been money all season for us but that beathed life back into the Auburn sideline and was THE momentum swing that we had to fight against the rest of the game. Had Gus held into that catch we score and Auburn packs it up and JHS empties out faster than Death Valley last year.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

100% accurate. We went from cleaning out J-H early to having to recover an onside kick to hang on thanks to one fumble.

 

[57stratdawg]

He should have time out after each of their plays there. They had 1st and goal with 2:20 to go and we had all 3 time outs.

 

[lazlow]

That's my biggest concern about a&m game...the drops and the fumble drops.what sux about the Walley fumble is that he actually had the presence of mind to protect the ball w/ both hands and still got it taken away. ...and it would've converted a 4th down. Most of the drops in the eagles game were non contacted related. The Aggies have two of the top sack leaders and one of the top int leaders. The margin of error for dropped passes is narrow.

 

[LawDawg97]

With respect to the "masses"

yup, and that's what was so great about the call was that the eagles got zero out of the drive. The whistle blew right at the snap but it looked like JJ had it all the way. Also, we got to see that it was a QB keeper off left tackle so it was unlikely gus was gonna go w/ a repeat of the play. Had they scored anything there who knows how that might've changed the game....the season for that matter. For all the **** mullen gets for hording TO's, I'm surprised that one was lost on the masses.

This was brought up on here right after the game Saturday night as the play of the game. I think most would agree it was a great call to use the TO. Doesn't fully redeem the screw up at the end of LSU though.

 

[57stratdawg]

It was a really odd play. Walley secures the ball, covered it with two hands, the defender managed to hang on his arm and pull it loose.

A fumble is a fumble. Just saying, he did everything by the book other than hold on to it.

 

[Lee Corso]

 

[Dawgzilla]

Yep. Mullen should have called timeout as soon as the tackle was made after 2nd down. There was still about 1:45 on the clock. Now, maybe they would have needed to burn a second timeout when Johnson came in at QB, I don't know, but Mullen clearly had no interest in trying to score again once Auburn's possession was over.

 

[msstate7]

Walley fumbled another ball out of bounds. He has to protect ball better

 

[patdog]

Yep. That was the key play in the game. Even with the fumble, the officials should have called Auburn for a facemask on the play. The defender didn't hang onto the mask long at all, but it was enough to jerk Walley's head down, and may have contributed to the fumble. If they make that call, or if Walley hangs onto the ball, that game is a blowout.

 

[Seinfeld]

I agree, Strat. It was a freak play. Not only did the defender come up big by blindly taking a swing and getting to the ball, but when you look closely at the replay, he somehow was also able to get his hand cupped around the point of the football, making it nearly impossible for Walley to fully put it away. All of this while Walley's back was almost entirely turned to him

My hat's off to the kid for making a game changing play, but that was the football equivalent of a 5-year old tossing his lure into the lake for the first time and coming up with a record bass. A complete freak play

 

[Lee Corso]