I don't know that I would call that "hung with" , the kid did have over 200 yards rushing just by himself. More like we stared at him from behind most of the game. However we were able to only allow 24 points, given how awesome he was playing, that's something. More to do with field position though.
The game was closer than they made it sound. I met hung with, as in we had a shot to win it. That was a positive. All the crap we went through this year and once again we had a chance in the end. If newton would have converted that 4th down throw i would say it was him who beat us. I didn't see him throw it accurately enough to give him personal credit for the victory. It appeared to me anyone running the ball for AU was a heisman candidate. We made them look great.
I know I'm not alone in this thought, but surprisingly to me, I haven't seen MUCH written about what I saw. The play was a trick play. Coming out with 10 was intentional. Then a receiver came on late, and TT acted like he was leaving the field. But he stopped right at the sideline. It was supposed to be that the defense would think he left the field, and would leave him uncovered. It failed miserably. The confusion was staged in this instance. The sad part is, the reason why it failed is because LSU being offensively confused is so commonplace, it just looked like a normal play.
It was very obvious to me that it was designed that way. I've only seen a very few others that noticed it for what it was. Most people seem to think it was just a typical jacked up confused last minute LSU offensive play.
Actually the confusion was on the Auburn side - they were so out of sync they couldn't even get their 12th and 13th men on the field. :rofl:
If it really was a trick play (and I'm not doubting you at all) then it's similar to one we ran when I coached middle school called "Hideout." I don't know if I'm proud or ashamed that the most interesting coach in the world tried to run the same thing.
Pro teams run it as well. I doubt your middle school thought it up for themselves. But still in all, it was an epic failure, and Crowton still sucks.
