Did you notice... 1. The TE reverse was the play we burned Bama on last year in Tiger Stadium. It did not work because Lee did block it properly like JJ did. 2. On TM7's interception, he was brought down by a horse-collar. It should have been a 1.5 foot penalty! (I guess the ref's felt pity and let it go). 3. They would have been punting on that play (above), but THE HAT decided to take the penalty instead of leaving them with 4th and long! Let me know if I am wrong on any of these points. GEAUX TIGERS!
1)JJs block on "The River" last year was a downfield block. This time, the play never even got out of the backfield. 2)Didn't notice the horse collar, but I was at the game and didn't have the luxury of replays. 3)Correct.
I didn't notice a horse collar tackle. Just watched it again and definitely not a horse collar. In fact it was more like a horse shyt tackle. Really poor technique. If you're yelling at the TV "horse collar tackle" then you do not know what a horse collar tackle really is.
I thought a horse collar was when a player grabbed the collar of a jersey to bring a player down. Here is what I found: NCAA bans horse-collar tackle from college footballEmailPrintCommentsAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA banned the horse-collar tackle from college football. Following the lead of the NFL and acting on a proposal made by its Football Rules Committee, the NCAA will assess a penalty this season when a runner is yanked to the ground from the inside collar of his shoulder pads or jersey. On a replay I saw on ESPN, the camera was a view from behind, the tackler appeared to grab the back of the neck of the jersey to bring him down. The reason I said it would be an 18 inch penalty is because it was a first and goal from the 1 yard line. Half the distance to the goal, 18 inches.
Last year, the Alabama trailing end sprinted right down the line of scrimmage, past Jefferson, and bit totally on the dive. So Jefferson went downfield and leveled a defensive back. This year the trailing end was a tremendous athlete and was also playing smart position football and knew that he was responsible for covering any reverses. He spotted it immediately, juked left then ran around Lee and dropped Peterson. Lee never had a chance and just spun around in place and never laid a hand on him. Every defensive end in the SEC saw that play last year. They have all studied the film. That play is probably toast now. Les must devise a new surprise.
The terminology is loose. A horse-collar tackle once was a tackle where you caught the player's neck in the crook of your arm. This has never been illegal. But now they call a horse-collar tackle when you grab the collar of a players a shoulder pads and it is illegal.
He grazed the back of his jersey with his hand trying to tackle him high (thus my comment on horrible technique). He didn't come close to inside of his shoulder pads.
