fake punt

That fake punt reminded me of a young Tommy "The Riverboat Gambler" Tubberville when he had less talent and needed to do stupid things like that to win.

I was not impressed with that call...

 

To be honest, that's the only thing I like about Tubberville. We need more coaches like that.

 

Those are things coaches must do with marginal talent. There is nothing marginal about our talent.

I doubt you'll ever see such a call from a top ranked team.

 

You are correct sir. Tubs cut way back on calls like that as the talent on his teams increased. When you have the talent to win outright you stop taking chances on things that will lose games. Even Mike Leach at TTU has cut back on the really risky plays as he got more talent, and he is a CRAZY coach. Miles isn't familar with talent like LSU has and hasn't figured out that you don't ride a throughbred like you would ride a cowpony.

 

That play was not called, Chris Jackson seen that no one was covering Ronnie Prude and when they snapped it he chunked it his way. Come on bitches, yall think Les would have just called that from is own endzone. He's not that crazy.

 

I'm sure there are situations where a punter may have the option to throw it to an uncovered gunner.

But I hope the coach would teach/tell his punter not to consider that option when inside your 10.

I have not yet seen any quotes from Miles on that call...

 

Come on guys, it was a fake punt. They didn't call a play that involved kicking a puppy or punching a baby. It was a simple fake punt. I suspect it was a Jackson audible, since no one was on Prude. These guys are football players (OK, even punters are sort of players) and they want to move the ball.

This play was almost impossible to screw up. The guy plays baseball, and Prude can catch (coverage is another story.) So, PLAY THE FRIGGIN' GAME.

And yes, I agree that CLM is completely out of his mind.

 

Chris Jackson played QB in High school.

 

That play was designed to give Jackson the option of throwing it. There is no way that Prude was there waiting for a pass by coincidence. Miles/Jimbo called that play. Jackson would never improvise such a stunt inside our own endzone(although apparently our coaches would). He specifically looked for Prude to be open & if he could throw to him, which wouldn't have happened otherwise.