I saw a whole lot of quit in those Milsaps players. Ronnie Milsap could have done better Calling Coach Holtz! Those boys need a pepth talk!
It looked like you were watching basketball or some crap. I think it's ridiculous. Once that happens you're playing a different game altogether.
The reason this type of play rarely works is that it is an awkward, rarely encountered adrenalin fest. They have the one or two "rehearsed" laterals and then just panic. These guys obviously practice this situation. They were poised, gave up yards when they had to to keep the play alive, and worked the D with a strategy more akin to "keep way" rather than football. I was reminiscent of a baseball run-down the way the players cycled in (or to the opposite field) to take the pitches. Can't you just see a team out there at the end of practice playing best 3 of 5 to avoid extra wind sprints? It'd be a great drill for conditioning int he offseason, even just playing Touch-football rules. Play often enough, and an elementary strategy would blossom, for both the O and D. In an in-game end-game situation, such a team would have quite an edge. edited to say this play kickedaas. Not a travesty at all, but a shrewd recognition that what we have come to accept as the the best way to maximize the likelyhood of a touchdown in a single play (the hail mary, or a hook and lateral) may not be the best afterall. Can you imagine an allstar skill position (run/throw) KO return team that was well versed in this strategy? Wow!
