Fake Punt by LSU

#26
#26
Was it classless? Yes.

Was it payback? Yes.

Georgia Tech has been very vocal about how they "deserved" to play a better team than LSU in a bowl game. Good thing they didn't face a better team. They would have lost by 50.
 
#27
#27
Honor? how do you honor an opponent by letting up? You honor by continuing the fight until it's OVER. It's not OVER until the clock reaches 00:00. Damn right I will be okay with getting 60 put on me. Failure motivate a hell of a lot more than success.

Quit worrying about feelings and play the game the way men play the game.
 
#28
#28
I certainly respect your opinion and am sure there is plenty of honor in worrying about how another coach feels, but I think that you keep your foot on their throats until the game is over. You can't blow leads by keeping the intensity, but you sure as hell can by letting up.....
 
#29
#29
Wylo said:
I certainly respect your opinion and am sure there is plenty of honor in worrying about how another coach feels, but I think that you keep your foot on their throats until the game is over. You can't blow leads by keeping the intensity, but you sure as hell can by letting up.....
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I respect your opinion, and your "philosophy". And with a tip of the hat to the "Seven Maxims", here's my take...

They're on the ropes. They're beat. You know it, they know it, and all that's left is to play out the game. "Foot on the throat" is a very brutal thing. If you get to that point...step back...and remember that "sportsmanship" is a key element of the game we all love. Show some class. You've clearly established that you have the better team. You've made your point. Close it out with class.

JMO.

Go Vols.
 
#30
#30
I can respect that.

I am still on the fence and believe that you change players, but do not back down. I firmly believe you put your backups in, but you coach those guys all year to be the best and play the best.

I have a hard time telling them to just go through the motions and let's get out of here.
 
#31
#31
Most punts have an automatic check to a fake if there's a certain alignment shown.

The special teamer in charge of that check has two options:
1) Run it and risk being called "classless", or
2) Don't make the check and incur the sizable wrath of the special teams coach
 
#32
#32
Wylo said:
I can respect that.

I am still on the fence and believe that you change players, but do not back down. I firmly believe you put your backups in, but you coach those guys all year to be the best and play the best.

I have a hard time telling them to just go through the motions and let's get out of here.
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I'm okay with this post. And the opinion behind it.

Go Vols.
 
#34
#34
Ohio Vol said:
Most punts have an automatic check to a fake if there's a certain alignment shown.

The special teamer in charge of that check has two options:
1) Run it and risk being called "classless", or
2) Don't make the check and incur the sizable wrath of the special teams coach
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I absolutely agree, but look at the formation. There was nothing about that read that would have caused an audible. That was a designed play from the moment they broke the huddle. And I am not saying they should just take a knee on each set of downs. Put in the reserves and give them a chance to play in front of a sold out crowd on a national stage. If I am not mistaken, they threw a bomb within a play or two of the fake.
 
#35
#35
he is the coach of lsu, what did you expect, them and miami are the most classless university's around
 
#36
#36
Miles is an *ss and always will be. Scoring a lot of points and a fake punt are two different things in this game. Miles is a consistant *ss either regarding his actions during a game or with his snide remarks afterwards.
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#38
#38
sickemsmokey10 said:
and then throw a bomb the next play. you're up by 5 TD's with 8 mins left. just run the ball
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I don't have a problem with continuing to throw it. It's the defense's job to stop them . . . but calling a fake punt in the 4th quarter with a huge lead just isn't kosher.
 
#39
#39
I am not offended by the move, nor surprised.
It was not classy but we are talking LSU here. They are the most classless fans in the SEC and possibly the country. Worse than Florida. Worse than Miss St. The worst. They also seem to have forgotten the 90s when they were largely losers and pretend they have always and consistently been a national power. :rolleyes:

Les Miles is a jack-a$$ so this is pretty par for the course for him.
 
#40
#40
poncharello said:
I absolutely agree, but look at the formation. There was nothing about that read that would have caused an audible. That was a designed play from the moment they broke the huddle. And I am not saying they should just take a knee on each set of downs. Put in the reserves and give them a chance to play in front of a sold out crowd on a national stage. If I am not mistaken, they threw a bomb within a play or two of the fake.
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We don't know what the check would be based off of. I know that where I've been we run fake punts a decent amount, and only one of those times was it actually called as such.

The situation on that one was a 4th-and-6 from about our own 15 with maybe 4:00 to go in a game that we were leading by three or four. It worked though!
 
#42
#42
Ohio Vol said:
We don't know what the check would be based off of. I know that where I've been we run fake punts a decent amount, and only one of those times was it actually called as such.

The situation on that one was a 4th-and-6 from about our own 15 with maybe 4:00 to go in a game that we were leading by three or four. It worked though!
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Now that is ballsy. I vote Ohio Vol for Special Teams Coach.
 
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