Recruiting Forum: Football Talk XIV

[ATC_VOL]

Very doubtful that ends up the CBS game.

It might be. Only other SEC conference games that day are Ole Miss/Arkansas and Vandy/Ms St.

 

[chavisut]

Al's hit looks like it hurt a lot more.

smh

 

[TriedAndTrueVOL]

:yahoo:

 

[Ericvol2096]

Were the last two regulation scores and the OT on your end of the field ?

Yes!

 

[TriedAndTrueVOL]

Al's hit looks like it hurt a lot more.

Wow...I think the hit you're gonna take may hurt a lot more. Smh...

 

[butchna]

Morning, Gentlemen!

How's it going?

amazingGRACE, never to hate to ask for prayers. We all find ourselves needing them from time to time. Whatever is going on in your life, keep your head high and be strong. I'll keep you in my prayers.:hi:

Switching gears, I saw on the news last night that Torrance Gibson committed to OSU. Forgot to ask last night if anyone else had heard that. Probably so, I presume.

It was mentioned...in passing. :wink2:

 

[Ericvol2096]

I sing better though

 

[Aesius]

Al's hit looks like it hurt a lot more.

That's clearly George Cafego

 

[WriterVol]

I noticed something in the final seconds of regulation. With 26 seconds remaining, Dobbs had a pretty wide open field to tuck it and run. He instead throws to the sideline where a waiting Hurd snags it, runs for first down and out of bounds. 19 seconds remain, clock stopped.

Now, if Dobbs takes the yardage up the middle, there's a chance he wiggles for a TD, but it wasn't completely open so it was a fairly small chance. If he gets tackled before the first down (seemed unlikely), the clock runs open, and they might be able to spike the ball. Even if he gets a first, they'd have to line up with a play or spike it, further limiting their options.

I think it was a pretty darn mature and intelligent decision to pass to the boundary in that instance, and it increased their opportunities to score.

 

[butchna]

I noticed something in the final seconds of regulation. With 26 seconds remaining, Dobbs had a pretty wide open field to tuck it and run. He instead throws to the sideline where a waiting Hurd snags it, runs for first down and out of bounds. 19 seconds remain, clock stopped.

Now, if Dobbs takes the yardage up the middle, there's a chance he wiggles for a TD, but it wasn't completely open so it was a fairly small chance. If he gets tackled before the first down (seemed unlikely), the clock runs open, and they might be able to spike the ball. Even if he gets a first, they'd have to line up with a play or spike it, further limiting their options.

I think it was a pretty darn mature and intelligent decision to pass to the boundary in that instance, and it increased their opportunities to score.

Football intelligence...to go with that Aeronautical Engineering stuff. :good!:

 

[unioncityvol]

It might be. Only other SEC conference games that day are Ole Miss/Arkansas and Vandy/Ms St.

Double header season too.

 

[chavisut]

I'll be disappointed if we ever go back to the black outline. Such a cleaner look.

 

[eazyTD]

I'll be disappointed if we ever go back to the black outline. Such a cleaner look.

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[volssam]

I noticed something in the final seconds of regulation. With 26 seconds remaining, Dobbs had a pretty wide open field to tuck it and run. He instead throws to the sideline where a waiting Hurd snags it, runs for first down and out of bounds. 19 seconds remain, clock stopped.

Now, if Dobbs takes the yardage up the middle, there's a chance he wiggles for a TD, but it wasn't completely open so it was a fairly small chance. If he gets tackled before the first down (seemed unlikely), the clock runs open, and they might be able to spike the ball. Even if he gets a first, they'd have to line up with a play or spike it, further limiting their options.

I think it was a pretty darn mature and intelligent decision to pass to the boundary in that instance, and it increased their opportunities to score.

Another play to notice is on the Croom TD play snapped at 15 seconds is that Hurd saves the game for us with his pass block.

The play is designed to roll the pocket to the right. So our whole line moves to the right at the snap. This opens up edge rushers on the left side. And they were coming. But Dobbs is running right. However, S Car has a guy coming off that edge too, and Dobbs is headed for him. But Hurd steps up and blocks him upfield, which allows Dobbs to cut in and underneath the rush, opening him up to be able to keep rolling.

Whew watching it live was nerve-racking. It looked like a sack may be coming, which likely would have ended the game.

 

[Nashvegas31]

Another play to notice is on the Croom TD play snapped at 15 seconds is that Hurd saves the game for us with his pass block.

The play is designed to roll the pocket to the right. So our whole line moves to the right at the snap. This opens up edge rushers on the left side. And they were coming. But Dobbs is running right. However, S Car has a guy coming off that edge too, and Dobbs is headed for him. But Hurd steps up and blocks him upfield, which allows Dobbs to cut in and underneath the rush, opening him up to be able to keep rolling.

Whew watching it live was nerve-racking. It looked like a sack may be coming, which likely would have ended the game.

Hurd doesn't get enough credit for just how good he is at pass protection. On most of our big pass plays he is making a huge block on a blitzing defender.

 

[volstopfan14]

Hurd may be better at pass protection than any other true freshman back I've seen.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

Hurd doesn't get enough credit for just how good he is at pass protection. On most of our big pass plays he is making a huge block on a blitzing defender.

He is incredible, regardless of class, but considering he's a true FR...wow!

 

[Catbone]

Hurd may be better at pass protection than any other true freshman back I've seen.

You gotta think his size helps. You're going to feel his block, unlike most other smaller backs.

 

[Catbone]

Also, Hurd and Scott is the one two punch now right? Don't think we will see Lane anymore.

 

[OldVol49vfl]

Football intelligence...to go with that Aeronautical Engineering stuff. :good!:

Dobbs is on track to get a 5-year aerospace engineering degree in 3 years. While being an SEC QB.

I thought the above posting by JCP201 was very telling about his "smarts". Dobbs also does a lot of public talks and visits along with his football and school stuff.

 

[JCP201]

I noticed something in the final seconds of regulation. With 26 seconds remaining, Dobbs had a pretty wide open field to tuck it and run. He instead throws to the sideline where a waiting Hurd snags it, runs for first down and out of bounds. 19 seconds remain, clock stopped.

Now, if Dobbs takes the yardage up the middle, there's a chance he wiggles for a TD, but it wasn't completely open so it was a fairly small chance. If he gets tackled before the first down (seemed unlikely), the clock runs open, and they might be able to spike the ball. Even if he gets a first, they'd have to line up with a play or spike it, further limiting their options.

I think it was a pretty darn mature and intelligent decision to pass to the boundary in that instance, and it increased their opportunities to score.

The thing that still amazes me is that at 2:00 to go, we were down two touchdowns and did NOT get the onside kick. That was Manning type quarterback play plus the defense came through, or it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

 

[Volcardcarrier]

Also, Hurd and Scott is the one two punch now right? Don't think we will see Lane anymore.

Did we ever get an injury update on Lane?

 

[UTProf]

Hurd doesn't get enough credit for just how good he is at pass protection. On most of our big pass plays he is making a huge block on a blitzing defender.

Here's something I never thought I'd say... Hurd is more polished in his blocking than in his running which is probably by practice/design right now (as well as our oline issues). He's taking strides every game as a runner and he will improve with every snap he plays but his blocking is above and beyond for even a beastly true frosh. These past few games you can see his vision and feel for the speed of the game is starting to come together as a runner.

Even a lot of legendary RBs aren't great blockers - Hurd is. He is as close to the total package at RB as they come and when he and oline get more experience - OMFG, look out.

 

[eazyTD]

Agreed about Hurd's blocking. He really is a beast at stepping up and stopping a charging linebacker in his tracks.

Not sure if anyone noticed but Hurd had an awesome block on the game tying TD pass to Croom. A speed rusher was coming full steam on Dobbs' right side and probably would've sacked him due to the blindside pressure. Hurd steps up and makes him run wide, allowing Dobbs to step up right to where the DE was attempting to go. Dobbs then had nothing in his line of vision except for a wide open Croom.

Love seeing stuff like that.

 

[JAllen18]

I also noticed when Dobbs runs, it's because he has too. He doesn't start the play with running in mind, (unless its a QB draw) he does it as a last option. Where as other running QB's do it as a first option.

He reminds of a Russell Wilson, he's smart enough to know when to run.