Tech / Texas A&M

[olddawgfan]

The Tech / Texas A&M game is ranked #8 in the top 25 games of 2012. It will air at 8 PM this Sunday night on ESPNU.

[tenacious_dog]

THANKS for posting that! Going to set it now so I don't miss it.

[DQDawg]

TD, the score won't change, I think the most disappointing thing to come out is how many chances our Bulldogs had to WIN the game outright, even with us chasing Johnny F all over the field.

[LaTechRandy]

So tune in about 9:30, cause the first 90 minutes SUCK!

[Dawg Fan]

The game is going to be shown 3 times on ESPNU:

Sunday, July 21st: 9:00 pm Eastern / 8:00 pm Central
Tuesday, July 23rd: 5:00 am Eastern / 4:00 am Central
Monday, July 29th: 6:00 am Eastern / 5:00 am Central

[OakTechDawg]

just set my DVR then will fast forward until it gets good!

[oledawg66]

Hell of a ball game even the second time through. The fumble that wasn't a fumble. The blocked extra point. The missed two points. Just as gut wrenching today as it was then.

[dawg80]

Thought for sure we would go to Patton on that last 2-pt try. Nope! Threw it toward Stuart again. Same result.... Helluva a game.

[HogDawg]

Thought for sure we would go to Patton on that last 2-pt try. Nope! Threw it toward Stuart again. Same result.... Helluva a game.

I'll never understand that call. We had at least 3 players on that field that were better options than Stuart. Furthermore, the "fade route" is a low percentage pass play anyway. So what do we do? We call a low percentage fade route in the end zone to be thrown to our 4th or 5th best receiver. :bigcry:

[Dawg06]

I'll never understand that call. We had at least 3 players on that field that were better options than Stuart. Furthermore, the "fade route" is a low percentage pass play anyway. So what do we do? We call a low percentage fade route in the end zone to be thrown to our 4th or 5th best receiver. :bigcry:

The play wasn't exactly called that way. IIRC Franklin called a run/pass play with 3 different options, and Cameron made the decision to throw the fade to Stuart at the line of scrimmage based on his read of the defense.

[HogDawg]

The play wasn't exactly called to throw the fade to Stuart. IIRC Franklin called a run/pass play with 3 different options, and Cameron made the decision to throw the fade to Stuart at the line of scrimmage.

It was an extremely poor decision. The fade route to Stuart shouldn't even have been one of the options. Very, very, poor call that cost us the game.

[Dawg06]

It was an extremely poor decision. The fade route to Stuart shouldn't even have been one of the options. Very, very, poor call that cost us the game.

It was. And Cameron took responsibility for it, not the coaches...

But I think (not sure) that Cameron made most of the decisions to run or pass at the line of scrimmage. I think there was usually a run and a pass play called for each snap, and Cameron would always make the decision to pass or run. Cameron made a lot of great decisions, but I think he made two very poor decisions. This one and his misread on the last play of the Utah State game when he handed the ball off for a run instead of throwing it.

My only problem with Coach Dykes was that he rarely took responsibility for mistakes. He put them on player execution. I think the coaches should always give the players credit for successes, but the coaches should always take the blame for failures.

[HogDawg]

One thing I didn't like about Dykes was that he rarely took responsibility for mistakes. He put them on player execution. I think the coaches should always give the players credit for successes, but the coaches should always take the blame for failures.

I agree with that.

[JAMROB]

I agree with that.

I think the play meant to be run was called X goal, where RP crosses the goal line and bodies up on the DB, not a fade. There was a mix-up on what was actually called.

[dawg80]

On a 2-point play, or on 4th down, you have ONE crack at it. The fade route, and others like it, or low % plays. I would call some version of the pass-run option, every time, mixing it up by, sometimes moving the whole pocket, right or left, having the QB, play-action and do a naked bootleg, but still with a pass-run option, and multiple targets, or some other variations. The bootleg when Colby literally walked in on the first 2-pt try illustrates the possibilities of such a scheme.