When Tevin King signed with Tech, Sonny Dykes really spoke highly of his abilities. There was a lot of talk at that time that he and Dixon would be a "thunder and lightning" combination, with King being a Reggie Bush type player in space. Obviously King was set back by the ACL tear, but the new coaching staff just hasn't used him since he came back from that. His size is a factor when running between the tackles constantly, but if he is that deadly in space, then you would think we could find a way to get the ball to him.
TK has had two bad injuries. Im sure hes gaining confidence mentally and theyre giving him the appropriate reps while forcing opponents to honor his weaponry. I wonder if they will accelerate his contribution a little bit more now.
The order of the plays went something like this, all on the opening drive. Fake to Dixon then sort of an "option" pitch to King for probably about 16 yds. Second touch was King in motion from the same set and a flare pass to him after faking once again to dixon, another large gainer. Next play, out of the same formation, Sokol give to Dixon for a nice gain. On that particular play, had Sokol kept the ball and run a true option between himself and King, it's a TD easy. we got the TD on the drive anyway, so it's a moot point. my guess is the staff saw all they needed to see and wrapped that up for another day. wouldn't be at all surprised if there are more wrinkles in that formation. I must say, it was extremely well executed also.
Nuke
4 players touched ball on that drive - center, qb, king, dixon