Originally Posted by
Soonerdawg
"The INT was only 2 plays after a Spartan CB got a fantastic jump and almost intercepted the first screen pass on the line of scrimmage (on the other side). It was the SAME dang play. They looked like carbon copies of each other. Had the Spartan CB not dropped the first pass, he could have EASILY run untouched for a TD too. Two plays later, he did it anyway because we were stupid enough to run the same TELEGRAPHED play again." - Hog
That receiver was not supposed to get the ball. There was a blitz, so there was no time to hit one of the two receivers running straight up the field. Luke made the decision to go to short receiver, who was but a decoy. It still might have worked, but Luke hesitated. This was not a coaching error.