if Clifford throws it to Cain in the flat, he walks in. There wasn’t anyone within 5 yards of him.
Watching the replays, in the 9th OT….
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It happens on most every down. As bad as having Lee open in the flat for an easy 5+ yard gain in the 1stQ only to have Clifford look at him and take a 4yd loss near the sideline.
Like his head coach, Clifford is “intellectually challenged”
Clifford has terrible vision and constantly game after game refuses to take the short open receivers in the flat.
I think Franklin’s emphasis on big plays has impacted Clifford’s decisions.
I think Franklin’s emphasis on big plays has impacted Clifford’s decisions.
Yeah, many why the heck didn’t you see that guy open or coming open.
Immediately after the play was over, Jack Ham on the radio broadcast mentioned Cain being wide open on the play.
He also lost track of Lambert-Smith in the corner of the end zone in OT6 because he got flushed and was frazzled. Usually, when Cliff is on the move, he's been great about keeping his eyes downfield and hitting a receiver just before crossing the LOS. However, his vision to the flats are terrible and I agree with the poster above who said that the emphasis on chunk plays may influence forcing it downfield. Today, you could tell that he was favoring those ribs and he didn't want to get hit so he was all kinds of tentative. I don't care how bad Roberson might have been in practice, as soon as they saw that Cliff was pretty much handicapped out there, they needed to pull him.
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My goodness. You could say this about almost any pro in the NFL on every single play.
If anything, I'll give some consideration to @ILLINOISLION who pointed out CJF's thing about explosive plays.
Almost wonder if people would prefer a return of Kirk Ciarriocca who at least gobbled up yards and TOP between the endzones and settled for field goals.
CJF wants a big-play, explosive offense. It's not as easy as just wanting it. But that's what we're working on. Looking at Mike Yurcich's and Phil Trautwein's resumes, we're going to get there, guys.
Nice try, but it was a 2pt. conversion play from the 3. Not an explosive play to be had from there.
If you are going to continue to make rational statements you need to leave this board. They only deal in delusions.
What is it about Phil Trautwein resume that makes you think that?? The most impressive part is the 2 yrs at PSU!
Don’t give me the thing about all the ACC guys, he’ll that’s just the SID doing his job!!!
The 2 yrs he was at Davidson they went 3-21 under a 31 yr HC who’s biggest job was getting Mark Snyder coffee at OSU
Whoever came up with this crazy alternating 2pt conversions needs to go back to the drawing board, felt like I was watching Soccer out there with PK's deciding a winner.
Yeah that was some bs out there. Ridiculous and feels artificial in regards to determining a winner. Just play an OT period of 10 mins and who ever has more points is the winner, if not, it’s a tie.
Hey, it was also the anniversary of the awful 6-4 Iowa loss yesterday. Maybe we shouldn’t play on Oct 23 anymore!
I agree. I like the NFL's system for OT. Another option would be to have the offenses start at their own 35. This takes away the near automatic FG that extends the OT's.
The 2 pt conversion success rate is 43% (just looked it up). Brilliant way to shorten games, NCAA.
The problem with the big play offense is what happens when you don't get them. We have been big play or bust all season and the longer the season goes, the harder it will be to get them because of defensive adjustments. There are some trends that people don't want to talk about across games and within games.
I guess I just don’t understand but to me every play from the 3 yard line has the potential for a splash play. There isn’t a lot of field to work with. The throw in the flat would have been a splash play as well as a tun up the middle if they cross the goal line.
But we always have you to post drivel to look forward to. Maybe because he was not 100% but Clifford threw very few long passes yesterday. Most of them were WR screens in the flat or outs and passes over the middle. Try watching the game next time. But what the hell why let’s facts spoil a BS narrative. Clifford ain’t the only QB who doesn’t see open receivers. Happens every damn game with every QB.
The 2 pt conv. 2 infinity w/ commercials is pretty Schmiddt's ghey, it takes away the reward of a 1st down run runaway slasher movie run or even The Greatest Attack on The Blind Side since they shoulder bumped past the fat Ole Miss kid and caught your guy with pineapple pizza flu and fumble treats 2.
I think the PIAA's OT is the best set up. Each team gets the ball at the 10 and has 4 plays to try to score. It could be modified so that in the second OT there are only scoring TD's, no FG and each team needs to go for a 2 pt conversion. I believe that most OT games would end after the 2nd OT.
Agree, but football is as much or more about having a plan B to adjust for unexpected play of your opponent or the weather...there were both yesterday.
early on in the season he hit Cain a couple of times in the flat and Cain shook tackles. But yes, missing the flat has been a hallmark of our offense.
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