Tulane / Houston Trick Play

[Clonehomer]

Tied game, Tulane lines up in victory formation presumably to go to OT. They run a trick play to setup a game winning pass in regulation. Legit or Busch league?

Personally, I'm not a fan. In the victory formation, the defenders are told to ease up and Tulane takes advantage. If the Houston Dline goes and blows up the Oline, everyone would have been up in arms. This can't be OK, right?

 

[isu81]

Play until the game is over.

 

[Bigman38]

Love it. Unwritten rules are for dumb sports like baseball.

 

[KCClone1]

I didn’t see the play but I’m cool with it. Play to the whistle. What about QBs who fake a spike and go for a TD? Is that Busch league too?

 

[BigJCy]

Offenses better not get pissed off now when defenses come flying through even IF they are really trying to just run the kneel down play.

 

[BigJCy]

Here is the fake kneel down play & then the game winner:

 

[FinalFourCy]

Tied game, Tulane lines up in victory formation presumably to go to OT. They run a trick play to setup a game winning pass in regulation. Legit or Busch league?

Personally, I'm not a fan. In the victory formation, the defenders are told to ease up and Tulane takes advantage. If the Houston Dline goes and blows up the Oline, everyone would have been up in arms. This can't be OK, right?

This can’t be serious?

It was a great call.

 

[Clonehomer]

I didn’t see the play but I’m cool with it. Play to the whistle. What about QBs who fake a spike and go for a TD? Is that Busch league too?

So is everyone also good with Dlines blowing up the Oline on kneel downs? I thought that was always seen as bad sportsmanship.

 

[Tony Gunk]

If the game is tied, as a defense you need to watch for that kind of stuff. IMHO, that is a different situation than if Tulane was ahead.

 

[awd4cy]

Should be totally fair game.

 

[Doc]

Tied game, Tulane lines up in victory formation presumably to go to OT. They run a trick play to setup a game winning pass in regulation. Legit or Busch league?

Personally, I'm not a fan. In the victory formation, the defenders are told to ease up and Tulane takes advantage. If the Houston Dline goes and blows up the Oline, everyone would have been up in arms. This can't be OK, right?

That is beyond legit. That is awesome.

 

[Tony Gunk]

I bet Holgorsen calls it unprofessional.

 

[FinalFourCy]

So is everyone also good with Dlines blowing up the Oline on kneel downs? I thought that was always seen as bad sportsmanship.[/QUOTE

First, they’re completely different situations. Kneeling when ahead is far different than Tulane going for the win in a tie game. What the hell was the Houston defense thinking?

Second, they didn’t really fake kneel. They were in a snap safe formation and caught Houston sleeping.

Yes. It has always seemed okay. Bad sportsmanship are the scuffs that sometimes follow as players vent their frustrations over the loss.

 

[cmjh10]

It happened to Dana Holgerson, who cares.

 

[CyVoodoo]

Houston only had three on the line and expected a possible trick. They just got baffled by misdirection. The play only picked up 15 yes. The real play was the pass.

 

[Raiders70]

I think the OP had some $$$ on Houston. (Line was Tulane -5 1/2)

 

[Doc]

So is everyone also good with Dlines blowing up the Oline on kneel downs? I thought that was always seen as bad sportsmanship.

At the 50 in a tie game? Hell yeah!

 

[LivntheCyLife]

So is everyone also good with Dlines blowing up the Oline on kneel downs? I thought that was always seen as bad sportsmanship.

Even in this situation, the Dline wouldn't be coached to dive in and blow up the Oline. Houston is clearly in prevent with the front 3 controlling their gaps which is the correct call. The right D end just gets sucked in by the fake and the back 8 are caught napping. There's no need ever for the bush league diving at OLine knees or the quarterback you occasionally see.

 

[MeowingCows]

The real travesty here is giving up a 50+ yard TD on the next play by 3 defenders in the area all completely whiffing on the WR.

 

[heitclone]

It is kind of iffy, the defense has to be a little lax on kneel downs. They are definitely at a disadvantage. I'd feel worse for them if it wasnt Dana and they hadn't given up such a long play on the next play.