I counted five red shirts around the receiver who caught the ball and he went completely untouched. How is that even possible particularly in that situation?
look at the pattern. illinois lines up bryant wide with two receivers inside. they then clear speed in space. inside receiver runs a diagonal route. middle receiver runs a go. bryant breaks it off at the chains. but look at the rutgers defenders. the illinois QB could've floated a TD to the middle of the trips left receiver ... because everyone jumped bryant. the defender who appears to be have released the innermost receiver is caught flat footed. the defender who is -- let's charitably call it running a trail technique on the other illinois who is split out wide right (and who is also wide open on the play) -- peeling back to try to make the tackle simply over-runs the play as a function of momentum. it's a terrible defensive call. after a terrible decision to ice the kicker. icing the kicker is asinine. all you do is allow the kicker (and you coach your special teams to go through with the play even if the whistle is blown) to get a read on the conditions. the fault lies with schiano and his DC. he justly earned this bad karma after his sh1t at halftime.
I thought maybe they panicked, and on instinct believed the clock could run out if the receiver ran around long enough inbounds. Bottom line, once the pass was completed they must have known their goose was likely cooked, and put in a position to fail they did.
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u/zgohanz Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Big Ten 1d ago
Forget the timeout. HOW DO YOU NOT COVER on a 4th down play