I honestly believe if we didn’t get that first down and are punting from the end zone, we lose the game. That throw took guts.
Crazy a 50/50 ball to Robinson won the game
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That throw didn’t take guts. It’s akin to a punt if intercepted and offers the chance for PI. It’s a common call in that situation. I do agree though that it was a huge play.
No, our ineptitude on 4th & 1 to draw a penalty against ourselves won the game…
50/50? Again, go back to Genes. That was a duck we got lucky on.
Stop posting, what is wrong with y’all, I hate our fans
Stop posting, what is wrong with y’all, I hate our fans
That was the play of the game. For once luck was on our side. We almost always lose those.
That is a common call in that situation. If it gets picked off it's the same as a punt. It's SAFER than a punt from there. It went our way for once. You need to stop posting.
So what would you do genius? It freaking worked, and for some reason that seems to have pissed you off.
We suck so bad we are good
If Zavion gets set before the snap, we lose that game. Thanks to our poor execution, we won.
We had set that play up earlier in the game. We're smart like that.
If it's incomplete (the most likely outcome in that situation), you're still punting from the back of the endzone. It was a terrible call, it's always a terrible call even if Nick Saban is calling it.
Sheer luck that we came down with that.
Anything that gave me a few yards to punt the ball away. Throwing the ball up for grabs at my own 30 would definitely have not been my call.
For the record, I don't know or care if it was a bad call. The punt may have been worse, but probably not. But one thing I know for certain, it was NOT a 50/50 ball, which is what this thread was about. We got extremely lucky, which seemed to be the theme of the day for us.
We will probably be reminded of this Saturday, when a terrible Auburn team beats us 38-14.
Well we are facing another team with major suckage Saturday. There is a chance they may suck a little more than us or that luck will be on our side again. And all you AR haters should love this game. Neither team will be passing so make sure you take a couple No Doze before kickoff. Should be a boring pukefest of a game. Hopefully we can go ahead and get that W tho so we can safe the bowl streak.
Let me chime in on that 50/50 ball. How many times have you seen Jrob put that much effort in catching a pass ? Maybe I'm crazy but I would say never.
And your confidence that we would have got any yards based on how we were doing at the time?
They were in a soft deep zone because it was third and long. That's why there were four guys around Rob on that hail mary of a pass. Any draw play, screen play, or QB keeper would've gotten five to eight yards.
Ah, so you're back to ignoring the whole point of the thread.
Are you like this in real life too? Or is this a SPS gimmick?
In real life do you discount good fortune like you do here? There was nothing wrong with the call. It's not an uncommon one there. We got lucky, but it wasn't all luck. The receiver made an amazing effort to get that ball. The line did a good job blocking to enable us to get the pass off. If we "get a few yards" we are still punting from the shadow of our own goal post. They would have got great field position and probably scored. That would probably have been the game. We took a risk, it worked, and it probably saved the game. I honestly don't get all the bitching about this one.
There is nothing 'common' about throwing a ball up for grabs from out of your own end zone on third and long. It is nothing like a punt as you suggest. That is more commonly done around midfield, not out of your own end zone.
We got lucky and I'm glad we did. But that's exactly what it was. A really stupid decision that was bailed out by a tremendous individual effort.
Whay are you so upset about it? It worked. I was very happy about it. Again, had we done what you wanted we would still have been punting from inside the 5 or 10. They would have got the ball on our side of the 50, at a minimum. In all likely hood we would have lost the game. Is that what you wanted?
I'm not upset. I'm astounded that you are doubling and tripling down on such an astonishingly stupid position.
Nobody is upset that we caught the ball and went on to win the game. It was a big play, we all agree there.
That's neither my original point of this thread about it being a 50/50 ball, nor the sub-convo going on here about what play to call in that position.
Serious question - what planet are you on?
What's wrong with a 50-50 ball in that situation? I agree that's what it was. It was probably less than that actually. I also get that it's not ideal that the game turned on that play. But it still was perhaps the biggest play in a SEC road game that we were a solid underdog in. To me that is worth being very happy about. You also forget that I always saw this as a 6-6 team. In this particular case I'm on planet earth. It was a big win for this team, and a much needed one.
OK, so we agree. It was much less than a 50/50 ball. It was at best a 10/90 ball on 3rd and long. As said before, JRob had 3-4 defenders around him, and it was a duck that wasn't thrown well. It might be a 50/50 ball on 2nd and 2 with man to man coverage on the outside, but I'd still set it at 40/60 even in that case.
That was my original point, and you misinterpreted it. At no point was anybody pissed that he caught the ball. But we do kinda wonder about questionable play-calling.
Actually, I didn't misinterpret it. I just didn't pay much attention to it.
Yeah, BS on that. That’s why you got all mad.Actually, I didn't misinterpret it. I just didn't pay much attention to it.
Similar to what I was thinking... everyone keeps saying it was 'lucky'. Maybe whoever called the play was lucky it worked, but the catch wasn't lucky - that was a hell of a play for him to go up and get it. Robinson could really help us if he keeps making that effort.
For the record, I agree with you....it was lucky, but that was directed at the decision. I was not questioning Rob's effort or ability on that play. He's the one that made chicken salad out of chicken chit on that play.