Have you EVER seen such a move? I can remember the Ducks did an onside kick out of the blue before... but man talk about having some balls. They blow that and the game completely turns around. I swear I thought the ball went over the punters head.
I was shocked. I thought it was a botched punt. I was already starting to say, "oh man.... here comes a safety" when the camera angle changed and they showed Clay racing down the field. I couldn't believe it. Plays like that make me love Chip Kelly.
It took a big sack of nuts to do it, but based on how well it worked he had to have been 100% sure he was gonna get that 3 yards. The Beavers left it wide open for them.
It took a big sack of nuts to do it, but based on how well it worked he had to have been 100% sure he was gonna get that 3 yards. The Beavers left it wide open for them.
There must have been something Chip & Co. had seen on the tape that made them believe they could take advantage of their over-aggressiveness. I don't think he called that because he had a feeling. The way that play developed couldn't have been drawn up any better. The guy over the left guard slanted into the A-gap, and there was a hole big enough for a Freightliner to drive through untouched.
Except MSU saw that coming from a mile away. They didn't even rush the punt. Chip obviously knew that OSU was going to try to rush, that's why the fake worked.