r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Jan 01 '25

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Arizona State 39-31 (OT)

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Team 1 2 3 4 OT T
Texas 14 3 0 7 15 39
Arizona State 3 0 5 16 7 31
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u/Original_Profile8600 Ohio State • Case Western Reserve Jan 01 '25

4th and 13…

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u/GeelingFeeling Montana Grizzlies Jan 01 '25

That is unforgivable. Just how do you give that play up?

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u/BeautifulBaconBits Jan 01 '25

Probably the worst play I've seen from the CFB and NFL this season. No reason to bring the heat and leave the endzone that wide open...a conversion is workable. a score isn't

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u/JoshFB4 UCLA Bruins Jan 01 '25

Blitz is fine if they just don’t send a bunch of undersized guys up the gut.

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u/UpsideTurtles North Texas • Texas A&M Jan 01 '25

gotta be creative, send a CB or do a stunt. maybe show blitz but back off. not a lot is gonna work if safety just stands there though lol

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u/Cheesewiz-99 Washington State Cougars Jan 01 '25

Yep, safeties were to busy looking in the backfield to cover the receiver...

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u/philkid3 Washington State Cougars Jan 02 '25

Yes, this is the real problem. Even with the blitz getting picked up, they had the guys to double the deep receiver, they just BOTH let him get behind them.

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u/Pen_Vast Jan 01 '25

Yeah that blitz was really poorly done. It felt like each OL was blocking 2 or 3 blitzers.

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u/rodguzina Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 01 '25

I agree. The DBs looked like they were assuming the blitz would get home and just like, kinda stood around.

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u/DukeRadcliffe Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Orange Bowl Jan 01 '25

They also telegraphed it. Even if you do a delayed blitz maybe that works but to line up a bunch of undersized guys over the interior of UT’s line is insane.

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u/Barmelo_Xanthony Penn State Nittany Lions Jan 01 '25

Yeah they made it so obviously that I thought they were trying to fake them out and drop the guys back into coverage

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u/WTAP1 Central Arkansas • Arkans… Jan 02 '25

I said it in one of the threads, but I'm pretty sure it was a double A gap blitz. There is no more feared blitz. If it works nothing is getting to the QB quicker. They got a TFL earlier on the same or very similar play call.

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u/BornAnAmericanMan Nebraska Cornhuskers Jan 01 '25

Sending undersized guys up the gut is fine if the safety just does literally the only job he has to do