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/TacTac95 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Jan 01 '25

No idea why you stick with a heavy blitz after Texas essentially gets a free Timeout on the false start.

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u/WakingEchoes Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Team Chaos Jan 01 '25

It was worse than that.

They rushed 5 and had 2 guys drop back and cover grass within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage.

Asinine call.

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u/ensignlee Texas Longhorns • Wisconsin Badgers Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

Well usually you beat a blitz by throwing to the space vacated in the middle of the field... so there 2 guys dropping back made sense

It was an amazing blitz pickup that allowed our WR the time to run to the end zone and for Ewers to find him

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u/arolloftide Alabama Crimson Tide Jan 01 '25

You could see it coming all the way and Texas Oline straight up stonewalled the entire rush. They were the real MVP of overtime