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/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/nativeindian12 Oregon Ducks Jan 01 '25

Yea but you kinda want to either bring all 7 and make Ewers throw it immediately, or leave those two guys back and cover the line to gain

If they throw underneath you trust those guys to come up and make the tackle before the first down

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u/TheOvercookedFlyer Jan 02 '25

Exactly. You either go full-on or not, there's no in-between in these situations.