http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asMkdYqNBdg 5:15-5:27
Situation: Game Tied, 2nd 6 on Miami 23, Tech Ball.
The Play: Logan Hits Joshua Standford on a 4 yard stop/comback route. Easy pass and catch, and Joshua cuts up field; HOWEVER, he fumbles it at the 12. In the chaos that followed, Rayshawn Jenkins (#26) picks up the ball, Kalvin Cline did not approve. He knocks it free and the ball roles to the 2, where DJ recovers the ball.
Why: The ensuing Touchdown gave us all of the momentum in the World and officially took the crowd out of the game. It allowed for Scott and Bud to open up their playbooks.
Forums:
DISCLAIMER: Forum topics may not have been written or edited by The Key Play staff.
Comments
This all comes down to opinion, but I really feel like it was the AJ Hughes forced fumble. Miami was about to start on our side of the 50 after scoring their first drive and us looking fairly miserable on our first two. I don't see us climbing out of that hole had Miami gone on to score on that drive.
Agree, turnovers completey change the complexity of the game. Without that turnover, Miami is likely to get another score (3 points IMO) and continue momenum and our O could have gone into desperation mode early which = turnovers for us.
Forget start inside the 50, Miami was about to go up 14-0 right then and there.
I think the 2 turnovers back to back combined with the fact that VT turned those into two TD's (can't remember the last time I saw that happen) were great.
Recovering fumbles inside the 5 were great. But the backbreaker for me in my opinion was the Stanford TD on 3rd and 17. Miami had just scored a TD to go down 7, and they were 1 play away from putting Shaky Leg out there to attempt a 40+ yarder in the rain (yikes). Instead, Stanford breaks free and puts VT up 2 scores and we never look back.
All plays were awesome, I was so jacked up after the game I watched the replay the entire replay. Where has this O-line been, keeping LT upright, allowing for the crossing routes to develop, setting up 2nd and 5-or-less with first down runs. Looked damn good.
Handing the ball off to a TB or RB will get after'ya!