Final Play against Jackets

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Who were the two players who rushed Marshall before he could make the pitch? We smelled that out. That was a highlight I will remember.
 
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Darryl Taylor (DE) and Colton Jumper (LB) were the two who tackled the Ga Tech QB. 90% Taylor, he had the fellow wrapped up pretty well before Jumper arrived, and Jumper kind of overshot the tackle.

Then Micah Abernathy (DB) hogtied the RB who "caught" the pass before he could reach the goal line. A heads-up play, though ultimately unnecessary, as the pass proved to be incomplete (hit the ground before caught).
 
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re: the "walk in" claim -- It's not really possible to tell, because both players who might have had a play on the pitch man had already reacted to the QB turning upfield early.

They probably should have stuck to their assignment anyway, because they are on the perimeter and can't stop interior runs, which are other people's problems and were handled.
 
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Concept said:
re: the "walk in" claim -- It's not really possible to tell, because both players who might have had a play on the pitch man had already reacted to the QB turning upfield early.

They probably should have stuck to their assignment anyway, because they are on the perimeter and can't stop interior runs, which are other people's problems and were handled.
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There was only 1 player on the perimeter to cover and that player was covered as well.

The defense played the play perfectly.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Darryl Taylor (DE) and Colton Jumper (LB) were the two who tackled the Ga Tech QB. 90% Taylor, he had the fellow wrapped up pretty well before Jumper arrived, and Jumper kind of overshot the tackle.

Then Micah Abernathy (DB) hogtied the RB who "caught" the pass before he could reach the goal line. A heads-up play, though ultimately unnecessary, as the pass proved to be incomplete (hit the ground before caught).
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Very nice play by Taylor, who shed the RT's block, then had to shed the block of the pulling C (I think) to tackle Marshall. And as you said, although the refs whistled Marshall's desperation toss to that back (the B-back, I believe), it was a very nice tackle by Abernathy to stop him short of the goalline.
 
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I think we've all been waiting to see Darrell Taylor, I know I have. Hoping GaTech was his coming out party on the way to an All-SEC type season. That was a great, game-saving play he made on Monday, can't wait to watch this kid do great things going forward. Honestly believe he can be great here.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Darryl Taylor (DE) and Colton Jumper (LB) were the two who tackled the Ga Tech QB. 90% Taylor, he had the fellow wrapped up pretty well before Jumper arrived, and Jumper kind of overshot the tackle.

Then Micah Abernathy (DB) hogtied the RB who "caught" the pass before he could reach the goal line. A heads-up play, though ultimately unnecessary, as the pass proved to be incomplete (hit the ground before caught).
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100% Taylor. Jumper dove behind Taylor after the play was already made.
 
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volfan102455 said:
There was only 1 player on the perimeter to cover and that player was covered as well.

The defense played the play perfectly.
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Not quite iirc. If Taylor doesn't close on the qb as quickly as he did and the qb pitches to the trailing rb, we're in trouble because we only have one guy on the perimeter and he's being engaged/blocked by a GT player.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
Very nice play by Taylor, who shed the RT's block, then had to shed the block of the pulling C (I think) to tackle Marshall. And as you said, although the refs whistled Marshall's desperation toss to that back (the B-back, I believe), it was a very nice tackle by Abernathy to stop him short of the goalline.
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Yeah :)

To be perfectly objective about it, Darrell didn't so much "shed" the RT's block as the RT moved on to to block Jumper after "scraping" Taylor. But DT did a good job not letting the scrape block put him off balance or out of the play.

And yep, then Darrell had to step inside the intended block of the pulling LG as well. So he avoided/recovered from two different blocks before standing the QB up. Really nicely played on his part.

Oh, and while handing out accolades on that one play, Colton also avoided the block of that same RT by cutting up and inside. That was also well done.


I don't think Paul Johnson was very happy with the blocks of either the RT or the LG, but hey, he's not the one who had to be out there trying to keep up with our quick, energetic lads. :)
 
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Taylor made a heck of play. When we needed a big play in a big moment we stepped up! Glad outcome didn't go the other way where he walks it in for 2 points! It would be a whole different feel on Rocky Top this week.
 
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The counter analysis that has been put out is that two GT linemen absolutely whiffed on their blocking assignments.
 
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tm3 said:
The counter analysis that has been put out is that two GT linemen absolutely whiffed on their blocking assignments.
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That can happen when your only move is diving at the opposing players knees
 
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FBtime said:
100% Taylor. Jumper dove behind Taylor after the play was already made.
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Not 100%. If you look at the play in slow motion, you can see that Colton's impact, while only with one shoulder and arm, added more energy into pushing the QB back onto his heels. That energy forcing Marshall back and up field a bit, was key in everything that came after....like turning what could've been a lateral into a forward pass, and making the awkward "fading jump shot" pass fall short of the intended reciever (the fullback).

Could Darrell have handled it all by himself? Sure, he had the right angle and energy. Plus, we know in retrospect that Abernathy would be there to tackle the RB before he could reach the goal line. But gotta give credit where credit is due, Colton did a nice job avoiding the RT's intended block, getting to the key point, and adding more energy to the tackle.
 
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Taylor looks like the next DE UT will be putting in the NFL. Need Kongbo to follow his lead.
 
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tm3 said:
The counter analysis that has been put out is that two GT linemen absolutely whiffed on their blocking assignments.
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I don't care if they tripped over their own two feet. Everyone from Ga Tech who had the ball on that play was tackled short of the goal line and that's all that matters.

FWIW: even though Micah Abernathy's tackle was unnecessary, he came from the other side of the line to make that play. A still shot taken while the QB still had the ball while being a couple steps away from Taylor shows Abernathy approaching the LOS over the left guard of GA Tech's line. From there he made it all of the way to the point of impact with the RB who caught the pass on a bounce. Then after arriving, he was strong enough to get the RB down with the ball short of the goal line. If the ball had been complete, this would go down as one of the greatest defensive plays in UT history.
 
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tm3 said:
The counter analysis that has been put out is that two GT linemen absolutely whiffed on their blocking assignments.
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Credit to Taylor and the defense on that play, but the RT (#75) did totally whiff on a block that he had been making all night.
 
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tm3 said:
The counter analysis that has been put out is that two GT linemen absolutely whiffed on their blocking assignments.
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That and the QB not having any intention of pitching the ball resulted in a very good stop by Taylor.
 
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Backwards K said:
I don't care if they tripped over their own two feet. Everyone from Ga Tech who had the ball on that play was tackled short of the goal line and that's all that matters.

FWIW: even though Micah Abernathy's tackle was unnecessary, he came from the other side of the line to make that play. A still shot taken while the QB still had the ball while being a couple steps away from Taylor shows Abernathy approaching the LOS over the left guard of GA Tech's line. From there he made it all of the way to the point of impact with the RB who caught the pass on a bounce. Then after arriving, he was strong enough to get the RB down with the ball short of the goal line. If the ball had been complete, this would go down as one of the greatest defensive plays in UT history.
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You're absolutely right, man. That was a very athletic play on Abernathy's part, and really heads-up football.
 
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Can anyone find the 2006 Air Force 2 point attempt -- I can remember it, but would like another look
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Darryl Taylor (DE) and Colton Jumper (LB) were the two who tackled the Ga Tech QB. 90% Taylor, he had the fellow wrapped up pretty well before Jumper arrived, and Jumper kind of overshot the tackle.

Then Micah Abernathy (DB) hogtied the RB who "caught" the pass before he could reach the goal line. A heads-up play, though ultimately unnecessary, as the pass proved to be incomplete (hit the ground before caught).
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VN myth will change this to the Tech guy was wide open and tripped going into the end zone by months end.
 
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Since the ruling on the field was an incomplete forward pass (and it was called that immediately). Even if they were to review the play and determine it was a catch, the advance after the ball would have been wiped off anyways right? So even with a review, we win that game.
 
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Bukowskified said:
Since the ruling on the field was an incomplete forward pass (and it was called that immediately). Even if they were to review the play and determine it was a catch, the advance after the ball would have been wiped off anyways right? So even with a review, we win that game.
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Even if they reviewed it and found it was a complete pass, it was not since it hit the turf, Benson did not get into the end zone.
 
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