Hats off to TA

[Micheal]

Clutch Time Tommy.

[Hayseed]

 

 

 

Tommy willed this team to victory. I thought the Huskers were hosed when he went down with the leg camps. What a tough competitor.

 

Now 42 of 77 for 685 yds and 7 TD's vs 1 INT (though you should almost count the backwards pass) NCAA rating 156.7 (drops from 174) NFL equation 109.5 comp % still only 54.5%. But, I think no Tommy, no win.

Just off the top of my head, that backwards pass was his worst decision of the day. He should have thrown it out of bounds because the running back wasn't going anywhere on that play with three defenders there.

 

Other than that, Tommy had a really good day imo.

That was a bad play design. Why the RB is running sideways so it has to be a backwards pass I have no clue. Yes, Tommy didn't make a good throw, but it was a bad play design and bad play call at that point in the game.

 

Tommy said after the game he didn't take his drop as far back as he has been taught because he wanted to get the ball out there fast because "they weren't covering him". If he would have, it would have been a forward pass. It wasn't a bad play design, it was bad execution. However, he admitted it and played like a champion. All players make mistakes, not all players carry a team like he did today.

 

That's what it looked like to me.....a simple swing pass that was poorly executed. Was it a good call? Could've been. He could've caught it and went around the end for a TD. Sometimes the defender steps in between and takes it the other way for 6 as well. I guess it's as good as the guys on the field who are running it.

 

​There are always a bunch of Woody Coulda Shoulda plays in close games like this one. Tommy made many more good ones than bad and looked a lot like Texas Longhorn QB Vince Young carrying the team on his back.