Vedral didn’t actually do well. McCaffrey did well running the ball, and the limited pass plays he was asked to perform. The pass in the Iowa game was a trick play. That’s like saying Mike Stuntz deserved to be QB over Crouch because of 41 Back Flash Reverse.
Ummm...there was no trick play on his TD pass to JD. It was a roll left and throw across his body for a TD.
It was a trick play, inserted for that game and used for a specific situation. It wasn’t a run-pass option for McCaffrey. It was a hard rollout left for Luke, with the idea of sneaking JD behind the defense who would be keyed on McCaffrey running the ball. It was much like using a Wildcat RB/QB and having that Wildcat RB/QB throw the ball, to try and trick the defense. It was the epitome of a trick play.
Just because it wasn’t a flea flicker, halfback pass, or fumblerooski, doesn’t mean that specific play wasn’t a trick play. They were going to run that play with McCaffrey, and he was going to go back on the bench regardless if it worked or not.
You and 80K other fans in Memorial stadium. Luke is not only more decisive, passes more accurately and runs more aggressively, but also elevates the play of those around him. He's a gamer. I'm a Frost believer, but I have wonder if he's too close the situation to see the forest through the trees.
He really did on those 12 passes he threw. Shall we get him Heisman odds already or what?!
I think it was definitely deceptive. I didn't think McCaffrey was coming in the game to throw the ball, considering most of his previous plays were runs. Iowa obviously thought the same thing, because JD was wide open
It would be hard to be a worse passer than what we've had from our starter. Id put my money on the unknown in this bet.
Frost said packages not trick plays. They are not the same thing. You build a series of plays around a look, and this is referred to as a package. Every coach refers to play series as a package. McCaffrey made a read and hit the open guy, that is all.
The average fan wants to see Martinez on the bench once he unravels. When he unravels our offense goes into turtle mode. When he's hot he's hot, but when he's indecisive it falls on the defense too much. And our defense cannot carry this team.
Not pulling hairs here because this is kind of silly, but to deceive somebody by definition means to trick someone.