Texas first and goal at the one to tie and . . .

[Beattheohiostate]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

 

[Garzatough85]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

Why is Iowa and others like in this situation averse to the tush push? It seems to work with enough regularity that any team should be practicing it each week for first downs and touchdowns. wtf?

 

[drh1150]

1st and goal at the one and then, golf.

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

Reminded me of Iowa this year. They effed around and found out.

 

[Zooropa_NCR]

It was very much a BF series. Brian would have called the jet sweep for loss of 5 versus their toss play

If KOK would have been on TX staff i think you see 4 straight QB sneaks

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Yep, I'll never understand not running the QB sneak with just one yard needed with MULTIPLE tries.

All it takes is a small crease and you are in. And a RB pushing the QB.

You really shouldn't lose yardage in a QB sneak, so if you don't make it..... Just go again and again and again.

 

[Hawktagonapus]

You really shouldn't lose yardage in a QB sneak

Too soon

 

[hawkjt]

OSU is not your standard issue goal- line defense.
They are elite.
Fans love to hammer Iowa for 3rd and 4th down defiencies but truth is that the offensive guru Sark struggled just like Brian Ferentz in these situations cuz it ain't a slam dunk.
Lindebaum is all-pro.
That's why our sneak game was good for awhile.

 

[rrdd2021]

OSU is not your standard issue goal- line defense.
They are elite.
Fans love to hammer Iowa for 3rd and 4th down defiencies but truth is that the offensive guru Sark struggled just like Brian Ferentz in these situations cuz it ain't a slam dunk.
Lindebaum is all-pro.
That's why our sneak game was good for awhile.

Exactly right and I saw a piece on ESPN that showed how extremely tough OSU is around the goal line.

 

[BGHAWK]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

You just named a few of my favorite plays that don't seem to show up in the Iowa playbook like they have in previous years.

And, when the game is already won, don't give the ball to The Fridge when Sweetness is available.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

I’ve always wondered why teams don’t put the extra o-lineman in as fullback and either hand it off or have him tushy the QB. Not that running backs aren’t strong but a 310+ pound dude pushing…..physics.

 

[uihawk82]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

Correct, your first play should be a qb sneak not handing it off deep. Get the TD or gain half the distance and then Tush Push again but maybe over the guard tackle hole. These coaches way overthink things

 

[BurgHawk87]

OSU is not your standard issue goal- line defense.
They are elite.
Fans love to hammer Iowa for 3rd and 4th down defiencies but truth is that the offensive guru Sark struggled just like Brian Ferentz in these situations cuz it ain't a slam dunk.
Lindebaum is all-pro.
That's why our sneak game was good for awhile.

Sure, but Texas didn't even try. Those play calls were admitting defeat.

 

[MikeT2425]

Channeling Pete Carroll!?!

 

[twindman]

Also, didn't the announcers say Texas was 108th (yes 108) out of 130 FBS schools in red zone efficiency!! Really awful for a team rated this high.

 

[BrewHawk]

Biggest mistake is going shotgun/pistol.

 

[hawkeyeinmo]

I’ve always wondered why teams don’t put the extra o-lineman in as fullback and either hand it off or have him tushy the QB. Not that running backs aren’t strong but a 310+ pound dude pushing…..physics.

Power=force X velocity. 310 pound “dude” may not produce the same power at the line of scrimmage as a smaller “dude”

 

[uihawk82]

Biggest mistake is going shotgun/pistol.

I agree for the most part but pistol or shotgun is fine when you have a great running or really good running QB. The Missouri qb was very good at the fake pitch and then charge up thru a hole. Allen of the Bills, Lamar Jackson, a lot of QBs are good in those running situtions. Howard made that big 4th and 2 and usually on those plays the fake handoff is going at the center of the LOS and the defense has to sell out so the qb can pick one of three gaps and they cant all be covered.

I think Gronowski and Brendan Sullivan are generally pretty good at that short yardage qb keeper.

 

[Beattheohiostate]

I’ve always wondered why teams don’t put the extra o-lineman in as fullback and either hand it off or have him tushy the QB. Not that running backs aren’t strong but a 310+ pound dude pushing…..physics.

And the Bears showed how to do it nearly 40 years ago. Of course, they only won the Super Bowl that year, so what did they know . . .

 

[Beattheohiostate]

Exactly right and I saw a piece on ESPN that showed how extremely tough OSU is around the goal line.

We all know that, but Texas had 4 tries to gain 36 inches and keep their shot at the national title alive. And those plays are the best they could come up with? LOL

The Horns couldn't hook 'em. So sad.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

Concur

 

[IIowaFarmBoy]

Why is Iowa and others like in this situation averse to the tush push? It seems to work with enough regularity that any team should be practicing it each week for first downs and touchdowns. wtf?

Iowa is different. You have to have a moving tush to push and that movement can't be stagnant or backward.

 

[eyesofhawk]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

Which one was he supposed to call?

 

[shanksit44]

Yep, I'll never understand not running the QB sneak with just one yard needed with MULTIPLE tries.

All it takes is a small crease and you are in. And a RB pushing the QB.

You really shouldn't lose yardage in a QB sneak, so if you don't make it..... Just go again and again and again.

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Stanley affect. Two rushes at the most for TD's. Linderbaum was a huge on Stanley's sneaks that year.

 

[icantfindausernamethatisntused]

I’ve always wondered why teams don’t put the extra o-lineman in as fullback and either hand it off or have him tushy the QB. Not that running backs aren’t strong but a 310+ pound dude pushing…..physics.

Bears did it this year and the guy fumbled.

 

[cidhawkeye]

Bears did it this year and the guy fumbled.

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Only forgotten because of the Bears being the Bears on the Hail Mary

 

[EagleHawk]

Bears did it this year and the guy fumbled.

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Anyone else annoyed by the trend of the defense running to the opposite endzone after any turnover no matter where it happens on the field? That one I see a little because they might not have blown the play dead, but every TO, they all have to run to mug for the cameras. AAF.

 

[shanksit44]

Only forgotten because of the Bears being the Bears on the Hail Mary

That was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time. And then to have #29 remove his head from his backside long enough to get back to the scrum just in time to be the one to tip it into the receiver's hands............................CLASSIC.

 

[IowaHawk1994]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

Ass head Herbiestreet calling that PeeWee Herman Texas coach 'legendary' and how great he is all game (season) LMAO after that epic fail

Herbie needs to stop blowing his pals during broadcasts it has gotten old ... matter of fact, Herbie needs to just STFU. Do Thursday night NFL so no one watched or hears his dumb ass.

 

[Capiche]

Caleb Downs mentioned in a post-game interview that Texas has run that pitch play (2nd down) before in goal line situations. He recognized the formation and made the initial contact on the play.

 

[nick614]

Oregon, Nebraska, Penn State, and Michigan tried to "pound it in" vs Ohio State and all of them failed. Texas saw that on tape and after getting stuffed on 1st down tried something else that didn't work. Then they tried 2 passes and got wrecked doing that too.

 

[Rambler Hawk]

Bears did it this year and the guy fumbled.

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Flus should give back his salary for the year. It has been a brutal couple years watching Iowa’s offense on Saturdays and then the NFL version (Bears) on Sundays…🙄

 

[hexumhawk]

Ill never understand a goal line situation on offense and purposely putting the ball 9 yards backwards as a plan of attack.

 

[obfuscating]

Why is Iowa and others like in this situation averse to the tush push? It seems to work with enough regularity that any team should be practicing it each week for first downs and touchdowns. wtf?

Especially with <2yds to go, if you can't get 2yds on 4 tries you may be a redneck.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

Especially with <2yds to go, if you can't get 2yds on 4 tries you may be a redneck.

If you can't find a decent quarterback in 5 seasons?..........



This could get entertaining!

 

[shanksit44]

Ass head Herbiestreet calling that PeeWee Herman Texas coach 'legendary' and how great he is all game (season) LMAO after that epic fail

Herbie needs to stop blowing his pals during broadcasts it has gotten old ... matter of fact, Herbie needs to just STFU. Do Thursday night NFL so no one watched or hears his dumb ass.

Bad day?

 

[mvhomerl]

. . . The great offensive mind of Steve Sarkisian turns to mush. Those play calls reminded me of BF and of Iowa in the Iowa State game this season. You have FOUR tries, if necessary, to get into the end zone from 36 inches away and tie the game, and you not only can't do it, you turn the game-tying TD into a game-deciding TD for the other guys.

It boggles the mind.

Get up under center and roll the QB out along the line of scrimmage. The slightest gap is a TD. Run Hayden's naked boot--fake the dive up the middle, and the QB rolls untouched into the end zone. Fake the QB sneak and throw a jump pass for a TD. Go '85 Bears and put your 325-pound lineman in the backfield and either hand him the ball or fake to him and have the QB follow him into the end zone.

First and goal at the one . . . Wow.

Really quite funny... Iowa fans hacking on "offensive minds".