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re: Stanford WR evokes mentions of Tyrone Prothro's signature catch
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:09 am to BowlJackson
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:09 am to BowlJackson
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After watching that Prothro's was better than I remembered. Impressive he was able to hold on while basically being dragged at full speed.
No harm. It was better than I remembered too. It was ten damn years ago.
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But still vs top 25 rival will have this play remembered longer than vs Southern Miss.
I'll grant you that. It was a more meaningful matchup, but the circumstances don't dictate the athleticism of either play. Both were made with a DB making similar plays on the ball and both were for big gainers.
Both were fricking amazing.
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:15 am to Weagle25
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Prothro's has a slightly higher degree of difficulty
I'm gonna disagree. I think the Stanford player had to have more focus. Prothro was down in a split second and in that split second all he had to do was focus on not dropping the ball. The Stanford play was a jump ball which means he had to focus on the ball in the air longer with a guy in between him and the ball, and it took longer for him to go down which means he had to hold on longer and he had an arm in his face taking away from his focus on the ball.
The plays were both very difficult in different ways IMO
This post was edited on 10/16/15 at 12:17 am
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:17 am to cyde
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Both were fricking amazing.
Very true. I wonder if Stanford has a Daniel Moore of their own to immortalize this in painting form in malls all around California
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:18 am to BowlJackson
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I'm gonna disagree. I think the Stanford player had to have more focus. Prothro was down in a split second and in that split second all he had to do was focus on not dropping the ball. The Stanford play was a jump ball which means he had to focus on the ball in the air longer with a guy in between him and the ball, and it took longer for him to go down which means he had to hold on longer and he had an arm in his face taking away from his focus on the ball.
The plays were both very difficult in different ways IMO
I'll say that the Prothro catch probably required a bit more athleticism (controlling the ball through that flip at a full sprint was astonishing) and the Stanford catch probably required a bit more focus.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:19 am to BowlJackson
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Very true. I wonder if Stanford has a Daniel Moore of their own to immortalize this in painting form in malls all around California
Or at least a spy on the other team's sideline to catch video for social media.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:19 am to cyde
I'd say that Stanford WR was taller and bigger than that DB, while Prothro was smaller than that DB.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:29 am to Nuts4LSU
Only it wasn't over a Mustard Buzzard, but a Bruin!
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:32 am to Nuts4LSU
Both great catches but Prothros was more difficult. The ball was going away from the catching motion in Tyrone vs the Stanford guy who the ball was coming to him. Still no need to compare, both were fun to watch.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:37 am to BowlJackson
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But still vs top 25 rival will have this play remembered longer than vs Southern Miss.
Really?
Because we're still talking about Prothro's catch.
Prothro's was FIRST - that will mean all the comparisons of similar events will come back to his catch, not this one.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:40 am to skrayper
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Really?
Because we're still talking about Prothro's catch.
Prothro's was FIRST - that will mean all the comparisons of similar events will come back to his catch, not this one.
That's true. It's likely that, once the Stanford game is long in the books that Prothro's catch will be the comparison when the Stanford catch is talked about.
Stanford may have simply ensured that Prothro's catch will live on.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 1:22 am to Nuts4LSU
frick Mike Shula with 37 Andre the Giant dicks for ruining Prothro's career.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 2:43 am to skrayper
True. This is pretty much already being called a prothro catch and I already forgot the Stanford guys name
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