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Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:03 am
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:03 am
South Carolina - LSU 2007
Colt David fake field goal was almost too perfect. Spurrier's smirk and Les Miles delight made this perfect TV.
Fake field goals have been a signature for Les Miles. It's hard to pick just one but the fake field goal pulled off against South Carolina is hard to beat. The Tigers were ahead, 14-7, and appeared ready to attempt a 32-yard field goal. When Matt Flynn received the snap, he flipped a no-look pass over his back to kicker Colt David who sprinted 15 yards into the end zone. LSU went on to win the BCS National Championship and it wouldn't be the last time Miles called for a fake. There's a reason he's called the Mad Hatter.
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Colt David fake field goal was almost too perfect. Spurrier's smirk and Les Miles delight made this perfect TV.
Fake field goals have been a signature for Les Miles. It's hard to pick just one but the fake field goal pulled off against South Carolina is hard to beat. The Tigers were ahead, 14-7, and appeared ready to attempt a 32-yard field goal. When Matt Flynn received the snap, he flipped a no-look pass over his back to kicker Colt David who sprinted 15 yards into the end zone. LSU went on to win the BCS National Championship and it wouldn't be the last time Miles called for a fake. There's a reason he's called the Mad Hatter.
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Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:06 am to gamecockman12
THe West Virginia fake punt in the 2005/6 Sugar Bowl.
Great call by Rich Rod. It was 4th and 5 and the punter ran for 10. Kept UGA from getting the ball back in that game. Had they done so, the way DJ Shockley was playing UGA would have had a good shot to score and win the game.
Great call by Rich Rod. It was 4th and 5 and the punter ran for 10. Kept UGA from getting the ball back in that game. Had they done so, the way DJ Shockley was playing UGA would have had a good shot to score and win the game.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:10 am to gamecockman12
I swear everytime we have tried that fake field goal it has worked....until the refs throw a flag. The holding when we did it vs Bama in 2019 was such a frustratingly bad call.
but ol Les...he knew how and when to call them.
but ol Les...he knew how and when to call them.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:11 am to gamecockman12
80 yard runs right up the gut. Arkansas’s defense gets so confused every time, even though it seems to happen very frequently.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:18 am to gamecockman12
One of the most famous trick plays in all of college football history was in 1937 when Vandy beat LSU on a hidden ball play.
The play began with Vanderbilt in the Single Wing unbalanced to the left. The quarterback, Reinschmidt, aligned behind the left guard. Hinkle, the center snapped to the quarterback as all four backs begin sweeping to the left.
The left tackle, Ricketson, feigned injury and while LSU’s yearbook indicates he fell to the ground, other accounts say he squatted in position. Either way, as the quarterback moved left, he handed the ball to Ricketson.
LSU’s defense bit on the fake and pursued Vanderbilt’s sweep. The image above suggests Ricketson had his left knee on the ground, but it is unclear whether he possessed the ball at that point. The play should have been called dead if Ricketson possessed the ball while his knee was on the ground. However, if he had placed the ball on the ground, he was free to pick it up and run with it.
Ultimately, Ricketson picked up the ball as two teammates led the convoy 51 yards downfield for a touchdown, much like the fumblerooski that came decades later.
footballarchaeology vanderbilts-trick-play
The play began with Vanderbilt in the Single Wing unbalanced to the left. The quarterback, Reinschmidt, aligned behind the left guard. Hinkle, the center snapped to the quarterback as all four backs begin sweeping to the left.
The left tackle, Ricketson, feigned injury and while LSU’s yearbook indicates he fell to the ground, other accounts say he squatted in position. Either way, as the quarterback moved left, he handed the ball to Ricketson.
LSU’s defense bit on the fake and pursued Vanderbilt’s sweep. The image above suggests Ricketson had his left knee on the ground, but it is unclear whether he possessed the ball at that point. The play should have been called dead if Ricketson possessed the ball while his knee was on the ground. However, if he had placed the ball on the ground, he was free to pick it up and run with it.
Ultimately, Ricketson picked up the ball as two teammates led the convoy 51 yards downfield for a touchdown, much like the fumblerooski that came decades later.
footballarchaeology vanderbilts-trick-play
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:29 am to gamecockman12
2003 OU game. The year prior we had played them at their place and almost pulled off a major upset (watching that ball slip out of Tyler Watts' hand still haunts me to this day). 2003 was, of course, Shula's first year and no one was quite sure what to expect. Oklahoma was his first game in Bryant-Denny as head coach and the Sooners came in ranked number one. The ensuing game pretty much encapsulated what the entire Shula era would look like: extremely hard-hitting defense, not a whole lot of offense, and a bone-headed coaching move that more or less decided things. In the latter half of the third quarter Bama scored a TD to cut the OU lead to 13-10. On the ensuing possession the Bama D held the Sooners to a 3-and-out, except that no they fricking didn't because by this point Stoops had noticed that every single time OU punted, the man we sent out to cover the gunner would try to rush and block the punt instead of following his man downfield. So he had the punter take the snap and then just toss an easy pass over to the absolutely-wide-open gunner, who rambled for a first. The very next play OU hit a long TD pass and that was that.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:35 am to gamecockman12
Any of the Les Miles fakes, wherein every single person watching on TV or in the stadium was thinking watch for the fake except the entire coaching staff of Florida.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:50 am to gamecockman12
Maybe the flea flicker UGA ran against us in 2017 on their 1st play of the game.
59 yard TD that was a one shot kill.
59 yard TD that was a one shot kill.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:57 am to gamecockman12
Georgia 2017
They opened the game with a flea flicker for a touchdown that completely caught us off guard.
I think we were like 4-0 going into that game all hyped and the game was essentially over after that first play.
To this day, that was one of the Top 3 loudest games I've ever witnessed.
ETA: Posted this before looking at the responses. I see I'm not the only State fan tormented by this one
They opened the game with a flea flicker for a touchdown that completely caught us off guard.
I think we were like 4-0 going into that game all hyped and the game was essentially over after that first play.
To this day, that was one of the Top 3 loudest games I've ever witnessed.
ETA: Posted this before looking at the responses. I see I'm not the only State fan tormented by this one
This post was edited on 3/8/24 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:57 am to gamecockman12
Pick one:
1) Boise State, 2007: hook & ladder
2) Boise State, 2007: statue of liberty
1) Boise State, 2007: hook & ladder
2) Boise State, 2007: statue of liberty
Posted on 3/8/24 at 9:59 am to gamecockman12
Florida fans, I'll also answer this for you.
Has to be the LSU over the should fake FG.
Has to be the LSU over the should fake FG.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 10:11 am to gamecockman12
We are usually the tricker not the trickee, I can think of way more trick plays we tried that didn't work than I can trick plays against us.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 10:13 am to gamecockman12
fsu fake punt to steal momentum and win it all.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 10:14 am to gamecockman12
Posted on 3/8/24 at 10:30 am to gamecockman12
That was great for us, but against us….
1998 Kentucky I remember everyone screaming it’s a fake yet lsu went for the block. Kentucky gained enough yards to make a manageable field goal with zeros on the clock. Daily advertiser
1998 Kentucky I remember everyone screaming it’s a fake yet lsu went for the block. Kentucky gained enough yards to make a manageable field goal with zeros on the clock. Daily advertiser
Posted on 3/8/24 at 10:47 am to gamecockman12
Posted on 3/8/24 at 11:12 am to gamecockman12
Everything Auburn did in the 2013 Iron Bowl.
This post was edited on 3/8/24 at 11:13 am
Posted on 3/8/24 at 11:19 am to gamecockman12
Flea fricking Kicker
Dr. Tom drew it up at half time and invoked the NEZ curse, which Mevis finally ended with his 61 yard mic drop on KSU.
Dr. Tom drew it up at half time and invoked the NEZ curse, which Mevis finally ended with his 61 yard mic drop on KSU.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 11:41 am to gamecockman12
I've never thought about it, but I guess there are no rules regarding the holder possessing the ball with his knee down?
Posted on 3/8/24 at 11:53 am to gamecockman12
Bama fake punt in 2009, it was early in the contest and there had been an exchange of 3 and outs, and we had held them again, but Bama runs a fake and converts, goes on to score a FG, at the time it didn't seem like much but it was enough to get the momentum rolling.
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