Next Years offense

Wait, we should abandon all attempts at a passing scheme, one that is every bit as tricky and nuanced as the flexbone option we run now, after our first game experience running those plays? And running them with sub-par offensive line that was matched up against the defending national champions? Based on one, singular performance, we should drop any and all run n shoot and all passing from our playbook?

Outstanding...
 
You don't have to pull it in. As for coming down with it, I thought his foot was down at the time of the swat...maybe not though.
My point about pulling it in was a response to someone saying they thought it bounced off his pads...I was just describing what happened. I didn't save the DVR but I don't think his foot was down with possession. I think it was knocked loose before his foot came down.
 
To score a touchdown, you have to break the plane of the endzone with POSSESSION OF THE BALL. I capitalized that because that is the key issue, especially when dealing with a pass. The general rule for establishing possession as a receiver is to have caught the ball, control it, and get a foot (two in NFL) in bounds, and MAINTAIN POSSESSION TO THE GROUND. There was an NFL playoff game between Tampa and Washington three years ago that had this come up. The Tampa receiver had the ball come/knocked out as he went to the ground, and therefore had the play called incomplete.

With all of that said, the pass to Bay Bay was underthrown/late. He had to slow down, and turn around, which gave the corner time to recover and make a play on the ball. A well timed/thrown ball, and that is an easy touchdown. I think it would be a definite help if Nesbitt took some time to work on his passes. Even when there wasn't pressure, or not even that much, he was throwing balls behind receivers, and far too low at times. Granted, there were also a few plays where his receivers didn't give him much help, but the overall point is that our passing game needs to get better for us to win consistently. That doesn't necessarily mean throw it more (I am in favor of the run 'n shoot package, as long as it isn't overused). It means that when we do pass, it has to be deadly accurate/efficient.
 
Josh Nesbitt threw for over 5000 yards in high school and you can bet your ass that he can throw the ball better than he did against LSU. His talent is not the problem. He's just got to get reps and fine tune his mechanics. I hope that Paul Johnson can get him to regain his confidence and accuracy during the off season.

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Rated the top quarterback in the state of Georgia ... as a senior at Greene County High, he passed for 2,256 yards and 32 touchdowns with just four interceptions... completed 134-of-222 passes... as a junior he passed for 2,833 yards with 31 TD and nine interceptions ...
 
Josh Nesbitt threw for over 5000 yards in high school and you can bet your ass that he can throw the ball better than he did against LSU. His talent is not the problem. He's just got to get reps and fine tune his mechanics. I hope that Paul Johnson can get him to regain his confidence and accuracy during the off season.

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+1

It's definitely all about the reps, and just practicing it more. If he can really become efficient with his passing, our offense will be all but unstoppable when executing properly.
 
Josh Nesbitt threw for over 5000 yards in high school and you can bet your ass that he can throw the ball better than he did against LSU. His talent is not the problem. He's just got to get reps and fine tune his mechanics. I hope that Paul Johnson can get him to regain his confidence and accuracy during the off season.

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Reps and a better O-line.
 
I believe that you are technically correct, but you don't see anyone get that call. If there is one shred of doubt about if it was a catch or not and the ball is on the ground it won't be called a TD (unless it is a SEC crew in a GT-UGA game (trying to make sure they don't get suspended)).

He is thinking about the Tennessee-Florida game a few years ago. The Florida receiver "caught" the ball in the endzone for about 0.0001 seconds before it was batted away. That officiating crew called it a TD. There was a lot of arguing about the call after the game, but it was technically correct.

I'm not sure our receiver got his foot down before the ball was swatted away. The UF receiver in the other game was standing flat footed.
 
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