This play does a great job of illustrating the difference between having Ricky Seals-Jones, who is built like an anime supervillain, as the H-back and having Frank Iheanacho, who is built like a humanoid golem made of popsicle sticks and Elmer's Glue.
"Hi, I'm Ricky Seals-Jones and I have DirecTV."
"I'm Frank Iheanacho, and I have cable."
Koda Martin is legit lined up in the backfield. He may as well be wearing a neon sign that reads "I'm about to pull and the play is a run to the left, have at it." The RMS Titanic was involved with the last disaster that was so highly telegraphed.
Sure, nice run. But what has me sitting here more excited than Tate Pittman in a parked car is the blocking by Josh Reynolds. He looks like he's taking great personal pleasure in ruining #7's life. That little "fuck you" push at the end took him AND his buddy out and now I'm all turgid over here.
Earlier I made a joke about Hunter Hurst briefly being South Carolina's leading passer. After this play, their punter was actually their best quarterback, statistically speaking.
Hunter Hurst is not going to block Daeshon Hall 1-on-1 unless he is equipped with a large-caliber firearm. Even then, it's a risky shot because wounding him will only anger him further.
The entire D-line obliterated their blockers on this play. Tip of the cap to the left tackle, who succeeded in not getting beat only by not trying to block anyone. If you never try, you'll never fail.
Shaan Washington again, just wondering where the hell you think you're going. At this hour? With five blockers against a seven-man front? Get the hell back inside right now, young man.
I remember a time before Fox Sports, when not every college game was on television. Notre Dame was on NBC, there was a game on CBS, one on ABC and one on HSE. Watching your team on TV was a privilege, not a right. Those were dark days, but sometimes I kinda miss them.
If there were a satirical college football analysis department at The Onion, one of its headlines would be "True freshman RB great at running, sub-par at pass protection." It's a trope, we expect it at this point. What's your excuse on this play, Avery Gennesy?
If they were playing freeze tag, the H-back still would have missed Donovan Wilson.
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