Stupidest Mistake of the Weekend

[JohnStOnge]

My vote goes to Marshall throwing a pass to try to get a few more yards when all it had to do was do something conservative then line up and try a mid-range field goal.

That weird rollout punt thing Arizona State did against LSU was pretty strange too.

What's your candidate?

[ISUMatt]

Everything Iowa did vs Iowa State...
Indiana St not even trying vs St Francis!!

[Ivytalk]

Vince Young throwing that stupid interception against OSU when he was about to get sacked. He's lucky that mistake didn't cost Texas the game.

[Marcus Garvey]

Of the games I saw, I'm going with Arizona State's play calling on their last series of the game. Bad enough they let LSU score on 4th and 12 with 1:12 to go. However, with Sam Keller as their QB, I knew they could come back. Well, after two quick strikes to move the ball down-field, ASU had the ball inside LSU's 30 with over 50 seconds to play.

This is where they got dumb. Suddenly, it looked like Galen Hall was calling the plays. Instead of going for mid-field passes to get a first down (which ASU was doing very easily all night), they threw deep the next 3 plays for the endzone. They didn't attempt a 12 yard pass until 4th down, and that was incomplete.

[blueballs]

Georgia Southern's 4th quarter debacle against McNeese State:

Leading 20-16 and McNeese with the ball on a 3rd and 13 play, GSU blitzes the house only to see the blitz picked up and McNeese hit a big pass play against man coverage on the outside for a TD with no over the top help from a safety.

GSU drives to the McNeese 15 trailing by 3 with about 5 minutes left, has a 3rd and 1, and a player draws a 15 yard deadball unsportsmanlike penalty for taunting. Next play is a sack and GSU doesn't score. But wait, there's more!!!

GSU gets the ball back and promptly drives down to the McNeese 20. An option pitch produces the game winning score. Not so fast my friend, there's holding on the play, so the score is erased and the penalty backs GSU up to the 30.

On the next play the QB rolls left, outside the tackle box, and finds his receivers covered. Instead of throwing the ball away and retaining field goal range, he reverses his field, runs backwards and is sacked for a 19 yard loss back to the 49.

On 4th down GSU changes QB's for the obvious hail mary play on 4th and 39, but our replacement QB scrambles around, doesn't make an attempt to throw it, and is sacked even though he had about 5 or so seconds to get rid of the ball. Game over.

If anybody can trump that display of mental ineptitude, I want to see it...

[AZGrizFan]

Of the games I saw, I'm going with Arizona State's play calling on their last series of the game. Bad enough they let LSU score on 4th and 12 with 1:12 to go. However, with Sam Keller as their QB, I knew they could come back. Well, after two quick strikes to move the ball down-field, ASU had the ball inside LSU's 30 with over 50 seconds to play.

This is where they got dumb. Suddenly, it looked like Galen Hall was calling the plays. Instead of going for mid-field passes to get a first down (which ASU was doing very easily all night), they threw deep the next 3 plays for the endzone. They didn't attempt a 12 yard pass until 4th down, and that was incomplete.

I couldn't agree more. ASU's coach cost them that game. Between the idiotic punt/run play and the play calling on the last 4 downs, he had his head so far up his a** that he could see daylight! I've not seen a team dominate another team like that and lose in God knows how long!

[DuckDuckGriz]

Kentucky scheduling Idaho State ;)

[JohnStOnge]

I couldn't agree more. ASU's coach cost them that game. Between the idiotic punt/run play and the play calling on the last 4 downs, he had his head so far up his a** that he could see daylight! I've not seen a team dominate another team like that and lose in God knows how long!

I don't know if I'd say it was overwhelming domination by ASU. I'd say both defenses were pretty much defensless (even though ASU did at least get a pass rush).

Remember...LSU stopped itself an awful lot. They had that thing where they drove the length of the field, had a play open for a TD, then had the QB drop the ball while he was cocking his arm to throw it creating an unforced fumble recovered by ASU. And they had a LOT of dropped passes.

I do think ASU's coaching staff did stupider stuff though. Can't blame LSU's coaching staff for the guy dropping the ball while he's cocking his arm to throw or all of the dropped balls. CAN blame ASU's coaching staff for some of the play calling and that RIDICULOUS roll out punt play. Also can blame them for going into prevent defense on that 4th down play where LSU scored the TD so that the QB had plenty of time to throw the ball.

Anyway, neither defense distinguished itself.

[ChickenMan]

Georgia Southern's 4th quarter debacle against McNeese State:

Leading 20-16 and McNeese with the ball on a 3rd and 13 play, GSU blitzes the house only to see the blitz picked up and McNeese hit a big pass play against man coverage on the outside for a TD with no over the top help from a safety.

GSU drives to the McNeese 15 trailing by 3 with about 5 minutes left, has a 3rd and 1, and a player draws a 15 yard deadball unsportsmanlike penalty for taunting. Next play is a sack and GSU doesn't score. But wait, there's more!!!

GSU gets the ball back and promptly drives down to the McNeese 20. An option pitch produces the game winning score. Not so fast my friend, there's holding on the play, so the score is erased and the penalty backs GSU up to the 30.

On the next play the QB rolls left, outside the tackle box, and finds his receivers covered. Instead of throwing the ball away and retaining field goal range, he reverses his field, runs backwards and is sacked for a 19 yard loss back to the 49.

On 4th down GSU changes QB's for the obvious hail mary play on 4th and 39, but our replacement QB scrambles around, doesn't make an attempt to throw it, and is sacked even though he had about 5 or so seconds to get rid of the ball. Game over.

If anybody can trump that display of mental ineptitude, I want to see it...



that will be hard to top... sounds like a well earned loss... ;)

[NorthDakotaBison]

There is no question...

Dumbest play of the week: Drew Tate "Tackling" Steve Paris of my beloved Cyclones.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[JohnStOnge]

There is no question...

Dumbest play of the week: Drew Tate "Tackling" Steve Paris of my beloved Cyclones.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

You'll have to elaborate on that one. I'm not familiar with it.