Justin Thomas

[Skeptic]

Damn the SEC is unreal, Josh Robinson for Miss St turned pro and STILL has a better chance to win the Heisman next year than anyone from the ACC...just damn.

I see what you did there. The enduring image of Robinson in his last college game was sitting on the sideline, looking like a truck hit him, and it was only a GT defensive back. it's possible that this one tackle, more than anything else, woke people up to the fact GT can compete at the highest level.

 

[Declinometer]

Leading The Phoenix Open right now!!!

 

[Whatllyahave]

JT reminds me of the kid at WVA a few years ago. White, maybe. He was an ankle breaker but JT is a much better passer.

 

[B Lifsey]

Most satisfying text book tackle I saw all season.

Looks like cut tackling to me...should have been called 15 yd penalty

Seriously, it was a pretty tackle and awesomely played defense.

 

[danny daniel]

Looks like cut tackling to me...should have been called 15 yd penalty

Seriously, it was a pretty tackle and awesomely played defense.

Yes. Both I Johnson and Golden really stepped up their game in the second half of the season.

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

Four teams held JT to under 50 yds rushing. Everyone will be keying on him from now on.

 

[bat_082994]

Four teams held JT to under 50 yds rushing. Everyone will be keying on him from now on.

Great! Now we'll kill them with the dive and the pitch

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Great! Now we'll kill them with the dive and the pitch

Which is kind of what we did to those teams. I remember several of us saying on other sites that those games in which JT got few yards were text book examples of a team player who made everyone else on the team look that much better. Kind of like a point guard who didn't score many points but set up everyone else to score big.

 

[lastoption]

Which is kind of what we did to those teams. I remember several of us saying on other sites that those games in which JT got few yards were text book examples of a team player who made everyone else on the team look that much better. Kind of like a point guard who didn't score many points but set up everyone else to score big.

To me the most exciting part of Thomas' play is how he really runs the TO and in particular reads the b-back give on the base TO. Midway through the season it seemed like the percentage of true TO plays as opposed to designated gives or keeps went through the roof. In the OB I recall only a handful of TO plays but after those first few successful plays MSU was basically run blitzing outside the tackle to stop the keep and pitch and of course that resulted in the second half b-back dive beat down as they kept running themselves upfield out of the play.

 

[Skeptic]

Which is kind of what we did to those teams. I remember several of us saying on other sites that those games in which JT got few yards were text book examples of a team player who made everyone else on the team look that much better. Kind of like a point guard who didn't score many points but set up everyone else to score big.

I thought it was fairly obvious as the season progressed that defenses put a target on his back, and if the goal was to limit his yards, maybe to that extent it kind of worked. It was the rest of it that kind of fell apart for defenses. Making him hold on to the ball is not a bad tactic in a perfect world, but then MSU might have an opinion.

 

[Boomergump]

By m

Four teams held JT to under 50 yds rushing. Everyone will be keying on him from now on.

By my count (just looked up the boxscore stats) we were 5-1 in games that JT finished under 50 yards rushing. In the loss (UNC) we put up a ton of yards and points. So this may not be the elixir that some teams might think. Gotta love the concept of the option!

 

[bhoffman123]

By m

By my count (just looked up the boxscore stats) we were 5-1 in games that JT finished under 50 yards rushing. In the loss (UNC) we put up a ton of yards and points. So this may not be the elixir that some teams might think. Gotta love the concept of the option!

Weren't we 5-1 when JT was over 50 yards also? Has to be frustrating for a DC

 

[Texaswreck]

Per Ohio State you need a competent number two and maybe number three QB- after Byerly came into Duke game it got close/ who is number 3? This offense is tough on QB so plan B & C are important.

 

[MidtownJacket]

It is awesome to be seeing the 3O ran the way it is meant to be. Even better though (IMHO) is seeing the wrinkles CPJ keeps flexing. It makes it almost impossible to prepare for - knowing whatever you get really good at stopping we will move away from. Shut us down in the middle, we go outside; shut down the stretch plays we hammer the BBack; sell out to cover the run and we hit you with a pitch, rocket toss or just throw the thing down field.

 

[GTech63]

It is awesome to be seeing the 3O ran the way it is meant to be. Even better though (IMHO) is seeing the wrinkles CPJ keeps flexing. It makes it almost impossible to prepare for - knowing whatever you get really good at stopping we will move away from. Shut us down in the middle, we go outside; shut down the stretch plays we hammer the BBack; sell out to cover the run and we hit you with a pitch, rocket toss or just throw the thing down field.

....Crowd the box and bam TD pass....

 

[MidtownJacket]

exactly

 

[Yaller Jacket]

This may not really go here... I was replaying the MSU game the other night and came across a pass I remember marveling at when watching live. It was a medium length pass to the right sideline, probably to Waller. There was a defender in front of our receiver and one behind. Justin threw a rainbow which floated over the first defender then dropped into our receivers hands. It tickles me to no end to think we have a quarterback who on top of everything else he can do can throw a touch pass like that, and for two more years.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

 

[dressedcheeseside]