The F’n Eagles (no TOS pun intended)…Eye in the Sky…

IF…….all I tell you is we lead for 96% of the game, that tells you what? B.C. with a chippy early score, then blanked the rest of the way? Maybe even 3-2 favor B.C. early-on? Yah; me too, but that 4% saw B.C. score 3 TD’s, 1 of which got called back, as Matt Ryan basically mailed in a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Downtown Athletic Club of NYC, that reads: “Dear Sirs: please send me a Heisman invite. regards, M.Ryan

1st Quarter, 12:09 remaining: #26 Cody Grimm with the rarefied steal of an offensive-linemen, as B.C.’s left-G chugged upfield with his head looking back at the play. Duane Brown and I both liked that.

1st Quarter, 3:20 remaining: B.Ore with an excellent chop-block pick up on a blitzing B.C. LB; and then, of all things…..B.Ore nails another one with 1:04 remaining.

1st Quarter, 2:01 remaining: note the new perpendicular to the LOS 2-point stance (i.e. only 2 points of contact with the field, AKA the feet, with no down hand for a 3 point stance), used by #43 Jason Worilds on the VT Punt Return team, right over the B.C. Center. In theory, this might afford Mr. Worilds a better chance to beat the snapper (who must snap with his neck bent far towards his chest to see the Punter) thru the 1 or the 2 hole, as shown here: leftOT-3-G-1-C-2-G-4-rightOT.

2nd Quarter, 13:20-12:50 remaining: savage LOS play by both teams over the course of 3 consecutive plays. #70 S.Render gets it started and winds B.C.’s emotional clock with a sorta close to late hit pancake, that was served up on a VT triple-team block (which is nice, but that leaves you wondering who’s blocking the other B.C. Dlinemen?) Then one of the B.C. LB’s (I think it was Pruitt, but I could not get the number) knocks Morg’ down, then reverse pancakes Graham into the VT backfield. Helluva an effort for a defender to score 2 knockdowns on 1 play. Then the play below.

2nd Quarter, 12:09 remaining: if you wanna see how bad Shu’ is hurt, this is the play. Watch his right ankle give. Even worse that he was bearing weight when it happened.

2nd Quarter, 2:23 remaining: watch B.War actually key the eyes of Matt Ryan, and follow Ryan’s eyes right to the Rb on the screen. B.War did not quite have lockdown coverage on the B.C. Rb, but he was nearly right beside him, and did not appear to know it. Very cerebral play by B.War, that involved no contact, and went for an incompletion.

3rd Quarter, 11:53 remaining: is the 1970’s butt-slap still p.c., and did it cause B.C. to false-start??? As the internal right side B.C. up-man in their punt-formation was not set for 1 full second. I can understand why. I’m calling more than just a time-out if I’m that guy, I’m calling illegal use of hands on my own teammate.

3rd Quarter, 11:15 remaining: ESPN’s sky-cam ices up, and I wonder what the O/U is until one will actually fall?

3rd Quarter, 11:14 remaining: see Weatherford give the play away with a self-psyching-up head-slap as we line-up. I did not know what play we called, but even from 61 miles away, I knew to follow Weatherford to the ball. B.C. did this, and stuffed the play.

3rd Quarter, 3:55 remaining: Kam is a pure, 100% USDA, stud! You don’t see to many knock-downs from only a shoulder hit. But Kam does just that at the end of the play on this one. Kam is a specimen, with a possilbe NFL all-pro ceiling, once he learns the game a bit more.

4th Quarter, 11:26 remaining: ‘nother non-p.c. play by B.C. Ahhhhhh, wow, how do I put this? The ref’s called this a Holding, some might call it a hugging, but it looked like a mounting to me. Cue B.Rynolds rafting Inc. I’m gonna leave the VT name out to protect the innocent.

4th Quarter 20 ticks remaining: sooooooo much happened on this outcome deciding play. First off, this was nobodies TD, but it was a legit Hold by #78 of B.C. their left-G Ty Hall. Not a mugging, but a legit call, that I expect the Home team to get. Up on Chestnut Hill? I expect the no-call. Now for my very 1st ever published melt-down………China Syndrome and Jack Lemmon here I come. What the H was O.Mart doing in Zone-Blitz, running about 35 yards downfield, trailing B.C.’s Rb, ‘dre Chandler (who is obviously faster) all the way into the VT endzone??? Did I not hammer the asininity of only rushing 3 Dlinemen on the Pay MB while expecting even an athletic DE to match-up when you drop him into coverage? B.C. did zackly what I would have done. Just tell whomever any DE covers 2 words: “GO LONG!” That was too easy, and if we are only gonna rush 3 (which I question as well), why not sub O.Mart out for a true DB, and shift into a bona-fide Dime look? Then Matt Ryan scored a post-game celebration pancake. Should be a personal foul 15 yards for unnecessary roughness in my book. As Matt Ryan knocked B.C. head coach Jag’s right on his A when they tried a flying chest-bump.

So that’s 30 uncalled yards in reverse I’ve uncovered, and B.C. should have the ball 3rd down and 50 to go, from their own 46. Even Matt Ryan kan’t score from there. Core temperature now returning to normal, have a nice day. b’street