Football Geeks: Do we have an official name for that one-man play action thing Denard does?
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Seriously, this play alone is worth keeping Coach Rod on. It is pure genius, and literally makes me squeal like Dennis Nedry when Dodgson pulls out the Shaving Cream Can. This is totally unfair to opposing defenses and I love, love, love it! It's gotta be hard for Rod/Magee to not call it more often than they do.
Can't wait to see 'the play,' for lack of a better description, in The Shoe a few weeks from now!
November 9th, 2010 at 8:09 AM ^
and I got no bread. Pop Tart it is.
November 8th, 2010 at 9:18 PM ^
It's called lolgoodtryDbetterlucknexttime. Too long?
November 8th, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
November 8th, 2010 at 9:33 PM ^
I call it "HUH?! Oh, I see what you did there!"
November 8th, 2010 at 10:04 PM ^
reverse possum.
November 8th, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
QB Iso Pass or QB Sweep Pass, depending on which you're referring to. I sometimes call it LOLOLOLOLOL because that's what I'm doing at the safety, but that's overly technical and pedantic. If it's run out of trips, as we like to do, it would be Trips (Left/Right) QB Sweep Pass. For example:
November 8th, 2010 at 11:20 PM ^
I've been searching for a single clip of the play to show some friends. Good stuff. Great Play! And I love that we run it out of different formations, with slight tweaks to the routes.
November 8th, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^
a youtube video compiling every instance of this play would be ridiculously fun to watch.
November 8th, 2010 at 10:53 PM ^
Only fair that we name it after the person that first devised the play.
November 8th, 2010 at 11:24 PM ^
How 'bout "The Candle" in honor of our fearless leader's description of the M offense:
This is not "rock rock rock," it's "rock, scissors, rock, rock, paper, scissors, candle, rock, wait what candle(?) oops you scored a touchdown."
November 9th, 2010 at 1:24 PM ^
Yes! Thank you for posting that, I was just about to go find it myself.
November 8th, 2010 at 11:34 PM ^
I don't know but everyone I know seems to call it the Denard Special
November 9th, 2010 at 12:57 AM ^
November 9th, 2010 at 2:17 AM ^
The Eviscerator.
November 9th, 2010 at 8:57 AM ^
The Annexation of Puerto Rico
November 9th, 2010 at 1:18 PM ^
...and it seems Brian has nicknamed it "QB Lead Oh NOES", which also accurately describes it. (from the latest UV)
November 9th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
Against the defense it should be called "Pick your poison play"
November 9th, 2010 at 3:50 PM ^
The play will not always have a consistent name because certian elements such as the formation and pass concept will be changed from time-to-time.
One thing that will remain constant, however, is that the number will always be an 80 or 90 number (80 if the play is run to the right, 90 if the play is run to the left). Reason being that Rich Rodrugiez's 80/90 series is the mobile game/protection common to the play.
Using this play from the ND game as an example;
The play would be "Leo Tite 90 Stalk n' Go"
Formation: Leo Tite
Protection/QB action: 90
Pass Concept: Stalk n' Go. That was my added guess. "Stalk" is a type of block a WR executes on an off-coverage defender. A "Go" route is just a take-off downfield hence "Stalk n' Go". The concept could be called anything that Michigan has in-house ("foolie", "lookie", etc.) but that was my educated guess. Sidenote: the WR's don't do a hell of a job selling the stalk but I'm guessing that was more a function of ND's quick reaction to the potential QB run.
November 9th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
Holy embed!