From: un032221@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.pro
Subject: Re: HE COULD GOO ALLL THE WAY!
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:29:36 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

In article <1688DA43B.MCMASTER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com>, MCMASTER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Jim McMaster) writes:
> In article <1ci84vINN9bt@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
> trottibw@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu (Barry Trottier) writes:
>  
>>In article <1688CA5A8.MCMASTER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com>
>>MCMASTER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Jim McMaster) writes:
>>> In article <1992Oct26.002120.9972@PacBell.COM>
>>> jpglori@srv.PacBell.COM (John P. Gloria) writes:
>>>
>>> >seconds left and in the game, score Miami 20 Colts 24,
>>> >and Miami is at the 8 yard line, 4th down. Marino passes
>>> >and this GIANT NAMED Entman hauls in the pass, YES an INT!
>>> >Entman LUMBERS in for 90 yard TD.....
>>> >
>>> This was an impressive play, but really stupid.  I would call it a
>>> rookie mistake.

	I wouldn't.  90% of the linemen, in the same situation would do the
same thing, though it WAS  a mistake.

>>> The play occurred on fourth down, and Indy up by four points with
>>> about fifteen seconds left.  If Emtman had just batted the ball down,
>>> or fallen on it immediately, the Colts would have knelt down to finish
>>> the game.
>>>
>>> Instead, Emtman kept running.  Wouldn't it have been *really* funny if
>>> Emtman had been stripped with five seconds left, and the Dolphins had
>>> recovered?  Clock stops on change of possession, first down Miami.
>>> Marino would have had one more shot.
>>>
	Yeah, positively hilarious, and not all that unlikely either.

>>> I don't have any particular interest in either of these teams, or the
>>> outcome of the game.  I just thought this was a dumb play.
>>>
>>> Jim McMaster
>>------------------
>>Are you serious?  What are the chances of Emtman (BIG) getting striped AND the
>>Dolphins recovering AND the clock stopping with time to spare AND the Dolphins
>>throwing one into the endzone from probably mid field or beyond (first time
>>someone would have had a chance to strip it from Emtman)?  My guess is pretty
>>slim.
>>
	Wrong.  Linemen for the most part carry the football poorly because
they aren't used to it.  Generally, it is very easy to do, all you have to do
is nick it, and they'll cough it up.  Especially, when Mark Clayton  (I think
it was him)  was about to catch Emtman at the end of his run.  Clayton could
have dove, and jarred it loose, but he seemed to give up at the end, probably
from having run his route on the other side of the field, then all the way down
the field.
>>
>>Also, if he had just dropped to the ground, what if the Dolphin who was right
>>in front of him when he caught it, accidently knocked the football loose as
>>Emtman was going down?
>>
	You're stretching.

>>I seriously doubt that any coach would have thought it a bad idea for Emtman to
>>take off.  Sure, he is risking (HARDLY) a fumble, but he is also doing a few
>>other things:

	Oh, *I* wouldn't chastise him at all.  But, it was a mistake.

>>        1.  He is getting a huge confidence boost.  (He's a rookie and all of a
>>sudden he picks off one of the All-time QB greats!)

	Not really.  He said himself that the ball just sort of appeared in his
hands, and he really didn't do anything except throw his hands in the air like
he was taught.  Confidence isn't a problem here, not his anyway, though maybe
it'll help the team.

>>        2.  He is giving his team a major boost.  (The Colts are saying hey,
>>look at that rookie!  Maybe we are playoff contenders!)

	One  play isn't going to do this, but the WIN over Miami is, and the
return does nothing to that extent anyway.

>>        3.  He is having fun, and isn't that what this game is about?
>>
	You bet.

>>So hey, 3 cheers for Emtman!  He made no rookie mistakes I saw.
>>
Then you're blind  :)
>>--------------
>>GO Niners!
>>GO Elway!
>>
>>Barry Trottier
>>e-mail:  trottibw@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
>  
> Yes...I am 100% serious.  Emtman gave Miami a miniscule chance to win a
> game that was otherwise irretrievable lost.  No matter how small a
> chance thet he would have been stripped, he gave it to Miami.
>  
> Jim McMaster

	-Skins fan that think Ryp is the Anti-christ