The dumbest fake punt in the history of dumb fake punts

Papa Voodoo · 09-29-2014, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Barry from MS

That play was drawn up in the sand and someone actually said, "This might work! Screw'em if they see it coming." Unreal how dumb that was considering the circumstances.

It reminds me of a play our fullback of all people drew up in high school. Center hikes ball between legs of QB to half back. Half back runs up the gut, turns, and pitches the ball back to the QB. Flea Flicker? Heck no, we're only half-way there.

QB then hands off ball to slot receiver who hands off to WR on a double-reverse. Total time for play development ~ 10 minutes. I'm the LT. We have to block the whole time.

Was the coach dumb enough to call it in a game? You betcha. How'd it turn out? Same as that dumb punt fake.

The problem with a quadruple misdirection play, aside from the German precision required to pull it off is that you actually fake out the D and then run right back into where they all were mis-directed to.

The funny thing is is that the coach was shown how bad of an idea this was in practice. He lined up at QB and on the snap our center did not snap it to the half back. The center hiked it to the QB (coach) who was unprepared for the snap and took the ball right to the nards, took 1 step back and kicked the center square in the butt.

Our season is looking like that play to me...

09-29-2014, 01:08 PM	#11
Papa Voodoo 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,634	Re: The dumbest fake punt in the history of dumb fake punts Originally Posted by Barry from MS That play was drawn up in the sand and someone actually said, "This might work! Screw'em if they see it coming." Unreal how dumb that was considering the circumstances. It reminds me of a play our fullback of all people drew up in high school. Center hikes ball between legs of QB to half back. Half back runs up the gut, turns, and pitches the ball back to the QB. Flea Flicker? Heck no, we're only half-way there. QB then hands off ball to slot receiver who hands off to WR on a double-reverse. Total time for play development ~ 10 minutes. I'm the LT. We have to block the whole time. Was the coach dumb enough to call it in a game? You betcha. How'd it turn out? Same as that dumb punt fake. The problem with a quadruple misdirection play, aside from the German precision required to pull it off is that you actually fake out the D and then run right back into where they all were mis-directed to. The funny thing is is that the coach was shown how bad of an idea this was in practice. He lined up at QB and on the snap our center did not snap it to the half back. The center hiked it to the QB (coach) who was unprepared for the snap and took the ball right to the nards, took 1 step back and kicked the center square in the butt. Our season is looking like that play to me... Barry from MS likes this.

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