In reality it was a 13-yard play, a lot of quarterbacks wouldn’t have been able to diagnose the rush so quickly after the snap/play action. He side steps the rusher buying enough time to throw for a three-yard gain. Yet the most impressive play that stood out to me came in the second half when Barkley took a play action, snapped back around and in a split second sensed the inside pressure with a defensive end cutting inside and evading the guard. His third touchdown was a little more simple, but no less well executed as a quick slant on the money to the right hand side of the end zone. The second score was a perfectly thrown deep ball from the 50-yard line – faultless placement, velocity and timing. All three passing touchdowns flashed different aspects of his game… The first a brilliant pump fake and fade to the back of the end zone for Woods, throwing the defensive back into confusion/embarrassment. His control of play action was impressive, he was extremely efficient and could’ve had much more joy than the school-record 34 completions he compiled. It was such a far cry from the first two quarters, where Matt Barkley was sensational and Minnesota couldn’t get close to sophomore receiver Robert Woods.īarkley reaffirmed my belief that there’s very little between him and fellow quarterback stand-out Andrew Luck. The USC Trojans slipped past Minnesota 19-17 and almost lost the game thanks to bizarre policy on two-point conversions and a truly horrible second half performance. I don’t want to linger exclusively on the position and certainly we’ll cover a lot of different areas ( particularly on defense) but I do want to start by discussing a couple of QB’s that were on show this weekend. I also had the opportunity to watch USC-Minnesota and have Baylor’s victory over TCU saved on tape, but you can check out Robert Griffin’s performance in the video above thanks to JMPasq. If Griffin can perform as he did in that game regularly this season, he’ll warrant greater consideration than the late ground rade I’d previously offered. Expect some thoughts on WVU vs Marshall later tonight or tomorrow.Ī lot of our conversations this season will be based around quarterbacks considering the Seahawks starting situation. Tonight I’ll be watching West Virginia (Bruce Irvin) vs Marshall (Vinny Curry). I’ve just completed the Boise State vs Georgia game and still have LSU vs Oregon to watch this afternoon.
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