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ChadTower:
No, but you're only counting on one guy.  A swarm style of defense, which most nfl teams use now, would have 5 guys around the ball by the time everyone knows it is out.  You have to figure that it takes 3-4 seconds for everyone to realize the fumble has happened.  A lot of time it just comes down to who notices the fumble first.  If that person is near the ball, they try to scoop, and if they aren't near it they scream FUMBLE at which point guys just start knocking the crap out of any opponent near them because of the "if you can't get it make sure an opponent can't either" strategy.

As for that scenario you present, a lot of coaches will gladly take that risk because there is no downside.  Either you get a game changing TD off defense or you have Michigan trapped inside their own 5.  It's win-win and you go for the strip on the next play.  Football is all about risk and percentages and when there are no negative scenarios you generally go for the gold.

ChadTower:

Best... block... I've seen in a long time.

hypernova:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 23, 2008, 08:39:53 am ---
--- Quote from: hypernova on October 22, 2008, 10:54:03 pm ---What's the difference?  NFL players can't even properly fall on the damn thing.  It still manages to pass through two or three sets of hands.  It really baffles me how a ball can be practically motionless on the field, and some idiot comes flying in and can't grasp the thing.

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Try it sometime.  Footballs bounce in unpredictable ways, you are moving at 100% effort with no regard to precision, and every other player isn't going for the ball.  Every opposing player near but not close enough to the ball is taught to ignore the ball and hit you.  So maybe you have a perfect bead on the ball when you dive for it but that changes when the first person dives at your legs, the second one at your back, and the third at your head.

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My point is there are plenty of times that the ball is just sitting there screaming to be fell on, and they still can't do it right, even when there's no one to affect their attempt.  I'm not discounting the difficulty of doing it while it is in motion, I'm referring to the times when it is just sitting there, lightly rocking back and forth, or otherwise not moving much at all.

That was a sweet block.

Kevin Mullins:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 23, 2008, 02:19:33 pm ---
Best... block... I've seen in a long time.



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Hell yeah !! 
There's no better hit than when they don't even see it coming.
(yet I wouldn't go as far as to call them dumb ... they were just focused on the ball)

Gotta plug High School Football while I'm at it.  :cheers:

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on October 23, 2008, 06:10:54 pm ---There's no better hit than when they don't even see it coming.

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Erm, yeah there is.  It's better when they see it coming and you decleat them anyway because you're just better than they are.  The best part of a football game is the fourth quarter in a close game when one team buckles down to run out the clock on the ground.  You know you're going to run, they know you're going to run, so let's line up and see who is still standing in 5 minutes.

As for picking up a nonmoving ball... it's still harder than you're saying.  Leave a ball in traffic and then run over and pick it up between cars.

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