Smart play by Bo Scaife

by Longhorn in Canada on Nov 9, 2008 7:08 PM CST

I watched some of the Titans - Bears game today. Just before the 2 minute warning, Bo caught a pass and made the first down, He then slid to avoid any chance of being knocked out of bounds, thus keeping the clock running down to 2 minutes. As the Bears were out of timeouts, this guaranteed that Tennessee would keep the ball until time ran out. Smart, heads-up play. He put the team first, rather than trying to pad his stats. Just what we expect of a Longhorn. Of course, the talking heads completely missed this aspect of the play. I'll bet Jeff Fisher didn't miss it, though.

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I saw this...

..and recall when Bryan Westbrook (Eagles) did this against the Cowboys a few years back..Fox talking heads were ALL over his nuts for this play. “That was such a smart play!”…I wish everyone wouldn’t hate on the Cowboys and appreciate other smart plays like Scaife’s. (sorry for the Cowboy bias)

by vy til i die on Nov 9, 2008 7:29 PM CST reply reply 0 recs

Not exactly the same

Westbrook was wide open to score a TD, a player giving up a TD is a bigger deal than someone staying in bounds.

Not saying it wasnt a great job by Bo, but the Westbrook thing was different.

Anyone also see that Bo scored the Titans first TD? And Ahmard almost had the second one (terrible fumble instead). I also saw some great play by Vasher in the game, and I think it was Jammer who deflected KC’s 2 point conversion. Ricky ran wild as well. Not a bad day for the ’Horns.

by BoddickerIsClutch on Nov 10, 2008 8:31 AM CST up reply reply 0 recs

Dave Thomas

Opposite of this was Dave Thomas’ bonehead personal foul last week.

by JohnsonUT on Nov 9, 2008 8:46 PM CST reply reply 0 recs

I saw that one, too

I just had to believe that he didn’t hear the whistle. It would have been a perfectly legal block if the play was still live. I’m far from being a Patriot fan, but Dave Thomas was such a smart player here, I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. Of course, if it had been an Aggie or OU alum, I would have called them a stupid blockhead.

by Longhorn in Canada on Nov 9, 2008 8:57 PM CST reply reply 0 recs