Is Tucker out?
- Thread starter Clonedogg
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I didn't see it happen, but my father said the guy took out his leg and that it looked dirty.
Not sure what you were watching. With Tucker Iowa couldn't move the ball. Once Tucker went out Iowa drove it at will and it took dropped passes and a fumble to stop them.
I thought maybe I was going overboard by stating Tucker was our best player by far after the UNI game, but it was night and day once Tucker went out.
Great news. That kid is a difference maker. Critical even (though the D held up without him until our lack of offense wore them out.
Just seeing how upset Tucker was on the sidelines really hurt. You can tell that guy pours his soul into this program. Once he gets healthy again watch out. He'll be looking for vengeance
Aka did ok to start, but he doesn't have the motor Tucker does. I was worried about what might happen with our defense in the 3-4 if Tucker went down.
I just watched it a few times on my DVR. I don't want to believe it was intentional, but after rewatching it several times, it looks like Tucker tries to get off his block, but Walsh drops and rolls towards him immediately after initial contact. Could have been just bad luck. Sucks too, as he was about to hit Canzeri for a 2 yard loss.
Exactly I was watching him when it happened. Tucker beat his guy and was in the backfield pursuing and it looked like the OL dove to try to cut him from the side/back and rolled his angle.
So what's your take on that as a former player? Is that a legit play and tough luck for Tucker or is it below the belt to do that?
You are talking about a cut block. A leg whip or rolling over and swinging your legs at a guy that beat you is totally different.
I was going off of what Curt said, which sounded like he tried to cut block and accidentally rolled into his ankle. I didn't see the actual play happen, just basing it off of that description.
If it was a leg whip, then yes, a leg whip is a penalty.
Well, I think that is what won them the game. They couldn't run the ball at all until Tucker went out. Yeah, it was the big plays that killed us, but the consistent run game in the 2nd half ground out the clock and finished us off.
It really is crazy how valuable a good DT is....
Don't you (and anyone else for that matter) think we should have gone with a 4 man front after Tucket went down?
Tucker was the engine that powered that front without him I feel we needed something else.
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