Blind Faith

[TreeFiddy]

Mason said he didn't see Bussey catch it and didn't see him score.  Said he threw the ball on blind faith that Bussey would be where he needed to be.

 

Here is Mason letting go of the ball.  Notice that Bussey is not really in sight of where Fine is looking.  Notice the position of #99 and notice in the next frame where Bussey catches the ball.

 

Here is where Bussey catches the ball.  He has taken three to four steps from the time that Mason let go of the ball.  Notice Mason already flat on his back with the defender on top of him.

 

Just great, great stuff.  Almost unstoppable when you have a QB and receivers on the same page and that have trust in each other. 

Keep in mind that Bussey catches the ball on the 19 yard line and still has to beat 2 defenders in the open field and gets a block by Guyton on a 3rd defender.  Unbelievable.

[UNT 90 Grad]

I’m glad Bussey was able to find his way home...to the end zone, that is.

[Stix]

24 minutes ago, UNT 90 Grad said:

I’m glad Bussey was able to find his way home...to the end zone, that is.

I see what you did. +1

[greenminer]

They mentioned in a post-game that they made eye-contact.

I think it was while Bussey was still to Mason's left.  When the defender got in Fine's face and he couldn't see anymore, he threw it with a sense of where Bussey was going.

[Caw Caw]

7 minutes ago, greenminer said:

They mentioned in a post-game that they made eye-contact.

I think it was while Bussey was still to Mason's left.  When the defender got in Fine's face and he couldn't see anymore, he threw it with a sense of where Bussey was going.

I assumed this was a pre-snap thing.

[TreeFiddy]

I didn't mean he never saw him during the entire play.  Bussey was the hot route and you can see Mason spot Bussey, then check where the defenders were, then before he could really get back to Bussey he had a defender in his grill and had to let it go before he could sync up again with Bussey, or at least that is what it looked like from the end zone view that I saw.

[greenminer]

@Caw Caw that's entirely likely!

[Green92]

Just shows that games are not necessarily won on Saturday's. They've practiced that a million times over spring camp, summer camp, and all week. We just see the games. SL had said all along this team practices hard. That was proof. Like they say, luck is when preparation meets opportunity. 

[DentonLurker]

You've got to give props to the work Joel Filani has done with this receiving corp. These receivers are night and day from what SL & Co. inherited. It's amazing to watch them mature and grow into what they have grown into.