(12-14-2022, 11:22 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(12-14-2022, 11:20 AM)carp8dm Wrote: 1 point down...  The half is winding down.

Henry is running all over us.  They are about to get into the red zone. 

Our defense looks like total garbage for the entire half. 

And then BOOM!  Quarterman blows up Henry.

It absolutely changed the trajectory of the game.  Remember that there was less than 3 minutes left in the 2nd Quarter when Henry fumbled. 

I mean, damn.  They were about to go up 21 to 13.  And to say they weren't is silly.  They drove 2 times and got TDs easy both times.  And they were chunking us the entire 1st and 2nd Quarter. 

But it's OK.  No worries.  There were great plays made all over the field by our boys.  But to ignore the fact that Quarterman changed the momentum is kinda silly...  No offense.  That fumble was the turning point. 

Dewey's hit in the 1st quarter still resulted in a TD.  Quarterman's hit ended the the tacks run.

But that's just obvious.  A person's opinion is just that.  I'm just pointing out the facts.

No. You're not.

Shaq had a great hit that led to a fumble. Fact.
It was the turning point in the game that led to the Jags win. Opinion.

How many rushing yards did Henry have after that fumble?

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Regarding what changed momentum of the game...

It was the defense that changed momentum. The offense was consistent. But the defense is what resulted in the game changing moment. Henry was killing us. The only thing that stopped the momentum of Henry killing us was the fumble that was caused by Shaq Quarterman's hit. Was the hit a team play? Hell yes it was. But it was Quarterman that laid down the wood.

Why ignore the key player in the key play?

All the other turnovers were gravy. But it wasn't until we made that one first play that changed the feel of that game. Instead of being 21 to 13. It became 20 to 14. And then Lawrence took it from there in the 2nd half.

But if not for that fumble, who knows if Lawrence even gets the ball back in the 2nd Quarter. Ya'll are acting like that hit wasn't the change in momentum. It absolutely was.

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