Deandre Hopkins catches a bullit. and he got to Odell Beckham Jr.
holy cow what a game these two guys are having welcome to atlanta for the final college football
game of 2012 and what a way to finish one of the most electric bowl match-ups of the year
number eight lsu number 14 clemson but lsu can play coverage there's just no reason
for them to bring any pressure so this has fallen into lsu's hands roderick mcdowell comes in as a
blocker and ties boyd down the middle complete got it to hopkins excellent throw by boy
this was a second read you can see the first read is the tight end on the outcut ford and he because
obviously that was late a clean hit by austin could have been costly taj boyd sitting all kinds
of records hangs in the pocket goes to hopkins hopkins has it inside the 20-yard line coverage
he's the young man who came on and replaced terran matthew and a blitz got to boyd right as he threw
this but you start to see hopkins ability to catch the ball spencer benton punting to
odell beckham jr who has two returns this year for touchdown he is so dangerous tripped up at the 40.
return of 12 after a 46 yard punt they blow the coverage and you break the top
beckham is deep for the punt and the 27 has a little scene takes it up to the 35.
good eight-yard return and we check in with janine they're getting a lot of little black
pebbles on their jersey this regress they'd be green at this point the defensive pressure
has been unrelenting on both sides mettenberger throws complete down to the 38-yard line odell
beckham jr the fastest receiver on this club on a comeback route
he had a sensational first quarter
four-man rush and he is drilled as he throws hopkins made the catch
this is a totally different quarterback than i saw on tape against the gamecocks
empty backfield as ellington goes out throws underneath hopkins makes the catch he's
got a first down clemson's offensive line in particular just letting too many guys run free
beckham will make a fair catch this time just inside the 20. lsu football at the 20-yard line
metzenberger throws the catch made by beckham
good protection this time and boy flag is down hopkins makes the catch gonna be
a penalty on top of it daryl simon was trying to hang with him let's see if it's on hopkins
he seemed to be protesting to the referee having a hold before the ball comes out and he did
well there it is yeah that's the right call and and you know it's funny the offensive players
it's green or something to see if you can't get the first and reset the downloads
hopkins went down to get it
we've been talking a lot boy look at that move he is so good with his feet
didn't look like it touched the ground there obviously
you have to have indisputable video evidence this one should be the shot
next touchdown and look i think they should review because this is a game that feels like it's
going to go back and forth and every touchdown obviously a big deal but that clearly did not
touch the ground so this call will be confirmed after further review the ruling on the field is
confirmed touchdown hopkins has just tied a record set by the great hermann moore at virginia ten
straight games with a touchdown catch for lsu but hopkins and landry these two guys remind
me of each other and forward right there because that ball was thrown short he had to make a miss
hopkins makes the first man miss hopkins still on his feet all right so
jeremy hill is the tailback they fake it to him mettenberger off his back foot
and he got it though del beckham jr and he's down to the clemson 44-yard line gain of 26.
sami watkins being carted off the field on the first carry of the game they get going pretty
quick sammy watkins in the backfield he'll get the ball he's blasted fumbles and lsu recovers
montgomery number 99 and never saw mingo come on block and watkins just got blown up we talked
about a guy who's had a rough year he really has he has been sick he was suspended at the start
of the year had a virus it was very difficult for him to get in shape he didn't have the explosive
plays he had the season before as a freshman to go to sami watkins and talking to morris the other
day about this ball game and you can see with the right foot watkins not able to put pressure on it
and he's not really looked the same he did not have the explosiveness he did a year ago and now
it will be interesting to see what clemson will be able to do on offense when they get it back
linebacker on a guy hopkins who's having a huge day he was able to knock that ball in
beckham makes a fair catch at the 32 put up a little surprising although now in the third
quarter it has been more like what you might have expected odell beckham jr taken down at
about a yard shy of a first down as hopkins caught it when you hear that nuke and that is a childhood
nickname for mr hopkins he used to use the n-u-k brand of pacifiers as a child so he got
the nickname newt and you're not there yet but lsu's got to start thinking about time too boyd
boy that is a really nice throw second read for boyd you could see he had to reset his
feet and when he gets it going boyd throws the ball as well as anybody in the country
nobody in the end zone for clemson and it's a little pooch kick
and lsu will have the ball up the 39-yard line so lsu saw it coming beckham was one of the up
men and ford was up near the 20. so if on clemson right now there are only six guys that can help
in pass protection with the five offensive linemen and the running back of mcdowell
don't be surprised if lsu tries to free up their sixth man here fourth and sixteen
here comes the pressure on the blitz down the middle for hopkins he makes the catch
holy cow what a catch by hopkins in the clutch and what a throw by boy and here's that fourth down
throw eric reed the junior consensus all-american had good coverage the only thing the only mistake
reed makes here is he never turns to find the ball and it was because he got stuck a little bit
boyd taking a lot of time here blitz coming he got away throws to hopkins and he got out of bounds
same route same pass same result but i think this is pass interference on number 24. yeah
you've got to call that the hand went up to the face it turned around the receiver and if simon
doesn't make that contact that's a catch that number six makes 10 to 10 times defense is gassed
boyd again hopkins reed was there in a flag
and reed is hurt
and the chance of nuke go up again pass interference defense number one
beating and hung in there all night long
got to be one of the great games of his career pressure coming again to the side
and it's hopkins again holy cow what a game these two guys are having well and farrell
simon is playing off like they're trying to stop a touchdown that's just way way too much air
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