Dabo Swinny and the Tigers fell in double overtime on the road to Miami, with a seemingly questionable final play call on 4th and 1 that saw starting quarterback Cade Klubnik tackled well behind the line of scrimmage.
I say, seemingly because it turns out the call was straightforward. According to Swinney, the final play call was not an RPO but a run play. Swinney had this to say when asked about the final play following the game.
“No, it was a handoff. 100 percent. And we didn’t hand it off,” Swinney said. “(He) just pulled it. I got no answer. Just trying to do too much. No RPO. It’s a give. He just didn’t do it. He made a lot of plays, but again, you gotta play within the system.”
“We liked the play that we had,” Swinney said. “We were trying to protect the edges. It’s a give-all the way. We just got about a yard and a half on the previous play. We felt good about whatever it was. 5 inches, maybe. I don’t have an answer.”
Not great for the Tigers.