Posted on 01/08/2019 1:00:19 AM PST by C19fan
The throw left Trevor Lawrence’s hand at the Clemson 12-yard line in the first quarter of the College Football Playoff title game on Monday night. It landed in receiver Tee Higgins’ hands on the Alabama 45-yard line, the first dazzling completion for Lawrence on a night defined by them. But it wasn’t just the pass to Higgins that left jaws agape, NFL front offices drooling and the Alabama defense backfield shredded. It was the way the ball left his hand – as if it were shot out of a laser gun, whistling 43 yards with barely any arc and somehow managing to arrive softly into Higgins’ hands. It was a throw that few college quarterbacks can make. It was a throw few NFL quarterbacks can make. And it was the first sign of an arrival for the ages. The sun has officially risen on Sunshine’s career, as Lawrence’s golden locks will frame the face of college football for the next two seasons. At age 19, after just 11 college starts, Lawrence is showing the promise of a generational talent at the college level and a transcendent prospect at the next level. “He looks like an NFL quarterback,” texted one scout on Monday night, “right now.”
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Because you can snap your knee, and lose millions of dollars.
You know as well as I do that the NFL is littered with QBs that looked like NFL quarterbacks in college and were busts in the pros. Only time will tell.
poor play calling (running Tua around the end on 4th and goal??!!!)
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That’s Tuesday morning quarterbacking.
Clemson was stopping everything down at the goal line. Alabama had to try something different.
Like I said, Clemson made them look bad.
That can happen in the NFL also, so I can see where a receiver or running back might go early, but the QB position, if you stay and lead your team to victory, at least you’d be a legend for life.
That Johnny Mizell (sp?) Johnny Football. I knew he wouldn’t be as great, and there’d be impatience to see him grow.
He could have stayed at A & M two or three more years, and been set for life.
Now he’s a loser.
Jalen Hurts will ALWAYS be a legend at BAMA. Another year of college also might make him a better QB with possible NFL drafting.
Tua, is not real big. He might make it in the NFL.
That’s a great story. Tua says he does what his parents tell him.
He didn’t play well. I think he will want to play out his career at BAMA, plus I think his little brother might be coming.
At 6’6” and 215 pounds, a lot has to happen before he is ready to be taken that high in the draft. NFL linebackers would break him like a pretzel. That said, he played a fantastic game and seems like a great kid.
AND he is one good-looking chick.
“The Alabama defenders after the game called him a 50/50 quarterback at best and gave most of the credit to the receivers who had to make good plays to catch his passes.”
I’m an Alabama fan, but Trevor Lawrence just ate Alabama’s lunch. He shredded the Tide defense. His was a brilliant performance. Maybe the comments about being a 50/50 quarterback refer to his running talents, which are just average. But as a passer? He’s about a 90/10 quarterback. And poise? My God, the kid is a freshman and showed more poise than 80% of the seniors who play quarterback. He has a Heisman and a #1 NFL draft pick in his future.
That was a hard throw and had to hurt!
Thankfully the days of people worshipping college football players are coming to an end. The Chinese and Indian students don’t give a damn about them. Even the Alabama students don’t go to the games. Students are more into e-sports now.
He took a few good shots from some big Bama boys, and he didn't appeared bothered by it.
I went to a Bama game this year. Student section was full from top to bottom and side to side until the end of the game. Granted, they usually leave before the end of the game. But they stayed so they could sing an ok song minus their favorite vile words. They went right back to saying the vile words a few weeks later. I think they think they’re cute with their foul language. Maybe a few of them will represent the state in DC one day.
Big nose Fabio played good because Alabama got ZERO pressure on him. A lot of his passes were made because the receivers made great catches. One receiver jumped 5 feet in the air and caught it with one hand. Fabio might be 6-6 but his awkward throwing motion of squatting takes a foot off his height. If Alabama has a defense next year and they play again I guarantee you he won’t have all day to get rid of the ball.
I seem to remember Nick Saban being mad because of lack of student support.
Insulting a 19 yr old amateur athlete. Pretty classy,
Yes, when Saban let the clock tick down, husband and I knew it was over. Our game plan was insufficient. Actually, when Saban said GD Tua after the first interception, it was over. That is unacceptable.
That was a few weeks before they brought back Dixieland Delight.
Students are a fickle lot. Even when I was in school, a good portion of the students (the drunk Greek crowd) would leave early. That was back in Dabo’s day.
Alabama DT Quinnen Williams wasn't exactly overwhelmed by Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence's performance in Monday's national title game. "Trevor Lawrence threw the ball up," Williams said. "It ain't like he just put them on the money, dropped dimes, none of that. He just threw them up and the receivers made plays. You've got to give all the respect to the receivers." Williams went on to acknowledge that Lawrence was "good" but he was adamant that the receivers did most of the heavy lifting. "He didn't throw like pinpoint balls," Williams said. "He just threw 50/50 balls, he threw it up and they had receivers who make plays and their receivers made plays."
Nick Wagoner
ESPN Staff Writer
The man is full of shiite. He threw the ball in the only place it could be thrown on all of his completions. It’s good to see Bama cry. Although I do like Nick Saban
That is kind of the point in football isn't it? Bitter much?
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