Rutgers pulled off the most effective trick performs we’ve seen this yr, and it was so effortlessly merely. Preying on the explosion of the ‘Tush Push’ all through soccer, the Scarlet Knights made Kansas State fully fall for a faux — solely to haplessly watch as operating again Antwan Raymond scored.
This play was so easy. In case you watch on the snap the ball goes to QB Athan Kaliakmanis, who then pushes ahead whereas giving a no-look handoff behind him. That is clearly one thing Rutgers had practiced so much, and introduced it out at the absolute best time. The faux was so good there have been no defenders in the identical zip code as Raymond, who had the simplest run into the top zone possible.
Sadly for Rutgers it was all downhill from right here. Regardless of taking a 41-29 lead within the fourth quarter, Kansas State stormed again to attain 15 factors to shut the sport, and in the end win 44-41.
Nonetheless, this faux play was nice — and we’re most likely going to see it extra transferring ahead so long as the Tush Push continues to be a go-to play.
