In the category of little things that go unnoticed, but are actually
HUGE…
…FUBeAR submits the following…
We all know how important it was for the flow of this game to get that 4th down stop and then take the ball down the field and get a TD on out 1st drive, to give us a lead … forcing them to ‘come to us’ … right?
And … we all saw our FUATT QB powerfully stiff-arm that little kitty-cantamount (out of frame now) into the Whitmire turf … right?
And … we all saw Dom Roberto pile up 479 yards rushing on 63 rushing attempts while dragging 3/4’s of the population of Cullowhee along for the ride and leaving 9/10’s of that 3/4’s lying on the turf in his wake…right?
But how many of us noticed that it was Roberto that somehow worked his way in front of another Cantamount defender (#2) to get him legally blocked, which is really what allowed our FUATT QB to stride out this 10 yards, keep us from going 3 and out on our 1st series, kept us from giving them (probably excellent) field position, and, instead, enabled us to drive the rest of the length of the field for the score.
FUBeAR loves when he sees ‘star’ RB’s doing the dirty work of blocking for others and doing it with gusto. Said it here before, but most people don’t know, Standiford Jenkins, 3 time SoCon PoY, was the best blocker on any of the Furman Teams which he played and LOVED doing it as much as any Player FUBeAR has ever seen.
This block by Roberto is one of those little things that leads to Championships.