Andrew Luck Memories - Printable Version

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Andrew Luck Memories - FarmBoy - 08-28-2019

What are your favorite memories and highlights? While I of course loved the Cattousse run and knocking the ball out of Shareece Wright's hands after the TO, perhaps my favorite play was one he made against ASU in what I believe was his second season at the helm. He was rolling right, looking-looking-looking, and then he spots Ryan Whalen in the end zone to his left and he rifles the ball across his body, still running to the right, into Whalen's mitts in the end zone. It wasn't the most spectacular highlight of that season, but it showcased so much of what made him great. And I think 1 in 50 college quarterbacks can make that throw.

I couldn't find a video of it, unfortunately.

Another great one that connects Luck and Baldwin is this circus throw against ASU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMz9nwy7yYc I don't know how much of that result was luck or skill, but it was an awesome display of strength.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - yvonne - 08-28-2019

Giving rise to the verb "to cattouse"

https://youtu.be/S4_w-puInqY

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - Spiny_Norman - 08-28-2019

This might have been my favorite Andrew Luck moment - https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5995754

This was also amazing and it's extra special to me because I saw it live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0VJT1CmV0

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - martyup - 08-28-2019

(08-28-2019, 09:23 AM)yvonne Wrote: Giving rise to the verb "to cattouse"

https://youtu.be/S4_w-puInqY

That is one of the weakest attempts at a tackle that I've ever seen.  I'm amazed that guys can be playing defense on a D1 football team and not know the basic fundamentals of tackling.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - FarmBoy - 08-28-2019

(08-28-2019, 10:48 AM)martyup Wrote: 
(08-28-2019, 09:23 AM)yvonne Wrote: Giving rise to the verb "to cattouse"

https://youtu.be/S4_w-puInqY

 That is one of the weakest attempts at a tackle that I've ever seen.  I'm amazed that guys can be playing defense on a D1 football team and not know the basic fundamentals of tackling.

I forgot he picked up 25 yards AFTER knocking Catousse over. In my mind, he hits Catousse and then goes out of bounds, but he picked up substantial yardage after. And the announcer says Catousse is 215 (though he looks lighter than that to my eye). Even if the tackling was horrible, being hit by a 215 lb football player should cause more disruption than that did. Amazing.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - martyup - 08-28-2019

This was epic. <a href="https://youtu.be/N5STc2_bM7k">https://youtu.be/N5STc2_bM7k</a>

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - Mick - 08-28-2019

Can't narrow it to just one, although his one-handed catch along the sideline was pretty darned cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlH3717tYLA

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - bbm233 - 08-28-2019

My favorite memory was the game against Washington in the Fiesta Bowl year. Everything was working on offense. Andrew could have thrown for as many yards as he wanted to, but he kept checking into running plays. Stanford ran for 446 yards that day, at 10 yards per carry. Andrew could have been selfish and thrown for 300 yards and 5 touchdowns. But he came to the line of scrimmage, saw that a running play was going to work and made the audible, and handed the ball off to Wikerson (93 yds), Taylor (138 yds) or Gaffney (117 yds). This game showed me that Andrew was a master at his craft and operating at a different level than any other QB in the game. He was the offensive coordinator that day, and didn't mind that he missed the chance to put up the kind of individual numbers that win you post-season awards. Andrew's line was 16-21, 169 yds, 2 TDs. The numbers he cared most about were Stanford 65, UW 21.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - Hank 91 - 08-28-2019

Here's something I wrote about this, for anyone interested. https://www.gomightycard.com/2019/08/what-andrew-luck-still-means-to-stanford-football.html

(08-28-2019, 12:09 PM)Hank 91 Wrote: Here's something I wrote about this, for anyone interested. https://www.gomightycard.com/2019/08/what-andrew-luck-still-means-to-stanford-football.html

God, I forgot about that triple OT win against 'SC. That was an epic match up. I should find those highlights and rewatch tonight.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - Ratmandoo - 08-28-2019

(08-28-2019, 02:09 PM)FarmBoy Wrote:
(08-28-2019, 12:09 PM)Hank 91 Wrote: Here's something I wrote about this, for anyone interested. https://www.gomightycard.com/2019/08/what-andrew-luck-still-means-to-stanford-football.html 

God, I forgot about that triple OT win against 'SC. That was an epic match up. I should find those highlights and rewatch tonight.

I know a lot of people here don't love the Pac-12 Networks but one great thing they do is play replays of games (and show most of the games). Every so often, I look up "Classic College Football" on Pac-12 Bay Area and find a ton of game replays from 2009-11. So I have a bunch of Andrew Luck games eating up most of the storage space on my DVR: at USC 2009 (55-21 What's Your Deal), Oregon 2009 (Toby runs over Oregon and Luck has a couple bombs to Owusu), USC 2010, Cal 2010, Va Tech in the Orange Bowl, at USC 2011 (triple OT game). I've watched all these games a couple times now.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - martyup - 08-28-2019

(08-28-2019, 11:27 AM)Mick Wrote: Can't narrow it to just one, although his one-handed catch along the sideline was pretty darned cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlH3717tYLA

I'm sure glad that hit was before the targeting rule went into effect.  It would have really sucked to lose Luck for the rest of that game.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - CornFed - 08-28-2019

(08-28-2019, 05:34 PM)martyup Wrote: 
(08-28-2019, 11:27 AM)Mick Wrote: Can't narrow it to just one, although his one-handed catch along the sideline was pretty darned cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlH3717tYLA

 I'm sure glad that hit was before the targeting rule went into effect.  It would have really sucked to lose Luck for the rest of that game.

Yep.  That thought occurred to me as well.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - BostonCard - 08-28-2019

(08-28-2019, 05:34 PM)martyup Wrote: 
(08-28-2019, 11:27 AM)Mick Wrote: Can't narrow it to just one, although his one-handed catch along the sideline was pretty darned cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlH3717tYLA

 I'm sure glad that hit was before the targeting rule went into effect.  It would have really sucked to lose Luck for the rest of that game.

First, even under the modern day rule, Wright would not have been ruled a "defenseless" player. Here are the definitions:

is in the act of, or having just thrown, a pass (or has just thrown a pick)
is catching a pass or kick (or trying to) and hasn’t had time to become a “ball carrier.”
is in the act of kicking, or has just kicked
is on the ground, or a player out of the play
gets blocked from his blind side
has the ball and has had his forward progress stopped
has the ball and is sliding or giving himself up

Wright was none of those; he was considered the ballcarrier. Consequently, the targeting penalty would have only applied had Luck led with the crown of his helmet. Even though the modern day targetting rule was not yet adopted (it started in 2013), the helmet-to-helmet rule had been in effect for some time. I remember having a discussion with someone about whether it met the illegal helmet to helmet hit. If you look from the reverse angle, it is clear that although Luck and WRight's heads were at the same level, the contact was really with Luck's shoulder. You can see it at around the 38 second mark.

Ergo, Luck shouldn't have gotten ejected.

BC

I liked this play from the Orange Bowl.

https://youtu.be/zgnPkLB4O_k?t=6103

He was almost sacked for an 18-yard loss at the 2, and yet managed to complete the pass for the first down. And of course, my other favorite play from that game (same video at the 1 hr 59 min mark):

https://youtu.be/zgnPkLB4O_k?t=7181

Luck to Fleener. I love it because you can see the poor linebacker who was burned to a crisp throwing his mouthguard in disgust during the replay.

BC

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - winflop - 08-28-2019

My favorite memory was the last five mins of regulation in the 2011 triple OT game at U$C. Luck threw a pick six that gave U$C the lead. He then proceeded to methodically slice & dice that same defense in a game-tying drive. In the next few days, I'd read/heard that Luck personally rallied the offense around him after the pick six and in effect told them that not only are they going to march down the field and tie the game but they are going to win it in OT.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - FarmBoy - 08-29-2019

(08-28-2019, 08:30 PM)BostonCard Wrote:
(08-28-2019, 05:34 PM)martyup Wrote: 
(08-28-2019, 11:27 AM)Mick Wrote: Can't narrow it to just one, although his one-handed catch along the sideline was pretty darned cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlH3717tYLA

 I'm sure glad that hit was before the targeting rule went into effect.  It would have really sucked to lose Luck for the rest of that game. 

First, even under the modern day rule, Wright would not have been ruled a "defenseless" player.  Here are the definitions:
is in the act of, or having just thrown, a pass (or has just thrown a pick)

is catching a pass or kick (or trying to) and hasn’t had time to become a “ball carrier.”

is in the act of kicking, or has just kicked

is on the ground, or a player out of the play

gets blocked from his blind side

has the ball and has had his forward progress stopped

has the ball and is sliding or giving himself up 

Wright was none of those; he was considered the ballcarrier.  Consequently, the targeting penalty would have only applied had Luck led with the crown of his helmet.  Even though the modern day targetting rule was not yet adopted (it started in 2013), the helmet-to-helmet rule had been in effect for some time.  I remember having a discussion with someone about whether it met the illegal helmet to helmet hit.  If you look from the reverse angle, it is clear that although Luck and WRight's heads were at the same level, the contact was really with Luck's shoulder.  You can see it at around the 38 second mark.

Ergo, Luck shouldn't have gotten ejected.

BC

I liked this play from the Orange Bowl.

https://youtu.be/zgnPkLB4O_k?t=6103

He was almost sacked for an 18-yard loss at the 2, and yet managed to complete the pass for the first down.  And of course, my other favorite play from that game (same video at the 1 hr 59 min mark):

https://youtu.be/zgnPkLB4O_k?t=7181

Luck to Fleener.  I love it because you can see the poor linebacker who was burned to a crisp throwing his mouthguard in disgust during the replay.

BC

Both beautiful plays, especially the first. THanks for sharing. Definitely a lesser considered couple of plays from his Stanford career.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - Hank 91 - 08-29-2019

(08-28-2019, 11:52 PM)winflop Wrote: My favorite memory was the last five mins of regulation in the 2011 triple OT game at U$C. Luck threw a pick six that gave U$C the lead. He then proceeded to methodically slice & dice that same defense in a game-tying drive. In the next few days, I'd read/heard that Luck personally rallied the offense around him after the pick six and in effect told them that not only are they going to march down the field and tie the game but they are going to win it in OT.

The other thing I remember about this play was how quickly Luck got over it. Afterwards he said that he was angry after he threw the interception, but then he quickly realized that nothing had changed. Before the interception he had taken the field believing he needed a touchdown; after the interception he still needed a touchdown. In his mind, nothing had changed. There are also two other memories I have regarding his leadership. After the field goal was missed at the end of regulation in the Fiesta Bowl, he took a small moment to mourn. The cameras caught him saying, "*****." But then two seconds later he was greeting the field goal team as they came off, doing his best to slap every hand, looking everyone in the eye and refocusing the team. Last, there was an obscure play in a regular season game. I only remember the moment because I noticed it while watching and included it in my recap. There was a holding penalty called that negated a big gain. Levine Toilolo was the offending player, and I knew this before the official tagged him because Luck went over to Toilolo immediately and patted him the helmet. At the time is struck me as such a kind gesture. I bet those guys absolutely loved playing with him.

RE: Andrew Luck Memories - CardinalSagehen - 08-31-2019

Now that he has more time, it would be great to have Andrew as an honorary captain at one of this year's home games. Maybe once he's traveled a bit, and the news has blown over? Seems like Shaw ought to be able to ask for that favor, right?

I can guarantee that not a single Stanford fan will boo him...