[oldalum]

the rest of the game, including the fake fumble, was a formality.
BC

which raises the question, why did Shaw spend that great trick play in this game, instead of saving it for a game in which it would have been more helpful? Maybe the conditions for using it (safeties coming up on the fake) occur so rarely that he couldn't resist? Maybe after "practicing it all week" he thought he had to use it?

[oldalum]

the rest of the game, including the fake fumble, was a formality.
BC

which raises the question, why did Shaw spend that great trick play in this game, instead of saving it for a game in which it would have been more helpful? Maybe the conditions for using it (safeties coming up on the fake) occur so rarely that he couldn't resist? Maybe after "practicing it all week" he thought he had to use it?