[CardinalSagehen]

JJAW was in one on one coverage against a shorter defensive back.  That should have been a nice gain to move the chains.  It was a crappy throw.  The play call was right.  The read by the QB was right.  The route run by the receiver was right (I assume, though I suppose if the receiver was supposed to turn in that might have explained the pass).  Chryst just underthrew the pass.... to a spot where only the defensive back could get it.

BC

Completely agree. Against that defense, that was a reasonable call.

On top of Chryst's horrible throw, it sure seemed to me like JJ could have done more to prevent the INT.  Isn't that his responsibility on a ball like that?  I guess it was just hard for him to tell in real-time. 

Back to 2015 - living in the past here - the play before Cajuste's catch was a very similar pass attempt from Hogan to Rector down the sidelines. In that case, the safety came over the top (because ND was in "prevent" D) and Hogan luckily (or skillfully) threw it over Rector's head to the sideline. Ironically, that was a poor play call / decision with good execution, while SDSU was a good play call / decision with horrible execution. 

[CardinalSagehen]

JJAW was in one on one coverage against a shorter defensive back.  That should have been a nice gain to move the chains.  It was a crappy throw.  The play call was right.  The read by the QB was right.  The route run by the receiver was right (I assume, though I suppose if the receiver was supposed to turn in that might have explained the pass).  Chryst just underthrew the pass.... to a spot where only the defensive back could get it.

BC

Completely agree. Against that defense, that was a reasonable call.

On top of Chryst's horrible throw, it sure seemed to me like JJ could have done more to prevent the INT.  Isn't that his responsibility on a ball like that?  I guess it was just hard for him to tell in real-time. 

Back to 2015 - living in the past here - the play before Cajuste's catch was a very similar pass attempt from Hogan to Rector down the sidelines. In that case, the safety came over the top (because ND was in "prevent" D) and Hogan luckily (or skillfully) threw it over Rector's head to the sideline. Ironically, that was a poor play call / decision with good execution, while SDSU was a good play call / decision with horrible execution.