Catch of the Year

cdaAg · Post by **cdaAg** » November 9th, 2019, 8:33 pm

I think we now have a solid contender to challenge Mariner's catch against WF as the best catch of the season. Nathan's grab between two defenders, getting absolutely popped, hanging on with one hand as he hit the ground hard, was absolutely amazing. I was surprised to see him back in the game later. What a snag!

Imakeitrain · Post by **Imakeitrain** » November 9th, 2019, 8:35 pm

The play against LSU where Mariner was injured was one heck of a grab.

BeNo · Post by **BeNo** » November 9th, 2019, 8:35 pm

Great kid Tania. Give him our best!

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » November 9th, 2019, 8:35 pm

That was some serious concentration by Nathan on that one. This was so much more fun to watch tonight.

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taniataylor · Post by **taniataylor** » November 9th, 2019, 8:37 pm

I was soooo relieved to see him back!!
By the way.... I taught him EVERYTHING he knows!!

Donman · Post by **Donman** » November 9th, 2019, 8:38 pm

Gutsy catch.

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Elkaggie · Post by **Elkaggie** » November 9th, 2019, 8:50 pm

There were a lot of good to great catches tonight. Nathan’s was amazing.

bluegrouse · Post by **bluegrouse** » November 9th, 2019, 9:07 pm

That was a helluva catch.

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » November 9th, 2019, 9:55 pm

taniataylor wrote: ↑
November 9th, 2019, 8:37 pm
I was soooo relieved to see him back!!
By the way.... I taught him EVERYTHING he knows!!

Tania,

You must be so proud. Catch of the year for me. His toughness to hold onto the ball was off the charts to control possession. He has awesome hands.

taniataylor · Post by **taniataylor** » November 9th, 2019, 10:43 pm

He had a dislocated shoulder...but it was popped back in and says he’s fine

Aggie84025 · Post by **Aggie84025** » November 9th, 2019, 10:56 pm

taniataylor wrote: ↑
November 9th, 2019, 10:43 pm
He had a dislocated shoulder...but it was popped back in and says he’s fine

Sorry to hear that. To be able to come back in with having gone through that just shows you how much he wants to help the team win. Truly an inspiration.

AgMac · Post by **AgMac** » November 9th, 2019, 10:57 pm

It was honestly one of the best grabs I've ever seen. Difficulty level 10. Crazy he could haul that in.

AGNUMPI · Post by **AGNUMPI** » November 10th, 2019, 5:43 am

cdaAg wrote: ↑
November 9th, 2019, 8:33 pm
I think we now have a solid contender to challenge Mariner's catch against WF as the best catch of the season. Nathan's grab between two defenders, getting absolutely popped, hanging on with one hand as he hit the ground hard, was absolutely amazing. I was surprised to see him back in the game later. What a snag!

That was clutch. There were a lot of plays that had to be made or we lose the game. This was one of them.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » November 10th, 2019, 10:18 pm

Machismo · Post by **Machismo** » November 11th, 2019, 6:00 am

Pretty tough Kid! Many dudes would not have hung on, plays like this will win Games.

CaptainChaos · Post by **CaptainChaos** » November 11th, 2019, 8:06 am

Would this have been a defenseless player call in the NFL on #14?

Gretsch · Post by **Gretsch** » November 11th, 2019, 8:16 am

CaptainChaos wrote:Would this have been a defenseless player call in the NFL on #14?

It is definitely contact to the head/neck of a defenceless player.

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OKAggie · Post by **OKAggie** » November 11th, 2019, 8:22 am

Every time I watch that, the degree of difficulty goes up another tick. Tightly defended by #2, targeted by #14, tremendous concentration to catch it, tremendous toughness to hold on. Very Matt Austin-like!

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » November 11th, 2019, 8:29 am

That was a great catch. Glad to see our guys making plays like this. That is what we need if we want to go to a bowl.

ChicAggie · Post by **ChicAggie** » November 11th, 2019, 10:50 am

Truly was an amazing catch and amazing play. Jordan came up HUGE for us.

El Sapo · Post by **El Sapo** » November 11th, 2019, 10:58 am

Incredible catch. Really happy for J. Nathan. He seems to be the guy Sanford puts in to make the toughest catches. Love hasn't always given him a chance. A lot of the throws his way look like throwaways.

BigBlueDart · Post by **BigBlueDart** » November 11th, 2019, 3:24 pm

taniataylor wrote: ↑
November 9th, 2019, 10:43 pm
He had a dislocated shoulder...but it was popped back in and says he’s fine

NAggsty Butler · Post by **NAggsty Butler** » November 11th, 2019, 5:13 pm

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » November 11th, 2019, 7:00 pm

El Sapo wrote:Incredible catch. Really happy for J. Nathan. He seems to be the guy Sanford puts in to make the toughest catches. Love hasn't always given him a chance. A lot of the throws his way look like throwaways.

Seems to be the guy that Sanford didn’t know was on the team until the last few weeks. Seems to be figuring a few things out.

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NavyBlueAggie · Post by **NavyBlueAggie** » November 11th, 2019, 10:39 pm

Calling #14 for targeting would be a stretch. Once bodies are launched, a good deal of the ability for relocating and redirecting contact is lost. Incidental contact would be a reasonable non call, and the officials in real time saw it the same way. Brilliant and gutsy catch by any standard though, absolutely first class and should be on the post season highlight replays.

blueaggie · Post by **blueaggie** » November 12th, 2019, 1:12 am

I disagree with the no call after looking at the replay. How is that not targeting? Jordan is defenseless and #14 leads with the helmet. What is crazy is that they didn't even look at it.

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » November 12th, 2019, 9:14 am

#14 didn't lead with his helmet. He hit him mostly with his shoulder. I wouldn't want that called on us, so I won't ask for it to be called in this case.

AGNUMPI · Post by **AGNUMPI** » November 12th, 2019, 9:43 am

NVAggie wrote: ↑
November 12th, 2019, 9:14 am
#14 didn't lead with his helmet. He hit him mostly with his shoulder. I wouldn't want that called on us, so I won't ask for it to be called in this case.

I wouldn't want it called on us either, but per the rule it was borderline if not technically targeting. Leading with the helmet isn't the only factor. It's a difficult rule because it's football and there is going to be some hard hits.

Here is the rule explanation from SI:
Targeting does not solely occur when players initiate helmet-to-helmet contact. It's defined as occurring when a player "takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact that goes beyond making a legal tackle or a legal block or playing the ball." Instances include, but are not limited to:

Launch--a player leaving his feet to attack an opponent by an upward and forward thrust of the body to make forcible contact in the head or neck area.
A crouch followed by an upward and forward thrust to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area, even though one or both feet are still on the ground.
Leading with helmet, shoulder forearm, fist, hand or elbow to attack with forcible contact at the head or neck area.
Lowering the head before attacking by initiating forcible contact with the crown of his helmet.

taniataylor · Post by **taniataylor** » November 12th, 2019, 10:00 am

Well, he's not harping on it...the kid had XRays yesterday & has no fractures - he is getting treatment for the soreness from the dislocation. I was more concerned about a possible concussion but he's fine, still the same grumpy character I love so much

GUS · Post by **GUS** » November 12th, 2019, 10:17 am

taniataylor wrote: ↑
November 12th, 2019, 10:00 am
Well, he's not harping on it...the kid had XRays yesterday & has no fractures - he is getting treatment for the soreness from the dislocation. I was more concerned about a possible concussion but he's fine, still the same grumpy character I love so much

That is good news. Go Aggies!

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