Friday, December 4, 2009

The Old Freeze Play

All season, Florida State's offensive line has made a point to hold its water when defenders come across the line a little early, for reasons I don't quite understand and with occasionally comic results -- against North Carolina earlier in the season, there was more than one case of the entire front five remaining in its statue-like position well after officials blew the whistle on an offsides Tar Heel. The "freeze" is obviously a technique the 'Noles teach to ensure that the flag goes the other way.

Against Florida last Saturday, though, it appears Zebrie Sanders had been conditioned a little too well:

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