![]() ![]() “I think that last time, he was like, ”This is my opportunity. ![]() “I think that was an inspiring moment for him because as a receiver, they want the damn ball all the time… “That”s helluva way to get off the schneid - no touchdowns all year, and to make a big play at a pivotal time,” Bob Whitfield said. On Saturday: Two catches, one with momentous impact. “Technically, that ball was thrown extremely late,” Shaw said with a smile.Īs both Whitfields related, it was also a major moment for him because before this game, he had only nine receptions this season, with little major impact. 1 option on the play, and if the ball was going his way, it probably should”ve been thrown earlier.īut that”s how minor football miracles occur - something goes a little bit offline, and it takes an epic performance to pluck it back. But every time we put Kodi in, he makes a great play.”Ī large part of what made the catch instantly indelible was happenstance - Whitfield probably wasn”t the No. And (starters) Devon Cajuste and Ty Montgomery are playing great. “God bless Kodi every time we”ve given him an opportunity, he”s made a play. “I would say genetics,” Stanford coach David Shaw said, “but Bob is 6-7, 335 pounds, so I don”t think it came from Dad. There was Whitfield, a back-up receiver, reaching into the sky and pulling down a minor miracle. ![]() Stanford needed this game - after last weekend”s loss in Utah - to get back into the Rose Bowl race Stanford needed that play. Whitfield”s TD came on second-and-18 (after a big loss) and put Stanford up 10-3, giving the Cardinal a lead it would never surrender. It was an incredible moment, on a national stage, against a top-10-ranked opponent, and it also happened when Stanford and UCLA were locked in a massive defensive struggle. “It was actually being pinned by the defender,” Whitfield said. But he gave me a chance, threw it up there and I was able to bring it in with one hand.”Īs his father noted, Whitfield cupped the ball back-handed - sort of like Julius Erving before a tomahawk dunk - and also had to snatch it down quickly before safety Anthony Jefferson sailed through the area a split-second later.Īnd why didn”t he use his left hand on the catch? “I lined up out wide to the left, beat the defender one-on-one, didn”t really see the safety and I guess Hogan didn”t either. ![]()
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