2. Offensive Play of the Day:
There were plenty to choose from, so let's get to it. Rattler capped off an opening drive of nine plays and 65 yards with a beautiful touchdown pass to Rashid Shaheed of 31 yards down the left sideline. … Shough hit wide receiver Bub Means on a right sideline pass that Means somehow came down with for 11 yards, despite excellent coverage by Jayden Price. … A few plays later, Rattler found Brandin Cooks on a tremendous back shoulder throw and a better catch by Cooks for 12 yards. …Shough had his own 65-yard drive one series later. This one took only five plays, and the last three were outstanding. On first down at the plus 47-yard line, Shough avoided a blitz from defensive end Jasheen Davis, and rolled toward the right sideline, and uncorked one deep down the sideline where wide receiver Dante Pettis made the catch in traffic (my personal play of the day). The gain would be 32 yards to the plus-25. On the next play, Shough stood tall and calmly delivered a quick slant to the speedy Mason Tipton who by all accounts scored a touchdown. Much to the chagrin of the entire offensive sideline, the official ruling was down at the 2-yard line. Shough then made it moot by executing a perfect fake on a read option to running back Cam Akers, and kept it himself, finding nothing but Bermuda grass for the easy touchdown. … Two series later, Rattler on a third-and-goal from the five, threw a self-admitted ill-advised back foot pass to the back left pylon of the west end zone where Cedrick Wilson Jr. would somehow come down with it, despite being surrounded by black jerseys. … Finally, Shough added his second touchdown on a third-and-goal from the 3. First avoiding a would be sack by Chase Young and tossing a perfect floater to Kevin Austin Jr. for the touchdown.