Ho Hum, Kliff Kingsbury Is Just Revolutionizing The Passing Game With The No-Look Pass
[FoxSports 7/18] – Kliff Kingsbury said he’s never seen a quarterback who can throw from as many different arm angles — roaming to his right and to his left yet still being accurate and having zip on the ball — the way his latest star protege Patrick Mahomes can.
This year, Mahomes figures to be an even bigger problem for rival defenses.
A real head-turner in fact.
Kingsbury wasn’t shy about unveiling Mahomes’ newest way to get defenses on their heels. The Red Raiders coach tweeted out a video of his QB doing somewhat of an Aaron Rodgers impression, duping defenders by throwing a few no-look passes.
Last fall, the Red Raiders QBs began experimenting while going through their 7-on-7 sessions during practice.
“We started doing it as a joke, but then we saw how it started working, and now it’s on its own level,” Mahomes told me earlier this summer for a story I wrote on him for Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine. “I think a lot of is from baseball and how I could sling the ball across the diamond. I played shortstop my whole life. I never had my feet under me. I was always making throws across my body. I always have played a lot of basketball and thrown a lot of ‘no-look’ passes, and this is me using all the stuff I’ve grown up doing.”
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Ok it took a little longer than expected, endured a few more losses than expected, but FINALLY Kliff Kingsbury is ready to revolutionize college football. And obviously it’s from the quarterback position. They don’t call him the QB Guru for nothing. Let’s be honest, the forward pass has been stale for years now, and there’s a reason why basketball is creeping up on football viewership*. The fans want to see something tricky and flashy, something to get out of their seat and go nuts for, and if we’re going to cancel tackling and eliminate kickoffs and shit, gotta adapt somehow. No look passing. Genius from the coolest coach in the game.
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*This stat is not true, don’t bother Googling, I made it up.
PS,
The opening game of the season where the entire crowd is on their feet and Mahomes first no-look pass gets intercepted and returned for a touchdown is going to be absolutely hilarious.