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Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye
I don't recall it being a last second switch by Illinois. Even if so, it's on our special teams coach(es) to have people ready to go when the opponent is on fourth down, just for this exact scanario. As soon as Illinois brought their punt team on the field (IIRC, they didn't exactly Chinese-firedrill run on the field) we should've brought ours on.
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Honestly, I remember it as a Chinese-firedrill run onto the field. Our D was already on the field and Illinois broke from the sidelines with the punt team. Two (I think linemen) had the sprint off the field as Hartline/Small ran out to return. The were perhaps a little late in realizing it was the punt team.
This is speculation but I think Tressel was calling the timeout as the players were switching but the official didn't really accept his call until they had switched.
I don't know how they showed it on TV-sometimes you see things at the game that you don't see on TV and vice-versa. (assuming you werent' there).