I want to thank hokiepro for giving me a great lead-in to this article.  A little while back he asked me this question on the Subscribers board: 

Explain why the wide receiver and flanker screens aren’t dumb plays but rather important parts of the offense to stretch the field horizontally so eventually you can go vertical.

And wouldn’t you know it, judicious screen play concepts were a big reason why Tech won this game. But before we review the reverse-the-curse game at FedEx, here’s how I was planning on answering hokiepro:

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