I uploaded some screen shots of the LSU game to photobucket.
See for yourself:
http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/76Texan/slideshow/Hopkins/vs%20LSU
Play 1 - 10:52 Second Qtr
Defender forced Hopkins out of bound.
Play 2 - 13:50 Third Qtr
Hopkins couldn't hold on to the ball as LB pulled his arms apart.
Also, it looks like he caugh the nose of the football.
Play 3 - 1:42 Third Qtr
On a quick in, Hopkins couldn't on to the ball as the safety came up with a hit that jarred the ball loose.
Play 4 - 3:53 Fourth Qtr
Hopkins allowed the CB Simon to pin him to the side line, not giving the QB much room to work with.
He didn't get any separation, and thus had a hard time with the play.
One or two more steps inside and he would have the room along the side line to use his body to shield the defender from the ball.
Look how he got closer and closer to the sideline on the vertical stem.
Toward the end of the play, he was on the white little yard markers along the side line;
that is just too close to the side line.
He let the CB win the inside position.
Play 5 - 1:38 Fourth Qtr
The ball went right through his hands.
Play 5 - 1:32 Fourth Qtr
Hopkins could have pressed the route a couple yards further before he made the come back.
No separation allowed the CB to be right on him.
The ball was right where it needed to be if only he had worked a couple more yard downfield
(maybe 3 yards past the down marker before turning around.)
Play 6
Hopkins would have done better taking a straight stem or took it a little to the outside first;
instead, he started his stem to the inside immediately, giving the safety a clue to the quick in route.
It was a bang bang play; the commentator saw no reason for a PI call.
(But that's beside the point; Hopkins could have taken a better stem on the route.)
For the still shots that you can view one by one, click here:
http://s1217.photobucket.com/user/76Texan/library/Hopkins/vs%20LSU
First, click on the top left photo.
When you get to the View Page, you can use the NEXT button to move along the series.