Post-game nitpicking: clock management

[Glad Cougar]

At the risk of piling on the day after a disappointing game, I will never figure out Leach's clock management. The first half last night, he once again calls two defensive timeouts....which I've become accustomed to. One of them was on a 2nd-and-1 play that was easily converted on the way to an AF touchdown. But it was that last couple of minutes that baffled me....not that it made much difference in the ultimate outcome. Down 10 with less than 2 minutes to go, WSU gets a first down at midfield with a 4th down pass to Arconado but takes its time getting to the LOS, allowing 20 seconds to run before the next snap. Then an incompletion to finally stop the clock. Why not call a timeout to preserve that 20 seconds or at least spike the ball? As it was, Leach never used all 3 timeouts in that second half. And there was never any sense of urgency on that last drive. Just another point of irritation for me with this year's team.

Glad Cougar

 

[Jiff76]

Agree. No reason to save timeouts for when AF has the ball since the only win scenario is AF not getting the ball: Cougs scoring then getting the onside kick.

 

[sellas]

Didn't he call time out on AFs 4th down for the last TD? Let decide FG or go for it and driaw up a play? There was almost 4 minuets remaining and not worth a TO.

I think the announcers said WSU called, but not sure if they messed up

 

[royhobbs2]

If we would have punched it in on one of those red zone f ups or we would have stopped remberg on that 1 yard outside dive into the end zone we still could have pulled it out. We didn’t deserve to win but it was there.

I would have rather seen the team matched up against almost anybody else with a conventional offense to get an idea where the team is. Illinois. Kansas State Indiana Tennessee anybody.

 

[Glad Cougar]

If we would have punched it in on one of those red zone f ups or we would have stopped remberg on that 1 yard outside dive into the end zone we still could have pulled it out. We didn’t deserve to win but it was there.

I would have rather seen the team matched up against almost anybody else with a conventional offense to get an idea where the team is. Illinois. Kansas State Indiana Tennessee anybody.

To tell you the truth, I think Air Force is better than Illinois, K-State, Indiana and Tennessee.

Glad Cougar

 

[royhobbs2]

To tell you the truth, I think Air Force is better than Illinois, K-State, Indiana and Tennessee.

Glad Cougar

They may be better than all but KSU but that’s not really my point. They are a particularly bad matchup for us. A conventional team would allow us to at least see if any improvements had been made. The AF match up did to us what we normally do to other teams.

 

[BiggsCoug]

To tell you the truth, I think Air Force is better than Illinois, K-State, Indiana and Tennessee.

Glad Cougar

They are well coached, fit & strong, all day tough and play ultimate effort football.

You will not beat them on TnT’s = Takes no Talent.

You have to beat them with better athletes. If you have better athletes and lose, you did a poor job with TnTs. You coached poorly.