Thoughts....
- Thread starter kougkurt
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It was the smart call. The way this game/season was/is going, the snap on the extra point would have sailed over Gordon's head, he would have tripped over Max trying to recover it and a Beav would have taken it 90 yards the other way for the 2point and the W.
Absolutely the right call. The extra point (or 2) wasn’t going to help us. There were 2 seconds left, so getting into FG position was impossible. It was either a Hail Mary miracle TD for them or nothing. Snapping the ball for the PAT would have given them another play to win the game, so we eliminated that possibility.
Yep. Smart. Although I never would have thought CML would milk the clock... EVER. Which is what he basically did, albeit for 2 seconds.
Agree it was the right call. Just never seen it.
Yeah, I'm with you on that. We've never seen Leach make such a smart call for clock management. Pretty shocking and very interesting.
It was smart. I was yelling for them to do it. Not enough time to return a kick and kick a FG, and had OSU got a turnover to the house on the 2 pt conversion they would have won. Couple things. 1. Didn’t think Leach would think of it since end of game management isn’t his strong suit. 2. WTF was Reynard Bell doing? He obviously thought the clock ran on the try...thought for sure they were going to smother the squib, take a knee, and kick a 55 yard FG.
Yep. Especially when we returned one for 2 against Cal. I cant recall the last time I've seen that.
He was excited. I get it. But the lack of awareness/savvy/moxy is bad. You cant do that.
Just goes to show you, as much as you can get everyone on the field on the same plan, they might still have different things happening in their head. Crazy a D1 player doesn’t realize the clock doesn’t move on a PAT.
Another first in sports though. I doubt there’s EVER been a player that’s received a celebration penalty on a failed PAT
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I agree that it was the right call, although I am not sure it is impossible to get a FG off. A half or game cannot end on a defensive penalty and the offensive is granted an untimed down if there is a penalty. So if the KO return team is deemed to be the offense, a return that ends with a face mask penalty would give the return team that additional untimed play. A good return with an additional 15 yard penalty could get the return team in FG range. I am just not sure that the return team is deemed to be "offensive", but I believe it to be so.
I think Smith's decision to go for it on 4th down is a huge compliment to the Cougar offense. He knows how good the Cougar offense is and he was hoping to end the game right there. An extra 20-30 yards is often nothing for this Cougar team to overcome.
Yeah they said he must have thought it was ballgame.
In any event, the NCAA is just gross. One of the most hypocritical, sanctimonious organizations in sports... they're against players getting paid until they sense the tide turning, and all of a sudden they're for it. They're like sycophants, and unfortunately they draw the line at players celebrating bowl-qualifying wins. That's just a bridge too far for a righteous organization like the NCAA.
