When you get the ball with 1:30 at your own 20 or 30, that should be plenty of time to score.
When you have that kind of time, just running out the clock is like giving up a possession.
The Defense works hard to give the Offense chances. It seems like such a waste of a possession by just killing the clock. Especially when you are kicking off to start the second half.
I am not just talking about tonight or the Coogs. I mean every team that does it. It is a point that I strongly agree with Andre Ware on…you use that possession to try to get points.
IMHO when the offense is humming along like that you try and score. You just have to trust your veteran QB to not make a mistake. At the same time you’re up 3+ possessions why risk it. You’ve shown for half a game you can stop Tulsa
We had a 97.7% chance of winning the game at the start of that drive. Up 25 with the defense and running game on fire, QB just threw a pick. No way on your own 24 yard line do you go all out to score again.
I disagree. It is that mentality when coaches try to run the clock out for an entire half and lose the game in a nail biter. Every possession is precious. Give the O the opportunity to score…because you never know.
I agree here. I doubt many coaches up that much do much more than throw a screen on first down. If that first run is broken for a first down, then we might have gone for it. Its not like they came out and took a knee.
It’s all situational. In that situation you don’t want to throw a pick and give the opponent momentum. Risk/reward wasn’t there to be overly aggressive.
Tune just threw a pick. He good to throw another one. We are up by 4 scores. I’d run the ball, throw something short see if it breaks off than go into the half up by 4 possessions.