Would you feel better if we closed it out in regulation with a 49-42 win?
I certainly would still not feel good about it. But if we had managed the play clock better and scored a TD at the end of regulation and left ACU much less time to force OT we would feel better about the outcome. We would have won and the game would have been much less in doubt. As it stands we were all petrified we were going to lose to an FCS team.
I went back and reviewed the last 5 minutes of regulation. Why in the world would anyone substitute your starting QB for a D2 sophomore walk on for a 3rd and 1 in the red zone with 2:45 left in a tie game.
I now see there is a dedicated thread to the final drive. Carry on.
The last 4 minutes of the game went down like this:
On a 2nd and 1 with 3;49 left we run Taj for 8 and get a first down and burn some clock.
The next play we snap the ball from the 17 with 3:22 left. There were :13 seconds left on the play clock!!!!
Pass to Conyers for 9.
On 2nd and 1 we snap the ball at the 2:48 mark with :16 seconds on the play clock. And what do we do? We throw an incomplete pass to stop the clock at 2:45.
We should of given it to our stud RB and run some clock. But what did we do in crunch time when we need a yard to get a first down? We sub in a D2 sophomore walk on at QB. And what happens? The center gets flagged for a false start. How in the world does a center false start?????
Now a 3rd and 6 produces another incomplete pass that stops the clock. BRILLIANT!!
We end up kicking a FG and leaving them 2:39 on the clock. That is an eternity.
If we run Taj on the 2nd and 1 and snap the ball at the 2:20 mark(proper play clock management) and get the first down/touchdown. Worst case, you get stuffed and kick the FG at the 1:45 mark and leave them with almost 1 minute less on the clock. ACU did not get in FG range to tie it until :24 seconds left.
Total mismanagement from the 3:22 mark on.
I certainly would still not feel good about it. But if we had managed the play clock better and scored a TD at the end of regulation and left ACU much less time to force OT we would feel better about the outcome. We would have won and the game would have been much less in doubt. As it stands we were all petrified we were going to lose to an FCS team.
I went back and reviewed the last 5 minutes of regulation. Why in the world would anyone substitute your starting QB for a D2 sophomore walk on for a 3rd and 1 in the red zone with 2:45 left in a tie game.
I now see there is a dedicated thread to the final drive. Carry on.
The last 4 minutes of the game went down like this:
On a 2nd and 1 with 3;49 left we run Taj for 8 and get a first down and burn some clock.
The next play we snap the ball from the 17 with 3:22 left. There were :13 seconds left on the play clock!!!!
Pass to Conyers for 9.
On 2nd and 1 we snap the ball at the 2:48 mark with :16 seconds on the play clock. And what do we do? We throw an incomplete pass to stop the clock at 2:45.
We should of given it to our stud RB and run some clock. But what did we do in crunch time when we need a yard to get a first down? We sub in a D2 sophomore walk on at QB. And what happens? The center gets flagged for a false start. How in the world does a center false start?????
Now a 3rd and 6 produces another incomplete pass that stops the clock. BRILLIANT!!
We end up kicking a FG and leaving them 2:39 on the clock. That is an eternity.
If we run Taj on the 2nd and 1 and snap the ball at the 2:20 mark(proper play clock management) and get the first down/touchdown. Worst case, you get stuffed and kick the FG at the 1:45 mark and leave them with almost 1 minute less on the clock. ACU did not get in FG range to tie it until :24 seconds left.
Total mismanagement from the 3:22 mark on.
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