So, did Bielema pull an ogre move last night?.....

[thekimmer]

Remember the eggbowl when the ogre decided to go for it on 4th down near mid-field instead of punting? We were spinning our wheels but stuffing that play sparked us to come back and win the game.

When arky went for it on 4th down around the 30 late in the 3rd up 11 it reminded me of that egg bowl. Gave the D a chance to stop the bleeding and then the O went on to score 14 unanswered to put us back in the game.

Should Bielema have tried to kick the FG?

 

[dawgatUSM]

Difference is that in this game neither defense was stopping the other offense. In that egg bowl we he done nothing to warrant him not pinning us deep.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Think the biggest mistake Bluto made last night .. was the three straight rushes 'before' the FG attempt. They were flat *** marching down the field .. passing in huge chunks. And, we couldn't cover a TE if our life depended on it. NOT that I'm complaining about it.. mind you!

 

[thekimmer]

I have never seen so many wide open receivers in the end zone as last night. I have never seen a secondary more confused.

 

[kired]

Wasn't UM on their side of the 50? Seems like it was just over the 45. And we had no offense up to that point. That was such a dumb move.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Think it was about our 40/45....Game changer.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

I have never seen so many wide open receivers in the end zone as last night. I have never seen a secondary more confused.

You don't remember the Ron Cooper Secondary of 2003?

 

[KurtRambis4]

To be fair

that's what probably 99.9% of D1 coaches do there, play for the FG.

 

[Philly Dawg]

He definitely played it right on the three runs and kick the field goal. Its all they needed to win, and if he passed the ball trying for the touchdown and didn't get it, he'd end up kicking the field goal with about 30 more seconds on the clock and with MSU having some time outs left.

Not kicking the field goal earlier was more sketchy, but not an obviously bad call at the time. Field goals are not nearly as automatic in college as the pros and you have to take that into account.

 

[mount lefroy]

Remember the eggbowl when the ogre decided to go for it on 4th down near mid-field instead of punting? We were spinning our wheels but stuffing that play sparked us to come back and win the game.

When arky went for it on 4th down around the 30 late in the 3rd up 11 it reminded me of that egg bowl. Gave the D a chance to stop the bleeding and then the O went on to score 14 unanswered to put us back in the game.

Should Bielema have tried to kick the FG?

Not in my opinion. They needed to kill clock. Scoring too quickly would almost assuredly put the ball in daks handswith timeouts and them with no better than a 7 point lead IF they made the conversion too.

What he did was the smart coaching move.

 

[GloryDawg]

Think the biggest mistake Bluto made last night .. was the three straight rushes 'before' the FG attempt. They were flat *** marching down the field .. passing in huge chunks. And, we couldn't cover a TE if our life depended on it. NOT that I'm complaining about it.. mind you!

I think its because he was beaten by state the last two years by a interception on the last play.

 

[thekimmer]

Would kicking on 3rd down make a difference on a blocked kick?

He definitely played it right on the three runs and kick the field goal. Its all they needed to win, and if he passed the ball trying for the touchdown and didn't get it, he'd end up kicking the field goal with about 30 more seconds on the clock and with MSU having some time outs left.

Not kicking the field goal earlier was more sketchy, but not an obviously bad call at the time. Field goals are not nearly as automatic in college as the pros and you have to take that into account.

Once it is kicked there is a change of possession correct?