Not kicking the field goal
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Maybe. Tbe game would have been tied and went to overtime. Our success in overtime hasn't been good.
In hindsight we should have taken the points. But to say that would have tied the game, etc isn’t necessarily accurate. Michigan went for two and failed and we went for two and got it, neither of which would have happened if we made a FG on the first possession.
If he would have made it the score would have been 36-32 Good guys. Sorry meant made the TD
Neither has our FG success. My complaint is not running 235 pound Yant straight ahead. Mich D too fast to run lateral.
Always finding that way to lose. Although, the refs were totally biased disgustingly so. Refs found ways for us to lose moreso.
I didn't mind the rollout, gives an option aspect that's harder to defend. Something in the play just seemed to get broken and Michigan was able to stop it. Good play on their part
I bet the thinking was that the defense could have an advantage even if they got the ball inside the 5.
Someone's stubbornness showed again last night. I agree you and I said it last night on here. The right decision would have been to kick the fg. But if not, once we got in the red zone it should have been a steady dose of yant.
So what if on short yardage everyone knows it's 75% chance yant going to get the ball. Try stopping that guy!!
If the dog wouldn't have stopped to ****, he would have caught the big rabbit.
The oldtimers will get this.
Undersized walkon TE Brewington (despite some solid blocking this season) and Rahmir as lead blockers on bigger Mich defenders. They both got blown up. Reminds me of Wandale on goal line last year when Mills was in stud mode.
I just scratch my head on that scheme. Sure, it’s great if it works, but pre-snap doesn’t look like any advantage on a critical call.
I’m usually all for ballsy play calls, but you take the lead in that situation.
In hindsight, maybe NU loads up the OL with a couple of tight ends and an extra tackle, and then let AM try to outrace them to the corner. It's gotta force MI to overload the box cause it "looks" like NU is going raw power.
Woulda, coulda.
I hate when people do this. If he would have done this, then this would have happened. It doesn't work that way. If Frost elected to kick a field goal, then maybe a different set of circumstances happens through the course of the game. Also, you can't linger on one item of a game, especially when it's something that happened early. Get over the decision. Maybe if the defense would have been able to hold down Michigan once in that fourth quarter, our guys win.
Saying it was the wrong decision is a subjective opinion. I had no issue with the choice to go for it. I did second guess the play calling inside the 10 on that series. If you score a touchdown there it changes the trajectory of the game. Plus, there were at least a half dozen more opportunities to extend scoring drives and we didn't do it, so looking back at the first drive as the difference isn't really a valid way to judge the outcome. Not to mention we had almost 2 minutes left at the end to drive and get a FG or a TD, so there were plenty of chances.
Take the points
In a game where every point matters it seems like the easy choice. Michigan wasn't going to give much, we expected that going in so take what you can get. I can't say the outcome would've been different but it would've been nice to come up with something rather than nothing after walking right down the field.
In a game where every point matters it seems like the easy choice. Michigan wasn't going to give much, we expected that going in so take what you can get. I can't say the outcome would've been different but it would've been nice to come up with something rather than nothing after walking right down the field.
Maybe he doesn’t have any faith in Culp..
I’m sure Culp had to wonder why he didn’t get a chance that early..
I would have made the same decision and went for it at that juncture. Field position is usually huge in games like that. Hindsight is 20/20
I thought it was the wrong decision, but it didn't cost us the game. Play calling and strategy would have been adjusted for the rest of the game according to those points being on the board. It was way too early in the game to say that decision was the reason we lost.
First of all, I started my reply by saying "In hindsight." 99.9% of coaches take a FG on the 2 yard line which is nothing more than an extra point.
Did it decide the game? No. There were a ton of plays during the course of the game that led to the eventual outcome. It takes me about 2 seconds to get over any coaching decision, unless I was the one making those decisions during my coaching career.
Also, I don't linger about one item of a game. It's a football game, in the scheme of things it doesn't even matter. That's why folks like us get on a message board and express our opinions.
I agree/disagree with you, you agree/disagree with me, it makes no difference, it's what makes the world go around. I just try to respect opinions that are different than mine. I won't disrespect you, and I won't let you disrespect me.
Please don't question how things work or don't work in the world of athletics.
I've been there and done that.
I think Yant will prove to be valuable coming down the stretch, but he went the wrong way on a 2nd and 1 and then we got stoned on 3rd and 1, so seemed like coaches sat him a bit after that and stayed with Rahmir, who played his best game.
Michigan is likely the best team we've played this year despite the ratings of OU ahead of them. That's why I had no issues going for it early in the game. It's a tough loss, but they were solid in all three phases, played great run defense and marched up and down the field when they needed to get points.
It really was an irrelevant decision. Honestly. Michigan went for two because of the score. Had we kicked the field goal they would not have. And we converted a two point conversion because of the score. So in the end we gained 3 points because he elected to go for it on fourth down.
I believe the 3rd down also got stuffed. The most hurtful thing about this play was we have the ball inside the 5 and do nothing in 2 plays. Make a TD and it mentally changes who is the stronger team. Make a field goal and no harm we’re still as tough as them. But after getting stuffed for 2 plays I thought Michigan was the tougher team and never felt like we were in control after that.
It wasnt, it was a stupid decision. You give ur underdog team a lead, and confidence starting off the game.
Even if u miss the Fzg, u still have them backed up inside the 12 yrd line.
In fact it was one of SF dumb cls that we are just used to seeing by now u fortunately. U take the points, at night, at home, as a home dog.vs a D that u think ur gonna have a hard time scoring against.period.
Instead the team
was a little deflated and then was chasing points from then on the whole game..pretty much..
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