Is there a reason we don't attempt field goals?
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If he was hurt, there was plenty of time to get well since we'd not scored in a while. Some of the attempts would have been long, but he can kick it a long way too.
Yep. Which makes it seem like there's no reason he couldn't be kicking field goals.
We’re playing to win. When you’re down 2+ scores at all times it would be retarded to kick a field goal. Unless you love moral victories.
On occasion, OUR Coach can be a bumbass, but this only one opinion. Mine.
Balls to the Wall, is NOT always the best option.
Balls to the Wall, is NOT always the best option.
Because our head coach is a 17ing moron.
This.
In the past two games when in the red zone we're already down 2 scores. I have no problem with it.
But when you try to go for it a couple of times and aren't successful, why doesn't it make sense to get three on the board multiple times? Field goal points count too.
See, I'd still choose not to get shut out.
ETA: obviously this applies more to the LSU game than today.
But I feel like ending some drives getting three puts you in a position to close a smaller gap if/when you do get some momentum.
If you’re down 14-0 and make it 14-3 with our offense what exactly are you hoping for?
We have been that for the past 3 games regardless. At least Lebby is rolling the dice trying to turn chicken **** into chicken salad. I am on the fence regarding him but I don’t disagree with trying to win.
I thought we lost by 8 points. The score, and points scored influence how you play, during a game.
I'm hoping that you do it multiple times and regard special teams points as real points. Oklahoma got 9 points worth of field goals today and beat us by 8.
Croom settled for a lot of field goals and that worked out well.
Not only do analytics support going for it most of the time but also, when down 7+ and attempt a field goal you send a message to your team you just want to keep it close.
Kiffin is a master of it as much as he sucks as a person. Theres a psychological aspect to it too.
Getting shut out doesn't matter unless you've got money on the line.
Winning matters.
FG's in this one & the last don't matter.
POSSIBLE TD's in those situations change everything.
Again, trying to WIN.
I think it could have kept us in the game way more today and would have prevented the shut out last week.
It's one thing to go for it when there's some precedent that it's going to be successful. It's something else to elect to always go for it when you have a good kicker and are playing with a back up quarterback.
The psychology of it doesn't seem to paying off for us in the last two games.
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That only works if you score some of the TDS.
Sometimes, you might be better off taking the points and getting to win like our opponents did today.
My point is that we should not call plays that up the chance of giving up the possibility of losing the option of the field goal. Like say, when you are down only 3, and call the read option when you have fluff bothwell.
if we had run fluff three straight plays from the 5, and gotten stuffed 3 straight times and kicked the field goal to tie, I would have been completely fine with that.
instead, we put the ball in the hands of our 5’-9” / 180 qb and he promptly coughed it up. Game.
I wish I had paid better attention to give you specific drives, but I didn't either. But Ferrie's longest is like from the 45, right?
I don't expect him to hit record setting field goals every game, but I feel like we went for it on 4th enough that there were probably a couple he could have hit, just because there's not that big a gap between where he can successful kick from and where we'd feel okay about turning it over on downs.
Field goals are part of the game and good teams use them. For some reason, we're opting out of that, and I think it's bizarre.
I think Ferrie has kicked at least a couple from 50 + this season. He is a weapon.
Absolutely. Maybe the best State has ever had, and we're not giving him any chances.
Because we want to average 2/10 on 4th down conversions in the last two games.
When it was around the start of 4th qtr, we had 4th and 5 in field goal range, and lebby went for it. Plenty of game time left, and 5 yards for a 1st down. I haven't seen any successful coaches do this type of thing. We didn't get the 1st down.
After looking back at game summary, the closest we came to a FG would have been a 58 yard attempt vs going for it on 4th & 5. So we really didn’t have any opportunities. Scored on two possessions and had two turnovers in their territory (fumble & int). Never crossed the 50 otherwise
Ferrie probably slept with Lebby's wife like AJ Swann and all the ex head coaches we hired this off season to help Lebby make better in game decisions!**
4 more 3 point drives instead of fumbles, punts, and giving the ball up would be a good start
I’d rather take a chance on a win and risk a blowout. As opposed to ensuring a respectable loss.
We obviously should have kicked the field goal instead of that red zone fumble and end zone interception. Would have made all the difference.
Thank you for looking at it drive by drive for today. It's hard to argue with that reality.
I think I'm emotionally merging some LSU memories in too, and I want to believe in having better options that failed attempts at 4th downs.
Our opponents missed those...at least twice.
Down 2 plus scores, it's pointless.
How many scores were they down when they attempted their 3 point plays?
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