tired
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It’s the close and winnable games that get me.
I go in expecting to lose. Get excited and think we might pull it off then, see it’s the 4th, hope we don’t melt while watching us melt.
I feel like Charlie Brown, still trying to kick that football.
He is 4-10 in games decided by a td or less. We are keeping games close because of the players. We are losing because of the coach.
This is correct. Montgomery lost the game last night by playing not to lose.
Do you know how many of those games were lost in the 4th quarter?
True. He even said he played conservative on third down in the final drive to keep his redshirt freshman QB from dealing with a tough situation and avoid a turnover.
That is no way to win. We could all see the offense needed to contribute in the 4th to win. Except the coach.
Yes he says he has confidence in his QBs.
And why the President thing at QB on the biggest 3rd down of the game? It's not even fair to him. The guy has not played the whole game. It had been 3 hours since he warmed up. I can't think of a positive play he has made this year. It just doesn't make any sense.
Nope, not our coaches style. We are going to run it 3 times, avoid a turnover, punt and hope to win the game. Did the same thing at Houston.
I was really mad about the stupid jet sweep call from our own end zone, but this is even harder to take.
Small but important point on how we are missing the details on offense.
I do not agree with the tactic but if your goal in q4 is to run the clock down and hope to squeak out a win you should do it with some precision and discipline. We snapped the ball with 15 seconds left on the play clock on several of our 9 plays in q4. Those 30 seconds would have made a difference.
I haven't had time to go through and look. But I'll check. Off the top of my head I think at least 5. USF and Houston this season, New Mexico, Toledo, and UConn last season, were all games we led in the fourth quarter if I remember correctly.