You mean an offense that didn’t do diddly squat in the second half? I get it that Oklahoma is a stacked offensive team, but they didn’t do anything in the second half and our defense was mowing them down.
Help Me Understand Going For Two
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Option 1:
go for the win against an overmatched and tired defense who couldn’t stop anything for the entire half without a chance for them to regroup
or
Option 2:
Take it to overtime and allow a very athletic group of defenders have a chance to regroup with their coach and try to cobble together a defense
And
Give the ball to the best offense in the country from the 25, which they hadn’t even sniffed since midway through the third quarter, and who had been playing very conservative all second half
and
we get the ball square in the zone where we struggle to get out of our own way.
option 1 sounds much more appealing and had Pettway not been mugged it would have worked.
In a game that you were getting your ass kicked all night and have a chance to win on the road you take it. 100% of the time.
right call. Play call could have been a little better but still 100% the right call.
right call. Play call could have been a little better but still 100% the right call.
Iowa State got called for PI on back to back two point tries against Oklahoma State two years ago. Same officiating crew.
Great point, I forgot that happened. Granted, OU had 3 TOs so if they were flustered would have called one.
You’re purposely ignoring what has been pointed out to you multiple times in this thread. It starts with Kick and ends with ing. Or do you think our kicking game is strong?
Momentum doesn't always carry into overtime like you were expecting. Half of their fans had already left and I think they were in shock. Going to overtime gives them time to get settled and regroup.
OU’s offense is so good, they potentially could have gotten in FG range in 30 seconds with three timeouts (happens every week in NFL) regardless if we kicked the extra point or went for two.
In a game we had no business being in due to our first half performance, go for two.
I’m almost positive analytics says it’s a higher probability of victory, but the sport is a generation behind in using analytics.
In a game we had no business being in due to our first half performance, go for two.
I’m almost positive analytics says it’s a higher probability of victory, but the sport is a generation behind in using analytics.
If you don’t grasp that repeatedly giving an offense like OU’s the ball at our 25 is a completely different animal from making them march the length of the field (or from the 3)—there’s your problem right there.
No no no. You never make yourself one dimensional on a two point conversion. Rolling Purdy out with the option to run is one thing, but calling a run play is a bad, bad decision.
It’s like you’re intentionally ignoring how conservative OU’s offense went after going into halftime up 21, and that you think they would have continued to play that way in OT.
Not going to deny kicking HAS to upgrade next season, but that second half belonged to our defense. OU was completely shut down in the 4th quarter on offense. My thought is you play for OT with an ISU offense on fire, an ISU defense running on full confidence, an OU offense on its heals and stadium half full.
ISU was in complete control of that game in the 4th quarter and pretty much the entire second half. OU had no answer for the ISU blitzes or containing ISU on the edge. Play for OT in front of an empty stadium will all the momentum.
I thought the fake extra point try against Nebraska was a great call, the kid was wide open, what was stupid was having the punter as the holder, and therefore he shotputs the pass, instead of the backup QB, being the holder.
Rhoads was not much on details, and this was just one such example. Have a QB hold the kicks, just for trick plays like this one.
OU went into the 4th with a 21 point lead. If there was such thing as a Prevent Offense, that’s what they were doing. The offense we would have seen in OT would have been similar to the offense we saw in the first quarter, not the one we saw in the fourth.
OU scored 7 points in the second half. I don't even remembering them making it past the 50 other than that one drive. Our defense was rested and completely confusing Hurts. Put the game into the hands of our defense, its the best unit in the Big 12.
Another person who fails to grasp that OT rules make a completely different situation from regulation.
Seriously. Go look at what happened after Baylor was held to 9 points in regulation, if you want a fresh example. There are more blatent ones, I’m just not taking the time to look for them.
Who is better? Honest question? I would take ISU and the coaching any day of the week over any other defense in the conference.
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