Of course it does not make it so. It dramatically increases the odds to keep the clock rolling.He may have wanted to run it and I would've been ok with it, but the fact that you, and others say, "I believe" we would've won does not make it so. I'm sorry, but it doesn't. There were other variables that could've taken place. What if Croney fumbles? What if ISU got any "holding" penalty? What happened, happened and the answer is that Lazard was interfered with and they botched the call. I am not a fan of those that project their feelings into the shoulda, woulda, coulda.
I am not trying to be rude, but unless you could see into the future at that time, we accept reality as it is. Passing plays were run and ISU should've had first and ten after the PI.
Croney fumble? Are you aware ISU just set a record for being the first team to not lose a fumble the entire regular season?
Holding? Who cares? We get to run the play again and run even more clock .
You can call me a shoulda, woulda, coulda fan all you want. The fact is, Campbell agrees with me (and others) who thinks we should have run the ball.