I'm sorry, I've seen a lot of bashing on the 2nd down pass play, and I don't get it.
I do want to say that in that particular situation considering we had been successful 3 straight times on the ground and the K-State front looked gassed, I don't think I would've let up. We built some momentum on the ground, just keep it rolling, and worst case you get stuffed, force a TO, and go for the kill on 3rd and medium.
However, I completely see solid reasoning for calling a pass here. A first down is really going to put this game away, 2nd or 3rd down, and after running like that a changeup isn't a horrible idea. It was just poorly executed. I honestly thought to myself before the play even happened you could go either way on this, and part of me wanted to see them throw because that's more of a "play to win" style than a "play not to lose" style. It's a 50/50 scenario, the coaches went one way and it didn't work out.
What bugs me the most is I know that most of everyone in here saying this was the worst playcall ever would be praising this call if it were successful, and furthermore, if they had decided to run two more times and got stuffed, K-State gets ball and drives and scores, people would cry that we were too conservative and should've thrown.
Bottom line is, this worked, but the refs took it from us anyway. People ride on the outcome way too much when discussing whether playcalling was good or not. It's like Pete Carrol going for the fake FG against the Falcons on Monday night. People are trashing him hardcore for that call, but if it worked? He's the biggest genious of all time. One decision that is a toss up isn't something to get worked up about, but the officiating that was downright and 100% obviously contrived to one side, THAT is the travesty here