At the 3:30 mark, NU throws the ball. Why? I would have felt much better running the ball there. Forcing GA to burn a timeout and make them use the boundaries more on the next drive. Wondered what you thought as you viewed it.
Is there a problem with trying to get a first down rather than conceding a punt?
I think the problem with that is at that point Georgia's biggest enemy was clock. Forcing them to burn another timeout is good strategy. However, I will also concede that on the 99 yd td, had I been calling plays I would probably run a QB sneak or hand off to get room for punter to punt. So, I understand that it does go both ways.
The problem I saw was in the 4th quarter with the lead. Many times we were snapping the ball with 20 -25 seconds left on the play clock. Had they drained down every time we had the ball they could have taken 3 minutes or more off the clock. It shouldn't of even come down to Georgia getting the chance to score again.
I think the problem with that is at that point Georgia's biggest enemy was clock. Forcing them to burn another timeout is good strategy. However, I will also concede that on the 99 yd td, had I been calling plays I would probably run a QB sneak or hand off to get room for punter to punt. So, I understand that it does go both ways.
3+ minutes is an eternity for UGA to score. NU couldn't run much off the clock on that down and would have only forced one Of the remaining two TO's to go to punt. If NU gets a 1st, they have to burn both TO's and would be down to 1:30 or so at the least if we don't get another 1st.
Is there a problem with trying to get a first down rather than conceding a punt?
3+ minutes is an eternity for UGA to score. NU couldn't run much off the clock on that down and would have only forced one Of the remaining two TO's to go to punt. If NU gets a 1st, they have to burn both TO's and would be down to 1:30 or so at the least if we don't get another 1st.