what if the onside kick had worked?
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Would still be a terrible call
That would not have solved our defensive woes. And I am not sure we score. SF put us in a very bad spot. No excuse for a mistake like that.
And would have given SF the “confidence” to do it again till it didn’t work. Remember in ‘08 and Bo would call that fake field goal where the holder would pitch the ball to Henery and he’d run for a first down? It worked a couple times till he tried it against Oklahoma and they stole the ball in mid air and took it to the house for an easy 6
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Still would have lost
It didn't.
Look we had just secured a two score lead and had momentum. We were clearly NOT dominating in the trenches. So at least make them go the distance. Make them earn it. It was a 35-40 yard gift and a loss of any momentum we had.
It was that moment we see in every one of these games, where we all say oh crap here we go. Self inflicted wound and this one from the coach himself. It was ridiculous! Even if it worked.
Look we had just secured a two score lead and had momentum. We were clearly NOT dominating in the trenches. So at least make them go the distance. Make them earn it. It was a 35-40 yard gift and a loss of any momentum we had.
It was that moment we see in every one of these games, where we all say oh crap here we go. Self inflicted wound and this one from the coach himself. It was ridiculous! Even if it worked.
If the onside kick had worked, it would still have been an unnecessary and inappropriate risk to have taken given that we scored two quick touchdowns to take a two possession lead. We needed to try to make it MORE difficult for NW to score again not easier. The risk of what ended up happening was just too high.
Had we miraculously covered the onside kick, maybe we go down and score again and increase our momentum further.
But it was a knuckle head call.
Had we miraculously covered the onside kick, maybe we go down and score again and increase our momentum further.
But it was a knuckle head call.
That's a lot of whats.....
We might have won. But it would only mask the deeper issues of the team. Honestly just can't fathom that call. As everyone else has said, if we recovered it I would not have thought "what a great call," I would have thought "got away with one there!"
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