There were nine seconds left, and UT was down by two scores. But this is college football and strangers things have happened. It was desperate and his stupid players, who had been playing stupid all night did not change their spots, destroying any opportunity that their desperate coach had been trying to create. Fitting, in a way. Just a drag that we are probably going to have some players sitting the whole game next week.
Don't hear anyone saying they are concerned for Bama. They were tied 3-3 against USF at halftime. Win 17-3. They are not clicking right now. Also UGA did not look great vs. USCe. All of a sudden we don't look like a SEC bottom dweller that the talking heads predicted and Graham effin Mertz certainly doesn't look like the 14th best QB in the conference.
While in principle I am in complete agreement, I’m struggling to think of any game in history that would have ended “stranger” than that would have. The kick six game in Auburn is the most unlikely ending I can recall (Cal-Stanford a close second) and that wasn’t nearly as unlikely as a UT comeback with 9 seconds last night.
I predicted similar but I didn’t expect Etienne to do what he did or the improvement of our blocking to that degree. What a pleasant surprise. That 13 yards against Utah had to embarrass those boys and they responded.
If we kick it through the endzone the game is over... no matter if they run it all the way back. Unless he can do it in about 4 seconds or so... Still need time for an onside kick and score... Lol.
Like you, I always want more points in a game that isn't totally in hand - under any circumstances. But UT "caved in" in the first half, IMHO, and the second half was about mopping up and getting out with an uber important win with our butts and our big victory more or less intact. We succeeded. And after the garbage we've endured from the media and rival fans since Utah, and the positive impact this win has in the here and now, I'm not picking any nits this am. I'll be back to agonizing about unfinished business soon enough. GG!
Completely agree. About the only way it would have worked is a bad snap becoming a scoop and score, then a successful onside kick followed immediately by a Hail Mary to the end zone. But you don't know unless you try. I still blame Josh, because he should have known his players would do stupid selfish crap like that. But give him credit for the immediate and public apology to Billy.
It was 4th down, the clock would have stopped with the change of possession as soon as his knee touched the ground.
Colorado playing an irrelevant team in an irrelevant conference is the biggest game of the week. The swamp was better but such is life.
I have no idea if it has been receivers' inability to get separation, BN' route combinations, or saving something for bigger games, but from seeing Wisconsin games Mertz' favorite throws are outs and then corners. I don't see Pearsall as the ideal for those.
