End of Game Strategy

A win is a win. Winning by 2 or 4 means nothing really. It is still a win. The safety was a good call.

 

That could only happen to Miami....

 

They had three timeouts otherwise we wouldn't be talking about this. With that said, it was a good call. We had the points to give and anything could have happened, but it didn't. Given their apparent history of blocked punts, it did give us room to punt.

 

Would have had Mertz take the snap and race to the sideline and slide down in bounds to shave a few seconds off the clock on first down.

 

Mertz tried that before , ended up taking a late-ish hit and had his whole O-line come to his defense , which started a raucous causing us to miss some key players the following game. I'm not seeing the issue with the play that was called considering I've already seen an issue that can arise with trying to dance around playing keep away to run down the clock.

 

Did you watch the ending of the Miami-GT game?

 

Can't argue with the result.

 

throwing shade on the decision was exactly your intent! A shanked free kick?? you gotta be kidiing right if you're concerned about that, Safety exactly the correct call.

 

Pretty sure it's not illegal. What is your take on the Florida Flop?

 

Well Gus, I think that was the intention on the safety but the Carolina defenders got deeper into the end zone than I think Napier had planned or Mertz expected. Mertz did the right thing getting OOB before contact. Ultimately the goal on that series was to not have a turnover 1st and kill as much time as you can 2nd.

 

Read the thread. Holding is illegal.

 

But just a 10 yard penalty though right. The penalty is no different if one guy or 10 guys do it at the same time right? Unless they call it unsportsmanlike conduct. That's what I was meaning.

 

Fair points. But 1st down he pretty much went straight to ground. Win the game. That is what matters. A lot more fun discussing this after a win.

 

Perhaps Napier could use a staff member’s analytical skills to determine which kind of play takes the most time off the clock and run it.

 

a free kick doesnt have to be a punt, it can be a regular kickoff...much lower likelihood of a shank on that

 

That’s brilliant

 

I remember that highlight... when it happened. LMAO!

So, Michigan tried to punt the ball... FAIL.

Miami tried to run the ball... FAIL

And we smartly lost yardage purposefully on all 4 downs so that we could give them a free safety and win the game... WINNER