Pedro G Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Why? Because all the Huskies had to do was take a knee on third down, the RB would not had gotten hurt, and there would had only been 13 seconds on the clock when Washington punted. Texas likely wouldn’t had that opportunity to win the game. Washington dodged a bullet. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Eh, they could have. But that wouldn't have ended the game. They would still have had to punt and Texas could have gotten a couple of plays. The chances would have been remote but I don't think trying to get a first down to end the game was a terrible decision. 4 Quote Link to comment
Xmas32 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 8 hours ago, Pedro G said: Why? Because all the Huskies had to do was take a knee on third down, the RB would not had gotten hurt, and there would had only been 13 seconds on the clock when Washington punted. Texas likely wouldn’t had that opportunity to win the game. Washington dodged a bullet. I didn't have much of a problem there as that play is so fluky (and honestly a dumb rule--injuring your opponents should not afford you the ability to stop the clock). I had a way bigger problem with the previous drive when UW could've milked more time off the clock, both in running the play clock down to 1 before snapping and the 3rd down pass call that allowed Texas to save a TO. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pedro G Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 Is this the first time in a NC where both teams are not regularly in the top 10 in recruiting? Quote Link to comment
Xmas32 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 12 hours ago, Pedro G said: Is this the first time in a NC where both teams are not regularly in the top 10 in recruiting? In the CFP era? Most definitely. In the CFP/BCS era? Maybe? In looking at the games, and the only game I could see where both teams might not be in the top 10 recruiting rankings-wise is Oregon and Auburn. Oregon for sure wouldn't have been in the top 10 because they were just getting cranked up under Chip Kelly. Auburn *might have* with Cam Newton and Michael Dyer who were both 5 stars IIRC plus they had some other talented kids coming in that year. Quote Link to comment
Lorewarn Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 On 1/2/2024 at 1:02 AM, Pedro G said: Why? Because all the Huskies had to do was take a knee on third down, the RB would not had gotten hurt, and there would had only been 13 seconds on the clock when Washington punted. Texas likely wouldn’t had that opportunity to win the game. Washington dodged a bullet. This isn't a bad strategy, but it is the conservative one. Deboer's motivation was 'we're good enough to get the first down and completely end it', which also isn't a bad strategy, just an unlucky thing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 They deserved to lose due to something extremely flukey, even though their defense did a great job stopping Texas from scoring in the end? No, no they didn't. 2 Quote Link to comment
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