Paul Rhoads

[Jason Sitoke]

Rhoads is obviously doing a great job. That being said, I was perplexed by his decision to fake the PAT for a couple reasons:

1) If you're going to gamble, the time to do it was with 40 seconds to go, all 3 TOs, and the ball at your own 20. You've got an offense that is confident, a big leg kicker, and the wind at your back.

2) Okay, so you take a knee, which told me that he thought ISU was the better team at that point and was willing to take his chances with a 0 - 0 game essentially. So his team answers score fairly easily and all indications showed that we were in for a long OT session until someone made a mistake. My money would have been on the offense with the 3rd string QB to make the big mistake. Instead, he goes gimmick with his holder and it fails.

3) To echo what has all ready been stated. If you're going to take one shot on offense to beat a team, do it with your OFFENSE. Win or lose, put it in the hands of the starters that got you to that point.

 

[sd'sker]

Balls of steel. He had his Osborne moment today.

it was not an osborne moment though. to's moment was pure class. if he kicked the pat, we tie and win a national championship. he went for two our of respect for the game. there was no overtime back then.

cpr, although courageous, was playing the odds. if you can win the game against a top ten team with one play, you take it.

and i agree with the op, if you are going for two, put your offense on the field. they were doing fine and had momentum. i was more afraid of the offense taking the field than a fake field goal. not too mention, who tries to block a pat at that point? play the odds, give up the field goal, but watch for the fake.

I'm not saying it measures up to TO's moment ... I'm saying it was HIS Osborne moment. If that makes sense. Should quit drinkin', prolly.

it does make sense, but it is more like a Mark Dantonio moment.