Not many 27 yard plays in the playbook.

Sep 22, 2014
3:43:31pm

buzzard

You can get lucky and have a play go for that long, but the defense is also stacked against a long pass. It was the right call.

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8:30 in the 2nd QTR. 3rd and 27 at the BYU 18 after a personal foul.

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 3:33pm

Risk/Reward. Live to fight another series. Remember how we lost @ VA last year?

refunder

9/22/14 3:40pm

On 3rd and forever, you're just looking for a few extra yards to tack on to the

QuickCoug

9/22/14 3:43pm

That's not true for the top programs.

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 4:51pm

Not many 27 yard plays in the playbook.

buzzard

9/22/14 3:43pm

Don't know how you can say that given how our punter performed on Saturday

workindev

9/22/14 3:46pm

Perhaps Anae was thinking about this....

Magic8Ball

9/22/14 3:46pm

The fact that people don't understand the situation there baffles me.

BlueOptimist

9/22/14 3:47pm

Perhaps with another QB, but there's no reason to not run Taysom on the bootleg

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 3:58pm

Water, under bridge. And that's what they will probably call next time.

buzzard

9/22/14 4:00pm

He's got my number blocked.

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 4:05pm

The deep ball is only a viable option when the defense has to defend the short

Duke Silver

9/22/14 3:48pm

Not asking for a bomb. Saying you have TH as the QB.

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 4:00pm

It's very hard to complete a long pass when the defense knows that's what you

dilbert

9/22/14 3:49pm

No kidding...

byu_coug

9/22/14 3:49pm

But to be fair to Uneducatedfan, if he's been watching our defense

dilbert

9/22/14 3:59pm

Follow up. People here are misunderstanding the choice. I'm not asking for

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 4:11pm

No, we didn't...

byu_coug

9/22/14 4:22pm

I have to disagree with you here I'm afraid and that's ok. I see your point.

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 4:30pm

It's fine to disagree,

byu_coug

9/22/14 4:44pm

Understand.

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 4:52pm

You hope the defense sells out on the pass and then

Iron Coug

9/22/14 4:17pm

Your options with TH in that scenario vs. Williams IMHO are apples and oranges.

UneducatedFan

9/22/14 4:21pm

I see what you are saying. I think Anae gets way too much grief from Cougarboard

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