or the read option and see if he can make something happen. Taysom has proven himself very conservative with forcing passes, to his credit, and in this scenario, what you are saying is, they gave up. Not only in attempting to convert which could be argued, but in giving up field position.
This was from the 18, not the goaline (which is where this call is warranted).
Basically, the correct playcall IMHO is the FSU 2009 vs. BYU playcall on 3rd and long. We have a whole game of footage of how to playcall 3rd and long.