In real time, I didn’t think Sitake’s decision to punt late in the 4th was a

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Sep 8, 2019
11:21:58pm

garyfan All-American

In real time, I didn’t think Sitake’s decision to punt late in the 4th was a

horrible decision. It was 4th and 4 with 3:25 remaining and we were on our own 36. I could see it both ways but I was ok with the decision to punt.

Maybe that’s a common opinion or already been discussed ad nauseam. But I checked the board briefly at that point in the game and people seemed annoyed that we didn’t go for it on 4th down. Maybe that was just in-game hysterics and emotion (understandable).

Thoughts?

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In real time, I didn’t think Sitake’s decision to punt late in the 4th was a

garyfan

9/8/19 11:21pm

I thought he should have played all 4 downs as a 4-down situation.

Dr MoBYU

9/8/19 11:22pm

Yeah, that’s a separate matter but I agree there.

garyfan

9/8/19 11:24pm

I always think it's a bad call when the other team has been dominating time of possession.

Bert609

9/8/19 11:24pm

That’s where I was leaning at the time but I understood the lack of confidence

garyfan

9/8/19 11:25pm

You lose then. In fact, I'd be willing to go back and bet we lose more than win

Bert609

9/8/19 11:28pm

Always better to have 2 chances than 1, IMO. If the place on the field that we

jaba166

9/9/19 5:01am

RE: Always better to have 2 chances than 1, IMO. If the place on the field that

garyfan

9/9/19 7:09am

Yeah, you could argue either way on this one, but if it were on the 40 yard line

jaba166

9/10/19 2:08am

Exactly, they were getting 4+ yards around the corner every time...KS got lucky

Pretorian

9/9/19 5:24am

Don’t look at CB during a game looking for sanity.

Zaphod

9/8/19 11:25pm

RE: Don’t look at CB during a game looking for sanity.

BYUBandfan

9/9/19 12:41am

It took a literal miracle to win after that punt. Was a bad call.

SandYFan

9/8/19 11:30pm

It was a miracle because we again couldn’t move the ball when we got the ball

garyfan

9/8/19 11:32pm

It's not literally a miracle to complete a pass.

mulletino

9/8/19 11:33pm

Prevent defense. It took a major mistake by the defense for us to win.

SandYFan

9/8/19 11:35pm

A colossal mistake for the ages

vegas guey

9/8/19 11:40pm

Miracle: the result of the play was a huge statistical outlier: unlikely to occr

9/8/19 11:51pm

Miracle? Sure. Literally a miracle? Settle down.

mulletino

9/9/19 12:08am

I get it. I'm just saying that I think it was a mistake to kick at that point

9/9/19 12:18am

We couldn’t stop the run and he was leaning on a gasses d to get a stop?

Cougarclaw

9/9/19 12:00am

Thought that same thing. Lucky they pulled it off.

9/9/19 12:10am

I was fine with it, I was actually more upset when he didn't go for it on 4th

jrob30

9/9/19 12:19am

One play for 4 yards seemed like better odds than to keep them from getting a

Osteotome

9/9/19 12:31am

Yep. Instead of needing one play for 4 yds, needed one play for 64 yds

Pony Zale

9/9/19 5:20am

Well put.

Orange4Life

9/9/19 9:33am

Worked out. Bad decision

gurt

9/9/19 12:50am

It was the right call to make. If BYU doesn't make it game over. Best chance

ImuaKahuku

9/9/19 6:24am

I thought we lucked out big time. Never a fan of punting late in the 4th

9/9/19 6:49am

With 2 timeouts left, it was a good decision and it paid off in retrospect.

9/9/19 7:04am

Couldn't disagree more. If they didn't allow a first down you might have a

9/9/19 7:56am

He had to choose between getting the first down on one play

cougXor

9/9/19 7:09am

it was a poor decision that miraculously turned out OK for him

OGSuperfan

9/9/19 7:42am

Worked out, obviously. But, I think I'd have gone for it. 3rd down play stunk.

Benfica1

9/9/19 7:59am

Love all these Monday armchair coaches. Hopefully you all have your resumes

FanofBYU

9/9/19 10:00am

Just because a decision works out doesn’t make it the most optimal play

gurt

9/10/19 2:32am

I wanted him to go for it, but wasn't critical of the decision to punt. That's one of those 50/50 gut calls

MaxxPower

9/9/19 6:03pm

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