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

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Sep 8, 2019
11:32:41pm

garyfan All-American

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

back, except for the one miracle play. And it’s that same inability to move the ball that made it less than obvious that we should have gone for it on 4th and 4.

Even if we had converted on 4th down, we still would’ve needed ~30 more yards to get in FG range, which was hardly a lock.

I get both sides, I’m just saying it wasn’t a ridiculous play call IMO.

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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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