BSU has 0 timeouts, 2 minutes remaining in the game, and you can pin them deep. At the very least they have to go 80 yards.
The numbers/stats would tell you to do this 10/10 times. Especially with the ball on your side of the 50.
I could maybe stomach the decision if KS had some reasonable rational behind making the decision, maybe even if he said what you did "I wanted to control our destiny...grab the bull by the horns..." but that wasn't his response nor the response the players gave when asked about the decision.