re: What in the hell was Larry Fedora doing?

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Conventional wisdom says to wait until the last possible moment to chase points. By continuing go kick XPs he guaranteed he would have a one score game. If he went for two and failed on the last TD, he would be down by 9 and it's a two score game.

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Right. With the benefit of hindsight, we're talking about a game that's in the third quarter, and 68 points have been scored. For a near ping pong match like this, you don't chase points like that just yet. As it turns out, Fedora needed his defense to hold Clemson to a field goal on one of their scoring drives, and they did just that, making it a 15-point game, setting up your two-possession comeback just fine if it's to happen.

Now, I could understand going for two a little more in say, last nights B1GCG. If it's 17-6 in the third quarter, and you score making it 17-12, maybe you go for two there because you probably aren't going to be that close to the end zone again, and trusting your defense to tighten up is a better gamble in this game than in last night's ACCCG.

This all reminds me of the LSU Ole Miss game in 2010. End 3rd, Ole Miss leads 24-23.

LSU scores, making it 24-29, goes for two, fails.
Ole Miss scores, making it 30-29, goes for two, fails.
LSU scores, making it 30-35, goes for two, fails.
Ole Miss scores, making it 36-35, goes for two, fails.
LSU scores, making it 36-41, goes for two, converts, wins 36-43.