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confused...why didn't kiffin kick the FG with 3 mins left?

Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:41 pm
Posted by IceTiger
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:41 pm
Or better yet run a bootleg while ND obviously sold out to the run?
This post was edited on 11/24/12 at 10:44 pm
Posted by emoney
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:41 pm to
Lane Kiffin bro.
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:43 pm to
Lane "fricking" kiffin
Posted by IceTiger
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:44 pm to
I would blame paint chips...but lead was removed before our generation
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:45 pm to
Kiffin is gonna Kiffin
Posted by tigersbh
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:45 pm to
Because they were on like the 2 yard line. Odds were better of them scoring on 4th down than them getting back down there (at least that was his thinking, I guess).
Posted by TigerFred
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:45 pm to
Fire Les.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
Member since Oct 2006
39547 posts
Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:45 pm to
ehhhhh

If he hadn't blow 6 hours down there, the FG was fine. And yes, the FG would also keep the game possible to win, and therefore your players would still believe and play hard.

However, its a lot easier to score a TD and then get a FG with a short clock than to do the reverse.

Dumbass wasted so much time he had to make a judgment call about how his team would respond.
Posted by Mephistopheles
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:49 pm to
Do you want a 99.9% shot to kick from 2 yards and a 5% drive down the field to the endzone, or a 50% chance to score a TD and 40% chance to get a fg kick from 40 yards (which works about 70% of the time). Not saying those are the correct numbers, but if I'm right it's 5% vs 14%

That's the logic.

The problem was running multiple times down two scores late in the 4th.
Posted by CE Tiger
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Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 11/24/12 at 10:51 pm to
usc had a better chance of scoring on a 40 yd td pass than they did on a 2 yard run. kick the field goal and at least give yourself a chance at winning the game
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