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re: Explanation of last 30 seconds of 1st half?
Posted on 9/25/14 at 8:29 am to monsterballads
Posted on 9/25/14 at 8:29 am to monsterballads
Try to get it to mid field and throw up a prayer. Everyone expects the players to never quit, same should be true for the coaching.
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Posted on 9/25/14 at 8:40 am to monsterballads
I think we have the best coach available.but what if the play had worked and the player was tackled within scoring range. I didnt understand that at all.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 8:49 am to cheapseat
give your team a chance to win the game. letting 27 seconds bleed off for no reason is just irresponsible.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:05 am to tigerfoot
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Forced punt, run a play if put in good position attack if not don't. It happens in every football game in America in first half. Only this group of imbeciles makes more of it than is
You came up with this Shakespearean dandy of a sentence and you're calling other people imbeciles?
When other teams run out the clock, they usually aren't down 14 at home and they usually don't have a receiver with one of the best ypc averages in the nation. If we would've gotten a few points there, it would have come in handy at the end of the game. It's not like we were inside the 10 where a safety could happen. You send Dural, Dupre or whoever down the field and give him one option and throw it long. Again, we were down 14 at home and State was receiving the ball at the start of the 2nd half. You can't play scared in Death Valley. That's supposed to be our house.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 10:58 am to monsterballads
Sometimes he has to ask for the play twice and this takes time.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 11:54 am to Open Your Eyes
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Or maybe the play never develops, Jennings gets sacked and fumbles and it gets returned for a score...
Or maybe the pass he's intercepted and returned for a score...
Or maybe the running back fumbles the ball, it's recovered and returned for a score....
Who knows
You pumpers are embarrassing
If this is the mentality, as embarrassing as it may be on one's home field, then why in the hell do you take a friggin' timeout at all????? I don't typically bash the coaching staff, but seriously, there's no rational way of defending this decision, or lack thereof.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 12:11 pm to BigEdLSU
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I don't like the idea of giving up on the half.
I think they were shocked and dumbfounded at what had just transpired in the 1st half.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 12:16 pm to lsufanz
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If this is the mentality, as embarrassing as it may be on one's home field, then why in the hell do you take a friggin' timeout at all????? I don't typically bash the coaching staff, but seriously, there's no rational way of defending this decision, or lack thereof.
I didn't see it as that complicated of a situation. MSU had all their time outs, LSU didn't want them to get the ball back. So they stop the clock with 3 seconds left to run a play that is very safe but may break for a big score.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 12:31 pm to Golfer
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I didn't see it as that complicated of a situation. MSU had all their time outs, LSU didn't want them to get the ball back. So they stop the clock with 3 seconds left to run a play that is very safe but may break for a big score.
That's the problem. We were worried about them getting the ball back when it was our turn on offense and we were already down 14. Plus we knew they were getting the ball back after half.
How good have we looked running screens this year? I think a screen has a higher chance of disaster in that situation than some other plays (or a bomb). I've seen a number of screens get picked or RBs fumble after getting nailed because the blockers didn't set it up properly and the RB turns around to get surprised.
If we would have gone long and they would have picked the pass, it would have been like a punt and they wouldn't have had much time. But we haven't had a problem with throwing picks on bombs this year.
This post was edited on 9/25/14 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:11 pm to monsterballads
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seriously would like to know what the thought process was there
We should all be used to the Les Miles thought process by now. Would have made sense to run as many plays as possible to possibly get a score and catch up, but quitter wanted to go ahead and quit. With 2 seconds left he realized "hey I could've run a couple of plays and not looked so stupid! Oh hell, might as well give it one more try to make it look like I care. TIME OUT!!"
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:19 pm to Golfer
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I didn't see it as that complicated of a situation. MSU had all their time outs, LSU didn't want them to get the ball back. So they stop the clock with 3 seconds left to run a play that is very safe but may break for a big score.
But we called a time out before they even punted.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:22 pm to Golfer
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I didn't see it as that complicated of a situation. MSU had all their time outs, LSU didn't want them to get the ball back. So they stop the clock with 3 seconds left to run a play that is very safe but may break for a big score.
So why stop the clock at all if you're afraid of them getting the ball back?
Or, why not call the play without the timeout?
The timeout makes no sense.
None.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:25 pm to CherryGarciaMan
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So why stop the clock at all if you're afraid of them getting the ball back?
To give you an opportunity to run one play?
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Or, why not call the play without the timeout?
Who knows? Would you be less upset if they snapped the ball to run a screen with 0:03 and didn't call a TO?
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The timeout makes no sense.
None.
Meh. While I agree it was a rather futile attempt...it wasn't entirely pointless.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:39 pm to Golfer
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Meh. While I agree it was a rather futile attempt...it wasn't entirely pointless.
It pretty much was. If you want to call one more play, even if it's just a screen pass - especially if it's just a screen pass - you'd want enough time to be able to call a TO if the play makes it into FG range, but not so much time that gives the other team an opportunity to score. 10-15 seconds would've at least made some sense.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:41 pm to Golfer
Any of you who can't understand it was the old ' 80 yard screen to a running back for a score with no time left against 8 deep' don't understand Les Miles.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:43 pm to Ironhead985
Oh frick you for linking that play, I hope you stub your toe getting into bed tonight you bitch
Posted on 9/25/14 at 1:44 pm to monsterballads
we saw what we can do with 20 seconds left at the end of game.
imagine what would happen with 30 seconds before half.
imagine what would happen with 30 seconds before half.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 2:00 pm to Golfer
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I didn't see it as that complicated of a situation. MSU had all their time outs, LSU didn't want them to get the ball back. So they stop the clock with 3 seconds left to run a play that is very safe but may break for a big score
No offense, but I wouldn't describe this as a rational explanation. In this situation, the team with the ball typically decides to either utilize the remaining time to get in a position to score or play ultra conservative, take a knee and get into the locker room to prepare for the second half. Neither of these would have surprised me. Given the fact that we were behind and kicking the ball away to start the second half, I thought maybe a pass or two to even attempt a FG might be in order, but alas...
To think they used to refer to CLM as the Riverboat Gambler.
Posted on 9/25/14 at 2:01 pm to monsterballads
Vintage CLM clock "management".
Posted on 9/25/14 at 2:23 pm to lsufanz
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To think they used to refer to CLM as the Riverboat Gambler.
That was Tommy Tubberville...
Look, I'm not saying it was the best course of action but I get the purpose of the safe play with 3 seconds.
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