re: A few overlooked items from last night

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Still don’t understand why teams go for 2 so early in the game. Those additional points could of been the game winner for Bama in regulation.

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Your comment assumes that everything else in the game would have played out the exact same way. If Saban had gone for one after their 1st and 2nd TDs, the score nearing the end of regulation would have been 24-23 and Bama would have been driving for the game-winning FG instead of a game-tying FG. Coach Kelly and Coach House might have called completely different defensive plays knowing that a FG would have beaten them instead of a FG pushing the game into OT. There's no guarantee Bama even gets that attempt at a late FG if they had made the earlier extra points. Plus, if Bama had taken the lead at the end, LSU certainly wouldn't have kneeled down at the end (to play for OT). You can't just tack on a point or two and assume that's how the game would have played out. Each decision earlier in the game alters all subsequent decisions later in a game of football.