re: I don’t think the 2-pt try was JUST “cajones.”

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Of all people, it was Les Miles who explained it after he went for the TD against Auburn when a field goal would have won it. After the game they asked him why he took such a gamble when they were already in FG range. Miles said, "Trying a FG is also a gamble". Miles was exactly right.

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That ignores that Miles wasted so much time. We had 44 seconds left and 1 timeout after the previous play. He let the clock run all the way down to 18 second before getting the play in, and the ball wasn't snapped until 8 seconds were left on the clock. We could have run several more plays to get the ball into chip shot range. So no, a FG would not have been a bigger gamble than throwing a 25 yard pass into the back corner of the endzone, pass that had it not been completed and not hit the ground immediately could have been the last play of the game.

That play is the epitome of celebrating the result, but the decision making and clock management leading up to that play being horrible.