re: Money Still Can't Buy Close-Game Common Sense for these 5 High-Priced Coaches

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There’s also more nuance, though and I still think I appreciate them going for it

1) they couldn’t stop our offense

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Both strategies involved them stopping us with a 3 and out.

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2) they still gained yardage that would equal a “bad” punt, but with the positives of any single penalty from PI, holding, hands to the face, roughing the passer etc. could get a first down

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And, we could have fumbled the punt...or roughed the kicker. These are all minuscule possibilities.

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3) even if they don’t get yardage at all, LSU already being in field goal range played the sequence more conservatively than they would have on the other end of the field knowing a first down ends the game. So at worse you are only down 6

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Being down 6 would definitely lower the win % chances for Missouri.