Our 3rd quarter looked good because we had to respond when Auburn scored their touchdowns. It was the 2nd and 4th quarters where we went ultra conservative.

Plays when we were up 21 points:
2nd Q:
rush, rush, pass, punt
rush, (15 yd pen gives us 1st), rush, rush, pass, punt
rush,sack,rush,punt
(then Auburn gets 4th down with over a minute (1:15?) left and we let them run the clock down to 35 seconds before punting.)
knee

3rd Q (up 21)
pass
rush, rush, pass, rush,pass, rush, pass, pass, punt

4th Q (all plays)
rush,rush,rush,rush,pass,punt
rush,rush,pass,punt
rush,rush,rush,punt
knee

Basically we got 4 1st downs (one from an unsportsmanlike penalty) in 8 drives when we were up by 3 scores in the 2nd and 3rd Q's or 2 scores in the 4th.

I count 16 rushes vs 9 passes excluding kneel downs. 5 of the 9 pass plays were on 3rd downs.

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Posted by EarthwormJim

Member since Dec 2005

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Posted on 9/24/13 at 1:11 pm to mmcgrath

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mmcgrath

You're being a little deceptive on your 2nd Quarter drive descriptions.

quote:
rush, (15 yd pen gives us 1st), rush, rush, pass, punt

That first "rush" was a pass play and a scramble by Mettenberger.

So there were 2 passes called and 3 rush attempts on that possession

quote:
rush,sack,rush,punt

Again the second rush attempt in this sequence was a Mettenberger scramble.

So 2 passes called and 1 rush attemp.

Just becaue a play didn't work doens't make it conservative.

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Posted by deSandman

Member since Mar 2007

969 posts

Posted on 9/24/13 at 2:03 pm to mmcgrath

quote:
4th Q (all plays)
rush,rush,rush,rush,pass,punt

That's a very misleading way to describe the first drive of the fourth quarter.

There was a false start, then a rush on first and 15 that picked up 11 yards, then a rush that picked up 5 yards and a first down.

Then there was a rush on first down that got a yard.

Then there was a deep pass attempt on second and 9 that resulted in a negative 15 yards for offensive pass interference and left us facing 2nd and 24 from around the 30 yard line.

You can't just leave that play out of your description of the drive.

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