re: New Orleans Bowl - Troy (50) North Texas (30) Final (ESPN) Game Thread

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I get the strategy.. but this is a team that almost got run out of the damn stadium. I think first and foremost they just needed that score without worrying about getting too cute with clock management

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The fact that the team your facing dominated your defense for the majority of the game is EXACTLY the reason why you need to execute that clock management correctly. They were 1 drop away from it kicking them in the arse.

It's one thing if you have Navy on the other side of the field, but when you have a troy team who has thrown all over you today, you don't need to risk them scoring in those final seconds and killing your momentum

And it's not "getting cute" with clock management. It's simply executing it correctly. Getting cute would be going for 2 with 8 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.