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Gus’ TO Decision with :28 seconds left.....
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:17 pm
Re-watched the ending of the game and for the life of me I can’t figure out why Gus called the timeout with 28 seconds to go. It served no purpose.
LSU could still run the clock down to two seconds because it was only 3rd down. I would think a better decision would be to hold on to the time out and call it when Tracy is getting ready kick. Coaches do it all the time. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. But still baffled why he used the time out with 28 seconds remaining.
Any ideas?
LSU could still run the clock down to two seconds because it was only 3rd down. I would think a better decision would be to hold on to the time out and call it when Tracy is getting ready kick. Coaches do it all the time. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. But still baffled why he used the time out with 28 seconds remaining.
Any ideas?
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Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:18 pm to OGTiger
His defense was gassed.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:19 pm to OGTiger
I posted the same thing on Sunday. He choked. He could’ve at least used a time out to try and freeze our kicker.
College kicker on the road in a pressure situation in a hostile environment. It was worth a shot to try and freeze him.
College kicker on the road in a pressure situation in a hostile environment. It was worth a shot to try and freeze him.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:19 pm to OGTiger
He was giving the Saints clock management lessons
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:19 pm to OGTiger
LMSLGCM
Les Miles School of Late Game Clock Management
Les Miles School of Late Game Clock Management
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:20 pm to OGTiger
Probably to make LSU run a play on the 3rd down to A try and get a fumble and B to run the clock down instead of allowing them to run the clock down after the2nd down play call timeout with 6 or so seconds. Attempt the kick on 3rd down so if it is a botched snap you can fall on it and call timeout and try again in fourth down.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:24 pm to geauxtigers33
This is the only reasonable explanation.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:24 pm to OGTiger
He was just going to get a hot pretzel...
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:24 pm to TigerBR1111
quote:im not convinced freezing works. Would love to see stats on it.
He could’ve at least used a time out to try and freeze our kicker.
College kicker on the road in a pressure situation in a hostile environment. It was worth a shot to try and freeze him.
Kickers know several minutes before they kick that they're probably going to have to kick a game winner. I'm not sure another timeout makes a kicker any more nervous.
But it's conventional wisdom so coaches do it. I just don't think it makes a material difference.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:37 pm to OGTiger
Maybe he wanted to force the kick on 4th down rather than 3rd down. Take away the "if there is a problem with LSU's 3rd down there is still have 4th down".
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:37 pm to OGTiger
Force LSU to run another play and kick on 4th down. Ultimately we lost three yards in an effort to run down the clock. Could have fumbled. Could have lost more.
Saving the timeout let's LSU kick on 3rd down without having to run another play.
ETA - I see this has already been covered.
Saving the timeout let's LSU kick on 3rd down without having to run another play.
ETA - I see this has already been covered.
This post was edited on 9/19/18 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 9/19/18 at 6:44 pm to atltiger6487
quote:
m not convinced freezing works. Would love to see stats on it.
Each situation is different so stats wouldn’t tell the story.
As I said it was certainly worth a shot with a college kicker in his first big time pressure situation in a hostile environment. May not work much in the NFL but in this situation it’s certainly worth a shot.
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