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

I think most everyone thinks it’s the right decision, especially with hindsight and breaking everything down after having days to process.

The question is, in the heat of the moment, on a national stage, with 100k screaming fans, did it take cajones to make the call?

The OP says no.

At that point in the game, I was so proud of our boys it still would have felt like a win had we lost the game.
Second, they ran that same play for a TD earlier in the season. I knew what was going to happen and by God it did. So damn proud.

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“cajones,”

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It's cojones, baw. Spanish slang term for 'big balls'.
Actually 'cajones' means "big boxes" in Spanish.

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Let’s face it, bad throw, dropped pass

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I know it was mentioned during the “In Game” thread but since that I haven’t seen many people mention just how “Good” the pass JD5 threw on the 2pt attempt was!

After rewatching the end of the game a few times the difficulty, timing & accuracy of that pass & catch really jumps out at you.

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Do not give the refs another opportunity to put their own stink on the end and gift it to them like we've seen happen so many times before.

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He may never admit it, but I absolutely believe that the 2 god awful replay/review bullshite calls definitely factored into CBKs decision to go for it.

Its why so many of us LSU fans felt & even said out loud to “Go For 2” right here, right now (Fuk It) win or lose at least itll be LSUs to win or lose & not have it just handed to Bama.

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It was 100% the right call. All the XP does is provide fleeting comfort of keeping the game going, but it then opens up even more decisions and chances to deal with. The 2 point play for the win is as controlled an environment as you can get to win a game.

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This is exactly right. It only took cojones in the sense that if it had failed, BK would be second-guessed by the media and by not-so-bright people who wanted him to…do what exactly? Play for 2OT and hope that you’re somehow in a better situation the next time around?

OT is a crapshoot; they showed the stat that before Saturday LSU was 8-8 all time in OT, Bama was 7-8, and the teams were 2-2 head to head. That’s a coin flip. The situation we were in after the TD was the most control we would ever have over the outcome, and BK absolutely made the correct call whether it had worked or not. And I’d be here defending him even if it had failed.

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

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It was just the smart and correct decision. It didn't need balls to make, just a smart coach cognizant of the situation.

If we don't go for 2, the best case scenario is we score TD in OT 2, stop Alabama, and win the game. OR we both score TDs, Alabama fails on their 2 point play and we convert ours. Based on how the 4th quarter played out, that wasn't the most likely of outcomes to stop them from the 25 and score a TD ourselves.

Worst case scenario is we both score TDs in OT #2 and go to a 2 point conversion contest where it's a coin flip just like our 2 point conversion was to win the game.

With the new OT rules, rules I think are dumb to get that out of the way, I think it should be a no-brainer (especially when playing a team like Alabama) to go for 2 if you have the ball second in OT #1.

I don't have the benefit of having all the numbers in front of me like the staff, but I am willing to bet the percentages were in our favor of converting there rather than winning in a second OT or a subsequent 2 point contest.

I think in any OT situation like that, if you have the chance to win the game from the 2 yard line you take it every single time. I would also say the same thing had we been in that same situation at the end of regulation. We should have gone for 2 to beat Florida St as well, and I said that the minute we scored to put us down 1 as time expired. I think Kelly learned a lot by how that FSU game ended.

All that to say, I completely agree. It didn't take balls, but rather it took a smart coach completely aware of the situation, and that's something we haven't had in a long time. Sure, Les, early in his career at least, made his mark being the "riverboat gambler" with his fake FGs and trick plays that worked at a remarkable clip, but that's not what Kelly's call Saturday night was. That is just a smart coach, and I'm so thankful we were able to hire him.

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the 2nd OT was going to be only 2-point plays, so going for 2 in the 1st OT wasn't as crazy as some think it was.

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Wrong. The going for the 2-point play only doesn't start until the third OT. In the second OT, you have to go for two after a TD - you can still kick a FG in the second OT.

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Your successor just had a bigger win, in his 10th game as a head coach, than you've had in your entire career. Yes, your Irish defeated #3 Clemson (in overtime) 2 years ago, but if memory serves, Trevor Lawrence was out that game along with 3 defensive starters, and when you played them again 6 weeks later, Clemson squished you like a bug, 34-10.

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Oh FFS, Alabama would smoke Clemson. The only thing that made it maybe a bigger win is Notre Dame is a lot worse team and it was a much bigger upset. Clemson has struggled in over half their games this year and it was only a matter of time before they finally slipped up.

What his predecessor has done is take a team Kelly built with a lot of returning talent and led them to a 3-3 start to the season with losses to Marshall (5-4) and Stanford (3-6)

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but if memory serves, Trevor Lawrence was out that game along with 3 defensive starters, and when you played them again 6 weeks later, Clemson squished you like a bug, 34-10.

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If memory serves, Notre Dame was playing the exact same QB Saturday that Kelly beat, only Clemson is not nearly the team everywhere else they were when Kelly beat them 2 years ago.

Honestly, it's people like you that will never be satisfied with Kelly because you've already drawn a line in the sand that he isn't a good coach. He's now had back to back wins over top 10 team, but apparently that isn't good enough, and the only reason you can come up with is if had he lost people's reactions may have been different. Really?

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It was actually insane.

Had it failed, every last one of you would be calling for Kelly's head today.

But congrats, Coach Kelly. Great home overtime win over a decent Bama team.

Your successor just had a bigger win, in his 10th game as a head coach, than you've had in your entire career. Yes, your Irish defeated #3 Clemson (in overtime) 2 years ago, but if memory serves, Trevor Lawrence was out that game along with 3 defensive starters, and when you played them again 6 weeks later, Clemson squished you like a bug, 34-10.

Oh, and you're still a douchenozzle.

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Still butt-hurt aren't you, GoldenDumber. '...a decent Bama team'. Don't know much about or watch much college football, do you? Not surprising for an Irish fan.