Take the Points

Tbh the only one I hated was the 4th and 4 at the 9 yard line.

I didn't mind kicking the 56 yard FG. It was 4th and 9 from the Bama 38. With Chadwick, it would be a sky punt that's fair caught around the 20 or a touchback. He's shown no ability to coffin corner punt and pin teams deep this year. It's 4th and 9 so too long to go for it, I don't hate just seeing if you can get 3 points out of it.

The 4th and 4 from the 9 that they went for, I already said I really hated this one. It was 10-3 in the first half, you're inside the 10 so spacing is tight and it isn't some 4th and 1. Just kick the FG here man.

That brings us to the 4th and 3 at the Bama 36 early in the 4th quarter down 17-13. I also didn't mind going for this one either. 4th and 3 is much more manageable than the 4th and 9 that the missed FG earlier came from, so with this yardage remaining at this spot of the field I generally prefer going for it than attempting another 50+ yarder

Then the 4th and 10 from your own 25 down 24-13 with 8 minutes left. This one I also didn't like, I'd prefer punting here, but at the same time I can also see the logic behind going for it. You had just given up a big punt return, if you punt then you need to get a stop, score, get another stop, and score again. While also not letting Bama take up too much time in between stops and also not taking too much time on your scoring drives. I can see why logic would say trying to convert this 4th and 10 gave you the best chance of winning. Not to mention if you don't get it you can still hold Bama to a FG and it's still a 14 point game.

So all in all, there was really only one egregious decision that I absolutely hated and that was the 4th and 4 from the 9 in the 2nd quarter. You just have to kick the FG here and cut it to 10-6, we were getting the ball to start the 2nd half too, no reason to risk leaving points on the board in this spot the way the game had been going.


Leavitt throwing that pick before half, awful throw into triple coverage, awful decision. The punt team allowing that long return from RCW to the 25, inability to execute on 4th downs that most I think were at least reasonable decisions other than the one I highlighted, the defense allowing that big pass on the first play of Bama's drive once LSU finally took a lead squandered the momentum we had, all of these are things I feel are a lack of execution and faltering at key moments that played a bigger role in the loss rather than bad strategy.

We need to keep the game in front of us for once. Unless it is like 4th and 2 or less from the 32 to 42, just take the points.