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<blockquote data-quote="JacketOff" data-source="post: 747054" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>McElroy said it best when UCF had the ball with about 4:00 left in the half. He said, “You might as well put 20:00 on the clock with the way this UCF offense moves the ball.” Giving UCF the ball with 1:20 left in the half and 3 timeouts is like giving somebody else the ball with 5:00 left and 3 timeouts. There’s so much time on the clock that it becomes irrelevant to their offense. That’s why spiking the ball with 1:20 left in the half makes no sense.</p><p></p><p>If your arguing that it was still the right call because it allowed the offense a chance to set up, then why not call the last timeout and save the down? Everybody knew in goal-to-goal situation that a field goal was never going to be considered given our current kicking game. So instead of having 4 downs to score, you give yourself 3. There shouldn’t be an offense in America that would struggle to get off 4 plays with 1:20 left, I don’t care if a 4th grader is playing QB. A 14 point game at the half is manageable. A 21 point game is not. The fact that UCF was getting the ball to start the 2nd half makes that point even heavier.</p><p></p><p>In hindsight, the call had zero impact on the outcome of the game, but it could’ve had a huge impact. At that point in the game UCF was scoring and moving the ball at will. Had they scored again to close the half, and then once more to start the second half, that makes it a 28 point deficit, then we have no chance of ever getting back into that game.</p><p></p><p>Im a big CGC supporter. I think he’s the man that GT needs at the helm right now. But of the 3 decisions that could’ve been made in that situation 1) run a first down play with the clock running 2) call a timeout 3) spike the ball, he chose the worst one, and I really don’t think there should be any defense of that specific decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JacketOff, post: 747054, member: 4572"] McElroy said it best when UCF had the ball with about 4:00 left in the half. He said, “You might as well put 20:00 on the clock with the way this UCF offense moves the ball.” Giving UCF the ball with 1:20 left in the half and 3 timeouts is like giving somebody else the ball with 5:00 left and 3 timeouts. There’s so much time on the clock that it becomes irrelevant to their offense. That’s why spiking the ball with 1:20 left in the half makes no sense. If your arguing that it was still the right call because it allowed the offense a chance to set up, then why not call the last timeout and save the down? Everybody knew in goal-to-goal situation that a field goal was never going to be considered given our current kicking game. So instead of having 4 downs to score, you give yourself 3. There shouldn’t be an offense in America that would struggle to get off 4 plays with 1:20 left, I don’t care if a 4th grader is playing QB. A 14 point game at the half is manageable. A 21 point game is not. The fact that UCF was getting the ball to start the 2nd half makes that point even heavier. In hindsight, the call had zero impact on the outcome of the game, but it could’ve had a huge impact. At that point in the game UCF was scoring and moving the ball at will. Had they scored again to close the half, and then once more to start the second half, that makes it a 28 point deficit, then we have no chance of ever getting back into that game. Im a big CGC supporter. I think he’s the man that GT needs at the helm right now. But of the 3 decisions that could’ve been made in that situation 1) run a first down play with the clock running 2) call a timeout 3) spike the ball, he chose the worst one, and I really don’t think there should be any defense of that specific decision. [/QUOTE]
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