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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 747164" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>Except there was plenty of reason to assume they wouldn't. Up by 14 and getting the ball back you don't want to risk a turnover giving momentum completely away. The conventional wisdom is that they likely wouldn't push to score, and at most would do a safe probing play hoping to bust one, which was what their first play was. The idea that they were a big threat to go super up tempo to push to score in that situation is the thing against conventional wisdom. You point to a throw into double coverage that was popped into the air and ask what if they caught it? It was more likely that would be intercepted than caught. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Except I'm not saying that. I don't think the call to spike the ball had anything to do with whether there was enough time for UCF to score or not. I think we chose to spike it so that the time wouldn't even begin to be a factor for a QB who already has enough problems in the redzone. I don't think leaving enough time or not for UCF had any part of the decision, because down by 21 in the first half that shouldn't be. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1st and goal from the 9 by the way. And yes, it's plenty of time to get 4 quality plays normally. But we're also missing 3 pieces that would probably be in there normally in goal to go situations and have a true freshman QB. And one bad play can turn a 1st and goal from the 9 into a 2nd and goal from the 15. If the coaches and QB felt fine with it then fine. But if they didn't, then it's understandable as well. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>2 things. One, if this make believe situation comes to pass then it's obvious our staff knows what they are doing that it just lends itself more to the argument that they probably understood the situation better than random posters on a website do. Two, and more importantly, in the future will be a different situation. You don't make decisions in a vacuum outside of the circumstances. Next year we likely won't be playing with a true freshman in his second game ever. We, hopefully, won't be dealing with changes to normal routine due to a pandemic. We, hopefully, won't be missing 3 key pieces of our normal down to go set. You don't evaluate a contextual judgement on a universal principal. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe so. If true, then ironically it probably was the right decision to spike it and give him a moment to calm down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 747164, member: 2299"] Except there was plenty of reason to assume they wouldn't. Up by 14 and getting the ball back you don't want to risk a turnover giving momentum completely away. The conventional wisdom is that they likely wouldn't push to score, and at most would do a safe probing play hoping to bust one, which was what their first play was. The idea that they were a big threat to go super up tempo to push to score in that situation is the thing against conventional wisdom. You point to a throw into double coverage that was popped into the air and ask what if they caught it? It was more likely that would be intercepted than caught. Except I'm not saying that. I don't think the call to spike the ball had anything to do with whether there was enough time for UCF to score or not. I think we chose to spike it so that the time wouldn't even begin to be a factor for a QB who already has enough problems in the redzone. I don't think leaving enough time or not for UCF had any part of the decision, because down by 21 in the first half that shouldn't be. 1st and goal from the 9 by the way. And yes, it's plenty of time to get 4 quality plays normally. But we're also missing 3 pieces that would probably be in there normally in goal to go situations and have a true freshman QB. And one bad play can turn a 1st and goal from the 9 into a 2nd and goal from the 15. If the coaches and QB felt fine with it then fine. But if they didn't, then it's understandable as well. 2 things. One, if this make believe situation comes to pass then it's obvious our staff knows what they are doing that it just lends itself more to the argument that they probably understood the situation better than random posters on a website do. Two, and more importantly, in the future will be a different situation. You don't make decisions in a vacuum outside of the circumstances. Next year we likely won't be playing with a true freshman in his second game ever. We, hopefully, won't be dealing with changes to normal routine due to a pandemic. We, hopefully, won't be missing 3 key pieces of our normal down to go set. You don't evaluate a contextual judgement on a universal principal. Maybe so. If true, then ironically it probably was the right decision to spike it and give him a moment to calm down. [/QUOTE]
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