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<blockquote data-quote="GTJackets" data-source="post: 91082" data-attributes="member: 759"><p>[USER=1062]@swampsting[/USER], I don't think anyone has said yet "if Smelter had just laid down, stepped out, been tackled, etc, we would have won." Everyone I've seen has just been saying the same thing I said in the post game thread. In the heat of the moment having watched the game, we thought we scored too soon and left them too much time. Not blaming anyone. Just the way it worked out.</p><p></p><p>Yes, if Joe doesn't flinch, we have an extra 4 points that would have helped. Yes, if we can knock down a pass on 4th and 6, we likely would have won. If both happened, I think we win easily. But this particular discussion was about what was going through your mind as Smelter was sprinting down the sidelines.</p><p></p><p>As Tech fans, we are an analytical bunch. We have to look at odds and percentages. Having watched the entire game, at that moment I was analyzing what is most likely to happen:</p><p>1. Smelter to be stopped somehow, but the O to find a way to get into the end zone with less time on the clock</p><p>2. Smelter to score the long TD and our D to be able to keep them out of FG range for the final three minutes</p><p></p><p>Sure, the TD wasn't guaranteed. We could have turned it over. Hadn't since the first drive, but it could have happened (not likely, but possible) . They could have stopped us short of the end zone. They hadn't shown the ability to do that very often either (slightly more likely, but had confidence in the O based on watching the game). We could have gone on to score the TD even if Smelter didn't make it all the way (6 TDs on 10 real drives not counting the two end of half drives, two punts a fumble and a FG, pretty good odds). Our D could have held them out of FG range for the final 3+ minutes (they had 7 TDs on 11 drives, 3 of those TDs took less than three minutes, not very good odds).</p><p></p><p>It's simply a logical discussion of what we were thinking at that point of the game. Yes, there were huge mistakes that could have saved us from hoping one of our guys didn't make it to the end zone. This wasn't a mistake by Smelter. It wasn't what cost us the game. Just what I (and others apparently) was thinking at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTJackets, post: 91082, member: 759"] [USER=1062]@swampsting[/USER], I don't think anyone has said yet "if Smelter had just laid down, stepped out, been tackled, etc, we would have won." Everyone I've seen has just been saying the same thing I said in the post game thread. In the heat of the moment having watched the game, we thought we scored too soon and left them too much time. Not blaming anyone. Just the way it worked out. Yes, if Joe doesn't flinch, we have an extra 4 points that would have helped. Yes, if we can knock down a pass on 4th and 6, we likely would have won. If both happened, I think we win easily. But this particular discussion was about what was going through your mind as Smelter was sprinting down the sidelines. As Tech fans, we are an analytical bunch. We have to look at odds and percentages. Having watched the entire game, at that moment I was analyzing what is most likely to happen: 1. Smelter to be stopped somehow, but the O to find a way to get into the end zone with less time on the clock 2. Smelter to score the long TD and our D to be able to keep them out of FG range for the final three minutes Sure, the TD wasn't guaranteed. We could have turned it over. Hadn't since the first drive, but it could have happened (not likely, but possible) . They could have stopped us short of the end zone. They hadn't shown the ability to do that very often either (slightly more likely, but had confidence in the O based on watching the game). We could have gone on to score the TD even if Smelter didn't make it all the way (6 TDs on 10 real drives not counting the two end of half drives, two punts a fumble and a FG, pretty good odds). Our D could have held them out of FG range for the final 3+ minutes (they had 7 TDs on 11 drives, 3 of those TDs took less than three minutes, not very good odds). It's simply a logical discussion of what we were thinking at that point of the game. Yes, there were huge mistakes that could have saved us from hoping one of our guys didn't make it to the end zone. This wasn't a mistake by Smelter. It wasn't what cost us the game. Just what I (and others apparently) was thinking at the time. [/QUOTE]
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