Rules - UT's last FG and the penalty

[LosersWithSocks]

Am I wrong that we would have had a first down in BYU territory, in the red zone, had Pruitt taken the penalty on BYU's D instead of declining and keeping the 3 points?

 

[jbeeman85]

Believe it was 4th and goal so it still would have been 4th down.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

It still would have been 4th down.

 

[DiderotsGhost]

Am I wrong that we would have had a first down in BYU territory, in the red zone, had Pruitt taken the penalty on BYU's D instead of declining and keeping the 3 points?

It was offsides, right? It's just 5 yards or half the distance to the goal. It's not an automatic 1st down.

 

[ro2432]

It was 4th and goal. No first down available at that point.

 

[LosersWithSocks]

Thanks

 

[maxorange]

with that offense, they weren't accepting the penalty for a 4th down even if it were at the 1

 

[EconVol92]

The saying is that you never take points off the board

 

[LosersWithSocks]

Even if it had been a first down, I have little confidence that BYU wouldn't have scored a TD anyway.

When the game fell on JG's shoulders, I knew we were in trouble sad to say.

He has come up short a few times in situations where we desperately needed points at the end of a game. Our inability to move the ball reminded me of the game against SCar a couple years ago

 

[Biso]

Even if it had been a first down, I have little confidence that BYU wouldn't have scored a TD anyway.

When the game fell on JG's shoulders, I knew we were in trouble sad to say.

He has come up short a few times in situations where we desperately needed points at the end of a game. Our inability to move the ball reminded me of the game against SCar a couple years ago

JG was awful. With a better QB, Tennessee probably wins the game. But every post seems to be about JG. Folks, he's not the sole culprit in this! BYU had -4 rushing yards in the first half, and then we couldn't stop them in the 4th quarter/OT. We had 240+ rushing yards in the game, but we couldn't move the ball on the ground in the 4th quarter/OT. BYU's coaches adjusted, Tennessee's did not...for a second consecutive game. We have problems that extend far beyond JG.

 

[DaUndergroundMan]

Ha. Losers with socks. That's a blast from the past. Anybody other than me (and I assume, OP) remember the story there?

 

[ThreatLevelOrange]

with that offense, they weren't accepting the penalty for a 4th down even if it were at the 1

It was only half the distance.

 

[GrizzlyVol]

JG was awful. With a better QB, Tennessee probably wins the game. But every post seems to be about JG. Folks, he's not the sole culprit in this! BYU had -4 rushing yards in the first half, and then we couldn't stop them in the 4th quarter/OT. We had 240+ rushing yards in the game, but we couldn't move the ball on the ground in the 4th quarter/OT. BYU's coaches adjusted, Tennessee's did not...for a second consecutive game. We have problems that extend far beyond JG.

Couldn't run the ball in the 4th because BYU was selling out on the run, they knew we had to run the ball because nobody in orange trusted JG at that point. He continuously threw in double and triple coverage all night long with atleast 2 should've been tds but he was late on his reads and overshot or threw them late. It's not all on him but 90% of it is. It affected the defense because we couldn't keep drives going and they were gassed, because he can't throw the ball unless it's a 2 yard check down even though we had receivers open down field. He had time, oline played pretty good he just can't seem to get beyond his first read. I like JG he's just not a good or even serviceable QB, I was rooting for him but he just doesn't have it between the ears