1st and 10. 3 Timeouts. 1:10 Left. In FG range. Down by 3. And we try to pass?

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Negateer said:
Yeah that is totally on the coaches.

It's hard to defend these guys anymore. That game was ours.

Bad playcalling.
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What did you expect us to do? SC had shut the run down and passing was the only way we were moving down the field. I totally support that play call. I WILL NOT blame coaches for this loss. Players fought hard and proved they haven't quit. Did you see the kid crying on the sidelines?
 
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#52
Our season in a nut shell. The coach has made a lot of dumb calls this season.
 
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Negateer said:
Yeah that is totally on the coaches.

It's hard to defend these guys anymore. That game was ours.

Bad playcalling.
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Are you seriously complaining that we were being too aggressive in trying to win the game?

I want Dooley gone as much as anybody, but I don't see a problem there. At all.
 
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#54
Just an unfortunate play for UT and an excellent play by Clowney. One of those things.
 
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#56
There are many bad play calls to cry about..


But that was not one of them.
This UT team, with our UT scrub kickers, should Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever play for a FG.

It would have been missed or blocked or it would have hit a bird and not made it all the way through.

No coach should ever just settle for a FG when their kickers are garbage.
 
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spikesglaring said:
Oh shut up. Bray was on fire & USCe couldn't cover our WRs. There was nothing wrong with that play call on that play. Now, there were some questionable calls earlier, but that was just bad luck that Clowney caused that fumble.
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It was not all bad luck. Clowney was getting held by Tiny on several occasions and it was not called. Tiny did a good job but he was beginning to have trouble with Clowney and he got no help on the play.
 
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spikesglaring said:
Oh shut up. Bray was on fire & USCe couldn't cover our WRs. There was nothing wrong with that play call on that play. Now, there were some questionable calls earlier, but that was just bad luck that Clowney caused that fumble.
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Not bad luck. They forgot to put a RB to Bray's left, to chip Clowney. Mental error, either by Bray, or the OC. Clowney does not take a down off. Chipping had worked the entire game. Why was it neglected on the most important play of the game? Mental failure.
 
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You can't pass 40 times a game and win in the SEC. Maybe Spurrier--but it's hard. Reason: Bad things eventually happen when you are throwing constantly. That's how we lost the georgia game late and how we lost this game late. You're' gonna get picked or sacked or fumble--ESPECIALLY with a guy like Bray who can't run. Look at Shaw and Bray: Shaw gets pressured, he scrambles/runs. Bray is helpless--and that's why he's a fumble waiting to happen. In the 1990s georgia had some very good passing teams--and they didn't win because they couldn't run the ball or stop the run well enough to be really good.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
Um...no. Getting a FG would not have meant the game was ours
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What are you babbling about?

It was first down.

Wylo said:
This UT team, with our UT scrub kickers, should Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever play for a FG..
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It was first down.

Who said play for a field goal? I said run the friggin ball. We had three timeouts left.

At that point, our WORST CASE SCENARIO was go for a tying field goal, not our best case. Our best case was running it down their throats, playing ball control, getting some first downs, not making dumb mistakes, and getting a TD with :01 left on the clock.

Winning.

Instead, we're losers, again.

That was bad playcalling.
 
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yeah we were really dominating with that 90 yards rushing we had the first 59 minutes... if we would have run the ball and fumbled you would say why would we run we were throwing all over them...hindsight is 20/20...idk why they didnt change what they had been doing all game when we had already scored 35. that makes a lot of sense. go away from your strengths with the game on the line
 
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spikesglaring said:
Oh shut up. Bray was on fire & USCe couldn't cover our WRs. There was nothing wrong with that play call on that play. Now, there were some questionable calls earlier, but that was just bad luck that Clowney caused that fumble.
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Fulmer use to be criticized for conservative play calling but you can see there are times to be safe rather than sorry. That was a risky play especially with Clowney at DE.
 
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Negateer said:
Yeah that is totally on the coaches.

It's hard to defend these guys anymore. That game was ours.

Bad playcalling.
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I was saying the same thing. We know how bad our defense is, so I told my wife we are going to score too quickly, as soon as I said it he fumbled. I would have gone for it on 4th if needed, so treat it like you have 4 downs and run at least 1 maybe 2 times before throwing imo.
 
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volnpowell said:
I was saying the same thing. We know how bad our defense is, so I told my wife we are going to score too quickly, as soon as I said it he threw the int. I would have gone for it on 4th if needed, so treat it like you have 4 downs and run at least 1 maybe 2 times before throwing imo.
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we didnt need to worry about time. assuming we dont score on the next play usc gets the ball with less than 50 seconds left, maybe even less. even if we scored that play theres 1 minute left our defense should be able to hold on for 1 min or we deserve to lose
 
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volnpowell said:
I was saying the same thing. We know how bad our defense is, so I told my wife we are going to score too quickly, as soon as I said it he threw the int. I would have gone for it on 4th if needed, so treat it like you have 4 downs and run at least 1 maybe 2 times before throwing imo.
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Yup.

In that position, already in field goal range, there was no reason for us to pass until we needed to. We should have first eaten the clock, or at least forced them to use a timeout or two, and played ball control.

I put this loss on the coaches. Bad coaching. Bad playcalling.

And it cost us. That was our game for the taking.

zreeves said:
...if we scored that play theres 1 minute left our defense should be able to hold on for 1 min...
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lol

What game were you watching? We did fine vs the run, but we stunk the joint up on pass defense.
 
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armchair said:
You can't pass 40 times a game and win in the SEC. Maybe Spurrier--but it's hard. Reason: Bad things eventually happen when you are throwing constantly. That's how we lost the georgia game late and how we lost this game late. You're' gonna get picked or sacked or fumble--ESPECIALLY with a guy like Bray who can't run. Look at Shaw and Bray: Shaw gets pressured, he scrambles/runs. Bray is helpless--and that's why he's a fumble waiting to happen. In the 1990s georgia had some very good passing teams--and they didn't win because they couldn't run the ball or stop the run well enough to be really good.
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You can if your D doesn't give up over 500 yds on a regular basis
 
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The OP fails to include that had the play resulted in a TD, the call would have been 'genius'.
 
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Negateer said:
Yeah that is totally on the coaches.

It's hard to defend these guys anymore. That game was ours.

Bad playcalling.
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I understand your point 100%, but passing was working for us. We were throwing the ball all over the field and those 10 yard out routes were almost always open.

I completely see what you're saying and you have a good point, but you can't blame Clowney busting through Richardson on one play to hit Bray and force a fumble on bad play calling.
 
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negateer said:
what are you babbling about?

It was first down.



It was first down.

Who said play for a field goal? I said run the friggin ball. We had three timeouts left.

At that point, our worst case scenario was go for a tying field goal, not our best case. Our best case was running it down their throats, playing ball control, getting some first downs, not making dumb mistakes, and getting a td with :01 left on the clock.

Winning.

Instead, we're losers, again.

That was bad playcalling.
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i agree!
 
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