Not Milking The Clock Cost Us.....Dearly

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We were snapping the ball with ten to fifteen seconds still on the play clock. A lot of factors came together to cost us the game. This was another. Running the play clock down near the end would have, I think, changed the outcome as well.

Anyone know why we continued to snap the ball with so much time left on the play clock? Even the tv guys said that was poor clock management.
 
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I was questioning that too, plus the 2nd down pass play (I believe).
 
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I was at a wedding so I couldn't watch the game. Can someone fill me in on what happened. What was the situation?
 
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I thought it was refreshing with 9mins left we saw aggressive play calling. for years we saw 3 runs and a punt.
 
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Simms was asking for the snap leaving 10, 11, and so on second still on the play clock. Point poster is making those seconds would have been gone and the LSU drive would have been 30 to 50 seconds less than it was.
 
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Burhead said:
I was questioning that too, plus the 2nd down pass play (I believe).
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yep. 2nd and 2. ball was almost picked, but even without the pick it stopped the clock.

if we could have drained more clock on that last drive, the 4th and 14, bad PI call, and end zone drama may have never happened.
 
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We had the ball with less than six minutes left (in the 4's at one point) and were snapping the ball with LOTS of time left on the game clock and the clock ticking. On two snaps alone we could have counted another 26 or 27 seconds off the clock but didn't. Guess that is on Simms. Peyton would have milked every second.
 
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jed said:
I was at a wedding so I couldn't watch the game. Can someone fill me in on what happened. What was the situation?
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For most of the drive we were snapping it with 10-15 seconds still left on the clock, we only started milking it near the end. Plus we passed on 2nd down...
 
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And yes it was 2 and 2 or 3 I think. Pass stop the clock and it failed. Run it 3 times there for a 2 or 3 yard convertion. We really should have grinded our drive out to under a minute and a FG at worst.
 
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CheckerboardEndZone said:
We were snapping the ball with ten to fifteen seconds still on the play clock. A lot of factors came together to cost us the game. This was another. Running the play clock down near the end would have, I think, changed the outcome as well.

Anyone know why we continued to snap the ball with so much time left on the play clock? Even the tv guys said that was poor clock management.
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Just 5 more seconds milked on 5 plays, and the end game looks a little different in terms of options for LSU.
 
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I thought the same, but hope our coaching staff caught them in a D-package that we wanted to keep on the field, we did seem to move the ball, Man if we cold have picked up that 4th and 1, we would be talking about different things.
 
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I think it was kind of stupid for us to play "hurry up" given that we don't really have a good offense. You need to be dynamic to play hurry up--need to be a team that is capable of putting together a string of first downs. Unfortunately, we are not that kind of team. The one moment when we SHOULD have hurried up offensively, IMO, was the fourth down attempt with 4 minutes left (I think). Instead, what do we do? We call a TO and let lsu get organized and ready and then run the ball straight ahead--good grief. Will Tennessee EVER show some balls and do something creative on a fourth-down call? Had we run a bootleg with Simms, say, he'd still be running, I predict.

And then on LSU's fourth down and 14, Wilcox gets stupid and doesn't blitz. What the hell was he thinking--or not? Did he think our ferocious pass rush was going to save the day? You HAVE to blitz in that situation--HAVE to.
 
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I agree bring the house on 4th and 14. If they beat you over the top, they beat you over the top. I like Dooley but I have to agree with the above comment on Dooley. Got conservative with 2:30 left in 1st half against Oregon (he admitted). There has been some questionable situations where it looks like Fulmer is down there. With that being said he looks like a wiz if all that works out. Again I like Dooley, I think. But, I can see your opinion.
 
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LOTS of things being brought up here that factored into the 'give away' loss. If we really give it thought this was truly a DEBACLE.
 
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armchair said:
I think it was kind of stupid for us to play "hurry up" given that we don't really have a good offense. You need to be dynamic to play hurry up--need to be a team that is capable of putting together a string of first downs. Unfortunately, we are not that kind of team. The one moment when we SHOULD have hurried up offensively, IMO, was the fourth down attempt with 4 minutes left (I think). Instead, what do we do? We call a TO and let lsu get organized and ready and then run the ball straight ahead--good grief. Will Tennessee EVER show some balls and do something creative on a fourth-down call? Had we run a bootleg with Simms, say, he'd still be running, I predict.

And then on LSU's fourth down and 14, Wilcox gets stupid and doesn't blitz. What the hell was he thinking--or not? Did he think our ferocious pass rush was going to save the day? You HAVE to blitz in that situation--HAVE to.
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I agree. How many games have we lost in the last 10 years because we can't get a 3rd and 1? Every call is right up the middle of the line.
 
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With this team you take what you can get. We had the momentum in our favor at the time. Look what happened when it was 4th and1, and we called a time out.
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It is good you didn't see the game. Advise that you do not watch a replay. Advise when highlights come up on ESPN or any other station that you turn it off......quickly!

This game is ranked #1 on the list of 'Improper Game Management' and ranked the same on 'How To Give A Game Away On The Last Play'.
 
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