1st Qtr update - when did Herman become coach again?

[mchammer]

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[mchammer]

2nd qtr a little bit better. Let’s see how the 2nd half unfolds.

 

[mchammer]

Goes for two and then skips the FG? Lost 4 points!!! Sark doing his best Herman impersonation.

 

[Duck Dodgers]

We’ll when you say it like that …

However each call was the right one. Going for 2 puts you up 14. Both 12 and 13 points ahead gets you beat via two touchdowns.

And 4th and 1, with a great running back - it’s the correct call to go for it. Get it and the game is over. Kick a FG and you’re only up by 15 so two touchdowns and a two point conversion ties it.

I am glad though for the field goals kicked during the earlier parts of the game. The focus on when to go for 2 should only apply in the 4th quarter, when the game is down to a limited number of possessions.

 

[jmac11234]

Herman would've lost that game.

 

[FWHORN]

Herman would be 2-3 so far this year.

 

[mchammer]

We’ll when you say it like that …

However each call was the right one. Going for 2 puts you up 14. Both 12 and 13 points ahead gets you beat via two touchdowns.

And 4th and 1, with a great running back - it’s the correct call to go for it. Get it and the game is over. Kick a FG and you’re only up by 15 so two touchdowns and a two point conversion ties it.

I am glad though for the field goals kicked during the earlier parts of the game. The focus on when to go for 2 should only apply in the 4th quarter, when the game is down to a limited number of possessions.

Maybe under 7 min, but not at 11 minutes

 

[Duck Dodgers]

“Herman would've lost that game.”


Then gulped a gallon of water down on Monday’s press conference, said it was hard to win in Death Valley Metroplex, and said we all needed to hire UT football players with degrees in Sports Management to run our business units.

So glad that turd was flushed last year.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Herman would've lost that game.

Because Bijan's stat line would have been something like 8 carries for 85 yards.

 

[MeatHeadHorn]

Herman looses that game by 3 scores at least.

 

[HTownBevo]

Glad to see Dicker can still kick. He was shaky prior to yesterday’s perfect performance.

 

[Statalyzer]

Going for 2 puts you up 14. Both 12 and 13 points ahead gets you beat via two touchdowns.

We can go back and forth on the 4th down. The math says you're better off going for it, but not drastically so, and there's a fair argument that when it's close teams that are winning should take the safer route and teams that are losing should take the riskier one.

But there should be no argument on the extra point. Going for 2 was the clear-cut right call and going for 1 would have been penny-wise and pound-foolish. Worrying more about losing to FG + FG + TD than to TD + TD at that point would have been silly. Not only is the former a more unlikely combination anyway, but we were close enough to the end where there was a high probability that TCU wouldn't even get 3 more possessions anyway.

 

[mchammer]

We can go back and forth on the 4th down. The math says you're better off going for it, but not drastically so, and there's a fair argument that when it's close teams that are winning should take the safer route and teams that are losing should take the riskier one.

But there should be no argument on the extra point. Going for 2 was the clear-cut right call and going for 1 would have been penny-wise and pound-foolish. Worrying more about losing to FG + FG + TD than to TD + TD at that point would have been silly. Not only is the former a more unlikely combination anyway, but we were close enough to the end where there was a high probability that TCU wouldn't even get 3 more possessions anyway.

You are ignoring a future FG attempt by Texas that was highly probable to occur later in the 4th quarter due to TCU’s inability to stop the run, which indeed would have happened from the one yard line if Sark didn’t decide to go for it on 4th down. This decision was not a loss of 1 point but a loss of 4 points. Why? Because the decision to go for 2 was made with 11 min left in the game. At 7 minutes, then okay, but not at 11 min.

 

[mchammer]

But there should be no argument on the extra point.

With today’s offenses, the decision shouldn’t be made until 7:30 left on the clock in the 4th quarter. This game is perfect example of that.

 

[horninchicago]

With today’s offenses, the decision shouldn’t be made until 7:30 left on the clock in the 4th quarter. This game is perfect example of that.

Are you going to be complaining about this, granted we won unlike 2008 Tech, like people complain about Gideon still?

<Sark>

 

[mchammer]

Are you going to be complaining about this, granted we won unlike 2008 Tech, like people complain about Gideon still?

<Sark>

Good question. I need to see a counter example where my preference (in alignment with my argument) was selected and it was perceived by some as the wrong one (regardless if Horns win or lose, just like last Saturday).

 

[horninchicago]

Good question. I need to see a counter example where my preference (in alignment with my argument) was selected and it was perceived by some as the wrong one (regardless if Horns win or lose, just like last Saturday).

You saw my Sarkasm indicators, right?

 

[mchammer]

You saw my Sarkasm indicators, right?

Of course but a valid question nonetheless.