SMU had one time out left. Why didn't they force us to punt, or

Sep 9, 2024
8:43:37am

Captain Stubing All-American

at least snap the ball one last time and run the clock out.

I assume we would have snapped the ball later on 3rd down at the end if we thought they would have used a timeout.

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SMU had one time out left. Why didn't they force us to punt, or

Captain Stubing

Sep 9, 8:43am

We could have run out the clock more than we did... seemed like it was just a

Huge Manatee

Sep 9, 8:44am

he should have taken the chance of recovering a fumbled snap.

Belboz

Sep 9, 8:52am

BYU was going to take the same number of snaps, regardless of the timeout.

momowagon

Sep 9, 8:58am

That's not necessarily true.

Belboz

Sep 9, 9:02am

"That sort of thing happens somewhere every few years." When? Where?

momowagon

Sep 9, 9:17am

I don't have a log. I know there was one last year or the year before

Belboz

Sep 9, 9:32am

Not in victory formation. It just doesn't happen.

momowagon

Sep 9, 10:13am

yeah, it very, very rarely happens from victory formation.

Belboz

Sep 9, 11:38am

Sure, if he was going to call a timeout, he should have done it on the 1st snap

Huge Manatee

Sep 9, 9:01am

VERY few college-level coaches would pull something like that. Looking at you...

momowagon

Sep 9, 9:22am

Their coaches are horrible at clock management...

BYU Grounds

Sep 9, 8:46am

Honestly though SMU used their timeouts in a way the CB always complains about

JuicyJam

Sep 9, 9:04am

RE: SMU had one time out left. Why didn't they force us to punt, or

momowagon

Sep 9, 8:47am

We got the ball back with 1:25 to go. The worst case would be for us to run out the clock

Skeptical Optimist

Sep 9, 8:50am

When SMU didn't call the timeout on first down, they conceded the game. Using it

momowagon

Sep 9, 8:53am

Earlier in the week SMU's coach spoke about what a great person Kalani is and

TripleCrownCoug

Sep 9, 9:06am

I get it, but the eagles fumbled a snap when trying to seal their game

1984coug

Sep 9, 9:34am

That wasn't victory formation. Eagles were trying to run the ball.

momowagon

Sep 9, 10:11am

at the 1 yard line, basically trying to end the game

1984coug

Sep 9, 12:08pm

Some coaches have class and good sportsmanship

Littlerich

Sep 9, 8:55am

Such a stupid argument. What does that even mean? BYU needs to execute the

kosmokramer

Sep 9, 9:21am

Why? Barring a crazy fumble, the games was over.

Littlerich

Sep 9, 9:59am

They could have forced a punt. We needed to burn 5 seconds of game time. So

kosmokramer

Sep 9, 10:26am

They couldn't have forced a punt. The absolutely best case scenario for SMU was that

Skeptical Optimist

Sep 9, 10:46am

But it’s not bad sportsmanship to get the ball back and throw a Hail Mary.

Honor Code

Sep 9, 10:42am

It is bad sportsmanship to concede the game and then try and get the ball back.

momowagon

Sep 9, 10:45am

Who says they conceded the game by not calling a timeout after the first play

kosmokramer

Sep 9, 11:00am

No, holy cow. In this game SMU signaled they weren’t going to extend the game by holding onto their TO after 1st down

Littlerich

Sep 9, 1:35pm

this is the question. Is that just an assumption? because to me that is not

kosmokramer

Sep 9, 6:19pm

The head coach is taking heat in Dallas for this decision or error, whatever

texaskevin

Sep 9, 10:00am

Where is he taking heat?

momowagon

Sep 9, 10:12am

It was a courtesy to end the game. We downed it so it could end and if he were

ImuaKahuku

Sep 9, 10:23am

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