That was my assumption, to be honest.

Dec 30, 2024
5:56:14pm

Eddie All-American

But it just seems contrary to Kalani - being up by 27 with 10 minutes left on a team that has only scored once all game? The most Kalani thing to do seems to be to just kick the extra point and then run the ball and run the clock out ASAP.

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So - lingering question - why go for the 2 pt conversion up 33 to 7?

Eddie

12/30/24 4:24pm

35-7. 4 even TDs. He didn’t know if Colorado was going to go off. 🤷‍♂️

BYUforlife

12/30/24 4:26pm

Even still, quite early to be doing that sort of thing in my book.

Bob Vance

12/30/24 4:39pm

Kalani has seen the Miracle bowl highlights

ABCoug

12/30/24 5:16pm

Because it would put us at a tie with if they scored 4 touchdowns w/ xtra points

King of Y

12/30/24 4:27pm

It makes it a four touchdown game 28 point differential. It was logical.

Archaea

12/30/24 4:27pm

With that amount of time left and having will ferrin. No it’s not logical

chitownboy

12/30/24 4:29pm

It's not illogical either. Perhaps we had a play that we thought we could convert 80% of the time? If so, then I'm ok

HarlemCoug

12/30/24 4:33pm

They didn't convert but I thought it was the smart play.

Archaea

12/30/24 4:33pm

Well seeing 2pt conversions are less than 45% converted. I’m sure every team

chitownboy

12/30/24 4:40pm

It's just pure math. Being up 26 or 27 is pretty much the same, but up 28 means

Ghost of Peanut

12/30/24 5:29pm

That was my assumption, to be honest.

Eddie

12/30/24 5:56pm

There was 10 min left in the game. The way the defense was playing there was no

chitownboy

12/30/24 6:15pm

Feels like BYU fans should never need reminding about a

Ghost of Peanut

12/30/24 6:29pm

I care because we have will ferrin. It’s automatic 1 yet for the sake of math we

chitownboy

12/30/24 6:37pm

Going for it to put you up 4 even touchdowns seems a little insecure in your defense, which doesn’t make sense

KYU

12/30/24 4:28pm

Colorado has been explosive on offense all year. They can score quickly.

BYUtka

12/30/24 4:29pm

28 points (4 TD's to tie) vs 27 (4 TD's to win). Also Colorado can score quickly

BYUtka

12/30/24 4:28pm

Math checks out

Saregreat

12/30/24 4:41pm

His math is correct. Your ability to follow his logic is not.

King of Y

12/30/24 6:40pm

I was agreeing with him...

Saregreat

12/30/24 9:11pm

They weren’t going to totally count the INT. They took it in a soft count

Q-grr

12/30/24 4:31pm

To remove all doubt that we can’t convert 2 pointer.

Bluforever

12/30/24 4:34pm

I think they wanted to practice red zone throws in low stakes

seco03

12/30/24 4:38pm

Yes.

Brisco

12/30/24 6:05pm

For everyone who said it was to go up by 4 TD's even - that is what I assumed.

Eddie

12/30/24 4:42pm

the reality is that there is no strong evidence either way on what the best move would be.

HarlemCoug

12/30/24 4:48pm

It made sense and was not running up the score at that point. It made sense to

Tuskaloosa Cougar

12/30/24 4:43pm

Making or missing that attempt wasn't going to seal the game. The game was done.

Eddie

12/30/24 4:45pm

Actually, there is more risk of missing the 2 pt conversion than 1 point. Which one is really running up the score?

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