behind the line of scrimmage, and then still had to gain another 10 yards.

If he fails there, the rage on cougarboard probably would have shut the site down. Baylor would have only had to go 35 yards for another TD, turning what was originally a 21 pt lead into a 3 pt lead.

Did Kalani confirm in post game that Poppinga was one who called that, and say what his feelings were about taking that level of risk at that point in the game?

Glad it worked, but I don't think it was very smart to try that.