3 Redzone trips with a total of 3 points, and giving them the ball at the 3 yard line were more than

Nov 18, 2024
2:38:50pm

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the difference in the game.

The game plan was fine - just needed to execute. It didn't even need to be perfect. We just needed to be 1 play better than we were.

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The very fact that our game plan was to chew the clock and keep KU’s offense off

NOCAL_YFAN

2:21pm

Or did we not trust our defense against Daniels and Neal?

RGGeemer

2:22pm

That wouldn't make sense. The defense had basically allowed 10 points.

bluecheese

2:28pm

Well yeah we know that now. We didn't know that before the game started and the

RGGeemer

2:29pm

I think you have that backwards.

reagan21

2:23pm

Not trusting your players is a bad sign.

DiamondDog

2:23pm

The gameplan is good as long as your offense can finish drives.

CougarTwins

2:25pm

If we would have scored a TD end of the first half it would have been

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

2:25pm

I think it’s the opposite, they were too confident on that last drive. They

Blew

2:26pm

That's silly. It's a great plan - they just forgot to score...

Eddie

2:27pm

The plan to waste time always sucks. I like watching football.

JAGA97

2:32pm

I think the actual plan was to win. I like winning.

Eddie

2:42pm

IMHO, we weren't going to beat KU

BYU71

2:32pm

The game plan was good enough to beat Kansas by 3 scores, which we would have without

Skeptical Optimist

2:33pm

I will take the thumbs down but

BYU71

2:35pm

Even with those mistakes, we were on the 11 yard line with a minute to go and 2 time outs

Skeptical Optimist

2:37pm

Huh? Giving the ball to the offense and telling them to get 4-5 yards per play isn't an indictment of the

Skeptical Optimist

2:32pm

Well, we didn't outscore them. Looks like our coaches were right.

IronPotato

2:32pm

The chewing clock strategy it to protect a defense, not the offense which has

Ghost of Peanut

2:34pm

3 Redzone trips with a total of 3 points, and giving them the ball at the 3 yard line were more than

Skeptical Optimist

2:38pm

It did a good job in taking the crowd out of the game.

Cosmodiar

2:43pm

Absolutely! Crowd had little energy after such long and unproductive drives.

Section31 Coug

3:30pm

It's a strategy used by mediocre and bad teams against superior opponents

CameronG

2:39pm

This is Kalani-ball. He learned it from Whitt-ball. This is our team now.

RGGeemer

2:41pm

If that's the case then we're looking at a ceiling of 3-4 loss seasons just like

CameronG

2:45pm

I hope we have fewer than 3 losses this year.

RGGeemer

3:30pm

I'm not going to say either way because people will accuse me of being too

CameronG

4:11pm

Don't know if I'd call it Kalani-ball. That drive in the 3rd q is the first

jwalk

3:35pm

Wrong.

RedSox

3:28pm

You can't be this daft.

RedSox

3:27pm

RE: You can't be this daft.

NOCAL_YFAN

3:32pm

It’s more like our offense has horrible 3rd down play calling and doesn’t set itself up for manageable 3rd downs

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