What Did We Learn?.....Purdue

billdozer15 said:
Er... no because he gave Purdue the same field position with essentially the same clock count only with Nebraska having less points. Idiotic
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You're only looking at it from the position it ended up in. He doesn't have that foresight. He has to play the odds. Game data tells us on 3 rd and 6 (an appropriate analogue) teams convert about 40% of the time. Obviously you may have to still get a TD after converting, but that's much better odds than hoping you make two FGs and get a stop.

 
brophog said:
You're only looking at it from the position it ended up in. He doesn't have that foresight. He has to play the odds. Game data tells us on 3 rd and 6 (an appropriate analogue) teams convert about 40% of the time. Obviously you may have to still get a TD after converting, but that's much better odds than hoping you make two FGs and get a stop.
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It was 4th down....

 
billdozer15 said:
Did you watch the game? We had to stop them anyway after turning it over on 4th down and not scoring a TD. We came away with no points and forced an anemic offense to score a TD to win.
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You're ignoring the fact that Riley had to make that decision BEFORE he knew the outcome. So we could have scored instead of giving them the ball back. That's the part you're missing: 2 chances to win vs yours is only 1 chance.

 
RedDenver said:
Really? The defender never looked for the ball and pushed the receiver.
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There is no such thing as no face guarding in college, meaning you don’t have to look for the ball.  

And pushing or hand jousting cause all receivers(especially the good ones) are pushing off as much as a defender

 
PaulCrewe said:
There is no such thing as no face guarding in college, meaning you don’t have to look for the ball.  

And pushing or hand jousting cause all receivers(especially the good ones) are pushing off as much as a defender
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I didn't say he face guarded, which has nothing to do with looking for the ball. The defender didn't look for the ball; therefore, he wasn't making a play on the ball. And he pushed the receiver, which the ref thought didn't interfere with the receiver's ability to catch the ball, but I disagree.

 
brophog said:
You're only looking at it from the position it ended up in. He doesn't have that foresight. He has to play the odds. Game data tells us on 3 rd and 6 (an appropriate analogue) teams convert about 40% of the time. Obviously you may have to still get a TD after converting, but that's much better odds than hoping you make two FGs and get a stop.
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Further, in my coaching opinion I would have kicked the field goal (28yds) rather than getting no points (as we didnt) then kicked off again into the end zone. Leavi g us at the 20 only down 2, rather than on the 20 down by 5 and needing a defensive stop and a full offensive drive. Odds are in my favor.

 
RedDenver said:
You're ignoring the fact that Riley had to make that decision BEFORE he knew the outcome. So we could have scored instead of giving them the ball back. That's the part you're missing: 2 chances to win vs yours is only 1 chance.
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No, I'm assuming we don't make a 4th and long. I called this prior to going for it. The FG was a given at that range

 
I learned that the thought of losing to Purdue doesn't induce the same bile inducing reaction it used to, and that narrowly beating them and then celebrating makes me feel so, so, so dirty.

 
RedDenver said:
The defender didn't look for the ball; therefore, he wasn't making a play on the ball.
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This right here is exactly what face guarding is.  Again perfectly legit in college.  

You just like like to see a defender look for the ball so he can attempt to make a play on said ball.

And I played DB and coached secondary in college.  Not trying to pull out some almightier than you card, just saying I’m not pulling stuff out of my a$$ to respond to you

 
RedDenver said:
What if we kick the FG and then Purdue picks up a first down and runs out the clock? Then you never gave yourself a chance to win.

If you go for it, you've got a chance to win right there without the other team getting the ball. And if you don't get it, then you've still got a chance to win if you can stop the other team.

If you kick the FG, you MUST stop the other team, and you only have one chance to win.
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We had to stop them and score a TD as it was.....

 
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