Game Ball to Coach Fitzpatrick

[Huckleberry Muhammad]

Our kicker stated that each "icing" done by the 'Cats' coach caused him to lose his nervousness a bit more, until he finally was able to see straight and make a scoring kick.

Kudos to the Northwestern coach! 

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

I can't believe the bonehead didn't use any of his timeouts to try and save some time for his offense.... Oh, "I thought about it, but I thought he'd miss the FG".... Bulls#!t, Fitz!

 

[Undone]

"I thought about it, but I thought he'd miss the FG"

Did he actually say that?

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

Did he actually say that?

I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like that.

 

[CapoValley]

Fitz has had some real clunkers lately. Yesterday wasn’t a particularly stellar day for either coach. 

 

[Apathy]

#IDontCare

 

[Undone]

I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like that.

Heh, that's kind of weird yeah.

He might as well have just said, "Our offense sucks so bad that I knew we couldn't drive 90 yards anyway."

 

[B.B. Hemingway]

Heh, that's kind of weird yeah.

He might as well have just said, "Our offense sucks so bad that I knew we couldn't drive 90 yards anyway."

Hits on it around the 3:40 mark.

 

[3rd and long]

I’m guessing he realized with his inept offense it wouldn’t really matter if he had timeouts since the likelihood of them driving and scoring was minimal. So the best use was to try and get the kicker to miss and win in OT. 

 

[Comish]

I actually believe calling the 3rd T.O. helps the kicker because after that, the uncertainty is gone. If you use the first two, the kicker remains uncertain and that plays to the advantage of the defense. Not that this is on only Fitz,  but as a general rule.

 

[ebohnart]

I love Fitz. He’s my second favorite college coach. 

 

[Red Five]

Who’s Fitzpatrick?

 

[Mierin]

The FG kick was terrible, other than scoring 3 points , so his bet was almost good. It was kicked lower than 3 or 4 defenders' hands. 

 

[knapplc]

The FG kick was terrible, other than scoring 3 points , so his bet was almost good. It was kicked lower than 3 or 4 defenders' hands. 

It went through.