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Mavric said:
The incomplete pass was on the previous possession.

Agreed.  Keep the ball.  Win the game.
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I've never heard of people talking about clock management on the 3rd to last drive.  That being said Penix threw it away and should have just taken a sack or even run oob under the newfangled rule.

 
Notre Dame Joe said:
I've never heard of people talking about clock management on the 3rd to last drive.  That being said Penix threw it away and should have just taken a sack or even run oob under the newfangled rule.
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We are talking about the possession Washington had with 2:44 left on the clock.  If Washington runs it there Texas is forced to take another timeout. That leaves Texas with one timeout when Washington gets the ball with 1:06 remaining.  From there they should be able to take a knee and end the game.  It  should savethe injury and definitely doesn't allow Texas to touch the ball

 
BlackHillsHusker said:
We are talking about the possession Washington had with 2:44 left on the clock.  If Washington runs it there Texas is forced to take another timeout. That leaves Texas with one timeout when Washington gets the ball with 1:06 remaining.  From there they should be able to take a knee and end the game.  It  should savethe injury and definitely doesn't allow Texas to touch the ball
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Once you know how the rest of the game plays out, it's easier to say what could/should have been done.

At the time - 3rd & Goal with 2:44 left - the decision was between making Texas use a time out or going for more points, which would have made Texas score two TDs, not a TD and a FG.  I don't think going for more points was a bad choice. 

Texas didn't even need to use any of their timeouts to get inside Washington's 10 yard line.  And they could have saved about as much as a timeout would have saved by kicking the FG earlier on the ensuing drive.  So I don't think it's accurate to say Texas wouldn't have touched the ball again.  Too many variables.

 
Mavric said:
Once you know how the rest of the game plays out, it's easier to say what could/should have been done.

At the time - 3rd & Goal with 2:44 left - the decision was between making Texas use a time out or going for more points, which would have made Texas score two TDs, not a TD and a FG.  I don't think going for more points was a bad choice. 

Texas didn't even need to use any of their timeouts to get inside Washington's 10 yard line.  And they could have saved about as much as a timeout would have saved by kicking the FG earlier on the ensuing drive.  So I don't think it's accurate to say Texas wouldn't have touched the ball again.  Too many variables.
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Well, I was talking about their drive with 12:30 left as it happened, but none of the rest of the stuff Washington did struck me as stupid.

 
Mavric said:
Once you know how the rest of the game plays out, it's easier to say what could/should have been done.

At the time - 3rd & Goal with 2:44 left - the decision was between making Texas use a time out or going for more points, which would have made Texas score two TDs, not a TD and a FG.  I don't think going for more points was a bad choice. 

Texas didn't even need to use any of their timeouts to get inside Washington's 10 yard line.  And they could have saved about as much as a timeout would have saved by kicking the FG earlier on the ensuing drive.  So I don't think it's accurate to say Texas wouldn't have touched the ball again.  Too many variables.
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We can wind it back to the 3rd quarter to see where UW may have save 20 seconds.  Of course Texas calls different plays once a butterfly beats its wings. 

 
I don't really know who I want to win. I don't hate either team. This is so much better than having to figure out who I want to win between Alabama and Texas.

Maybe 51% Michigan 49% Washington. But I hated the idea of Michigan blowing them out. I want it to be a 1 score game.

 
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