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But were they actually out of formation, I'm honestly asking here.As I stated before, my assumption is that the coaches didn't really plan for their QB to go rouge with the play so why call a timeout?
You like to request proof, where is this proof that the play was all out of whack?
(Also I bet they were a little hesitant to call a timeout given that calling one late against BYU very well could have cost them a win there)
As much as it pains me to be in agreement with cm, what you're talking about makes no sense.
If you don't call a timeout in the situation, the clock runs all the way through the game clock and you hope/think that it will keep running after the play is over.
If you do call a timeout in the situation, you lose 1 second of game clock that otherwise would have been running, but you make absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt, certain that everyone is on exactly the same page. They were out of formation. If the only real cost is one extra second when Illinois would have been left with less than :15 total, and the payoff is potentially avoiding disaster, you see them out of formation and that is an easy, automatic decision to make.
The BYU scenario couldn't be more different.
What I am talking about is the coaches expecting TA to run the play they called, they weren't aware he didn't know what play he was supposed to run.
And in the BYU game I'm talking about how they called a timeout right before they got the ball back and essentially gifted them an extra 20 seconds or so.
Heres the thing, I was and still am very critical of many of the decisions made by the coaching staff in the first couple months of the season. BYU and Illinois inparticular. I'm not so stubborn that I won't admit that, hell look back at threads from those games and you will probably find me losing my sh#t.
Now cm? He can't come to grips with the fact that Tommy is partly to blame for anything. And it's not even about that, it all boils down to him being pissy still about the Riley hire. He just nitpicks sh#t to make his case look stronger.
If the coaching staff struggles with game management this year, I'll be more concerned and his claims will hold some weight. Until then, I'm chalking 90% of his issues up to a rough transition year and his bias.
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