he calls a play to center the ball for a 35 yard FG, when they've got a freshmen kicker, and the #1 QB in the country who had thrown 27 completions in 31 attempts??!?!???<br /><br />[COLOR="Red"][SIZE="7"]FAIL[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Sweet!!!

<blockquote><div class="name-said">HoopDreams;664986 said:</div><hr>he calls a play to center the ball for a 35 yard FG, when they've got a freshmen kicker, and the #1 QB in the country who had thrown 27 completions in 31 attempts??!?!???<br /><br />[COLOR="Red"][SIZE="7"]FAIL[/SIZE][/COLOR]<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Fell in love with "power" football - and why not one play action on first down out of that run formation? What a waste of Luck's talents on that last drive.

I wonder if Luck tried to talk Shaw out of settling for the id range FG at the end of regulation. You can't take those time outs home to the kids.

My thoughts exactly. They got a QB who can drive the field and in OT they act like a bunch of pu$$ies and pass the ball to the kicker.<br /><br />What a disgusting decision.<br /><br />However any chance I get to laugh at LSJU I'll take.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">HoopDreams;664986 said:</div><hr>he calls a play to center the ball for a 35 yard FG, when they've got a freshmen kicker, and the #1 QB in the country who had thrown 27 completions in 31 attempts??!?!???<br /><br />[COLOR="Red"][SIZE="7"]FAIL[/SIZE][/COLOR]<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Yep. Coaches keep making these dumb decisions. 52 seconds left and timeouts and they just stopped for a 35 yard field goal? Completely ridiculous!!!!<br />I didn't like Gundy's decision at the end either. Half a yard? Just run it in!!!<br /><br />Many places had a spread of 4. Think betters cared?

If that was Cal and Tavecchio missed the two field goals can you imagine the meltdown on this board? I'm not going to look but I doubt the "Furd board will castrate him as much as this board would under the circumstances, given that he doesn't have the history that Tavecchio has. And of course because they are Stanford they are above that sort of criticism anyway.

I thought the same thing. I thought they could try to QB sneak it in, and if that failed, they could have kicked the FG.<br /><br />However the key difference is he had the B12's Special Teams POY kicking an extra point, vs a freshmen kicker from the 35 (who missed 1 of 2 already in the game)<br /><br /><blockquote><div class="name-said">89Bear;665001 said:</div><hr>Yep. Coaches keep making these dumb decisions. 52 seconds left and timeouts and they just stopped for a 35 yard field goal? Completely ridiculous!!!!<br />I didn't like Gundy's decision at the end either. Half a yard? Just run it in!!!<br /><br />Many places had a spread of 4. Think betters cared?<hr></blockquote>

No kidding! Shaw must have gone brain dead to turn the game over to his freshman kicker for a mid-range field goal, rather than let Luck do his thing. He clearly had a Tedford moment.

I didn't like Gundy's decision either. Too many things can go wrong on a field goal--even a short one. Much safer to rush for 1/2 yard and a TD.

Why didn't he call a TO on OkSt's last drive? His defense was clearly winded and didn't even know the call on the last play. He ended up not even using all of them.<br /><br />They'll come back down to earth. Shaw won't be able to keep up that recruiting.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">Golden One;665020 said:</div><hr>No kidding! Shaw must have gone brain dead to turn the game over to his freshman kicker for a mid-range field goal, rather than let Luck do his thing. He clearly had a Tedford moment.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Disagree, I thought that JT outcoached Shaw in the BG.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">GivemTheAxe;665037 said:</div><hr>Disagree, I thought that JT outcoached Shaw in the BG.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I agree with that. Stanfurd has had the superior QB the last three years. To win was great during year one. To play even in year three shows that JT knows his oppponents and can game plan.

Shaw's coaching decisions in the last minutes of the game and overtime were far worse then anything JT has ever done. They had the win locked up.<br /><br />Hard to believe they ran the ball with Luck going 27-31 up until that point.<br /><br />Shaw will actually have to coach some next year..we'll see if can win half the games he did this year with what's left in the cupboard.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">HoopDreams;664986 said:</div><hr>he calls a play to center the ball for a 35 yard FG, when they've got a freshmen kicker, and the #1 QB in the country who had thrown 27 completions in 31 attempts??!?!???<br /><br />[COLOR="Red"][SIZE="7"]FAIL[/SIZE][/COLOR]<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Was thinking the same thing - you have the best player in college football but you shut it down and turn it over to a rookie kicker who had just missed his last FG- wow.

they better have that kicker surrounded by security guard once they get back on campus. wow!!!

<blockquote><div class="name-said">SchadenBear;665043 said:</div><hr>I agree with that. Stanfurd has had the superior QB the last three years. To win was great during year one. To play even in year three shows that JT knows his oppponents and can game plan.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Superior? That's an understatement...

...Was also wondering why it was not a 15 yard penalty for Ok State player who scored the TD in OT and immediately took his helmet off in the end zone which is an illegal celebration. Game was not technically over as all scoring plays subject to review...

...Shaw did a Tedford!<br /><br />:headbang

<blockquote><div class="name-said">HungryCalBear;665053 said:</div><hr>they better have that kicker surrounded by security guard once they get back on campus. wow!!!<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Dude, who are you kidding. It's Furd. Tomorrow they'll wake up and forget a football game even happened.

The coach's bad decision came again at OT when he decided to kick the 43 yarder. <br /><br />Williams had missed 2 attempts with much shorter distances earlier in the game, and he asked him to do what? The odds were much favorable with Luck trying to convert in the 4th down. <br /><br />The playcalling at end of regulation and then at OT was way too Tedford-esque.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">cal4life;664990 said:</div><hr>Furd will be .500 next year at best.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />What will we be next year is what I am concerned about.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">SmellinRoses;665050 said:</div><hr>Was thinking the same thing - you have the best player in college football but you shut it down and turn it over to a rookie kicker who had just missed his last FG- wow.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />They also have the best QB in college football, and line him up twice at WR. Both times the play got stuffed.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">SmellinRoses;665064 said:</div><hr>...Was also wondering why it was not a 15 yard penalty for Ok State player who scored the TD in OT and immediately took his helmet off in the end zone which is an illegal celebration. Game was not technically over as all scoring plays subject to review...<hr></blockquote><br /><br />That play should have been called back on an egregious holding/hooking penalty on OSU's #75. Not sure how the refs missed something that blatant.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">BearsWiin;665113 said:</div><hr>That play should have been called back on an egregious holding/hooking penalty on OSU's #75. Not sure how the refs missed something that blatant.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />That is a lame excuse.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">SchadenBear;665114 said:</div><hr>That is a lame excuse.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I don't give a **** who won the game. But when I, sitting on my couch at home, watch the play in real time and go, "Wow, that's a hook" before Weeden threw the ball, I figure the refs should catch it too.<br /><br />furd deserved to lose this game because their freshman kicker can't handle pressure, and their HC can't either. But it makes one wonder how the refs could have missed such a blatant penalty on such an important play in OT.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">Larno;665009 said:</div><hr>If that was Cal and Tavecchio missed the two field goals can you imagine the meltdown on this board? I'm not going to look but I doubt the "Furd board will castrate him as much as this board would under the circumstances, given that he doesn't have the history that Tavecchio has.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />There are not many things worse than someone who pisses and moans about other people who p!ss and moan. And why do you care so much how Stanford fans would react in comparison to Cal fans?

<blockquote><div class="name-said">polkeem;665036 said:</div><hr>Why didn't he call a TO on OkSt's last drive? His defense was clearly winded and didn't even know the call on the last play. He ended up not even using all of them.<br /><br />They'll come back down to earth. Shaw won't be able to keep up that recruiting.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />they wanted them to score so they would have enough time to drive down the field and kick a 35yr FG

<blockquote><div class="name-said">HoopDreams;664986 said:</div><hr>he calls a play to center the ball for a 35 yard FG, when they've got a freshmen kicker, and the #1 QB in the country who had thrown 27 completions in 31 attempts??!?!???<br /><br />[COLOR="Red"][SIZE="7"]FAIL[/SIZE][/COLOR]<hr></blockquote><br /><br />When Okie St had the 4th and 2 near the end of regulation why did they have one DB alone with no safety support on Blackmon? They should have had a LB cover the slant as well.

they better have that kicker surrounded by security guard once they get back on campus. wow!!!<br /><blockquote><div class="name-said">LessMilesMoreTedford;665070 said:</div><hr>Dude, who are you kidding. It's Furd. Tomorrow they'll wake up and forget a football game even happened.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />More likely, the students may not even be aware that stanfurd played in a bowl game today.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">BearsWiin;665127 said:</div><hr>I don't give a **** who won the game. But when I, sitting on my couch at home, watch the play in real time and go, "Wow, that's a hook" before Weeden threw the ball, I figure the refs should catch it too.<br /><br />furd deserved to lose this game because their freshman kicker can't handle pressure, and their HC can't either. But it makes one wonder how the refs could have missed such a blatant penalty on such an important play in OT.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />like dat's 90 yard run in rose bowl. Blatant hold up the middle sprung him

<blockquote><div class="name-said">GoBears58;665165 said:</div><hr>like dat's 90 yard run in rose bowl. Blatant hold up the middle sprung him<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I didn't see that, I was cleaning my gutters.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">rswahn52;665145 said:</div><hr>they wanted them to score so they would have enough time to drive down the field and kick a 35yr FG<hr></blockquote><br /><br />You're not serious, right? They were up by 7. Why would you want the other team to score? Stop them and end the game. So instead you let your players get gassed with their hands on their hips walking around and don't even send in a play so the other team can score? Doesn't make sense to me.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">89Bear;665001 said:</div><hr>. . .<br />I didn't like Gundy's decision at the end either. Half a yard? Just run it in!!!<br />. . .<hr></blockquote><br /><br />Huh? Quinn Sharp is All Big-12, a Junior and maybe the best kicker in the Big-12. A H-U-G-E difference from Furd's kicker.<br /><br />IMHO. there's a lot more than can go wrong w/ trying to run it in than in trying to make a FG w/ him.

<blockquote><div class="name-said">CalBandGr8t;665321 said:</div><hr>Huh? Quinn Sharp is All Big-12, a Junior and maybe the best kicker in the Big-12. A H-U-G-E difference from Furd's kicker.<br /><br />IMHO. there's a lot more than can go wrong w/ trying to run it in than in trying to make a FG w/ him.<hr></blockquote><br /><br />I am against the philosophy of leaving it up to a kicker when you don't really have to. <br /><br />I AM aware how good the kicker is. I also am aware how easily the OSU offense was slicing through the furd defense at the end and how gassed the furd D was. In addition I am aware how great the OSU offense has been this year! I think they win going for it and obviously they won kicking it.<br /><br />For each team I would have kept going on offense rather than kick it. A lot can go wrong with a kick as well. Snap, hold, poor blocking, choke kick etc...