LSU beat Auburn. Nothing else matters. Everyone in the media should shut up about the way in which they decided to do it. Football is a game of aggression, both on the field and on the sidelines. Les Miles realizes that and that's part of LSU's success. One could argue that the piece-by-piece approach that was being taken on the ground in the LSU-KY game was too conservative; LSU did the obvious thing on 4th and 2. VT lost because it lost its aggression against BC in the final 4-5 minutes. Prevent defenses lose games more often than not. Rutgers (hehe) won against USF because Schiano was aggressive throughout the game on fake special teams plays, those plays resulted in 10 additional points for Rutgers in a game that was decided by 3. No guts, no glory.
I am almost sure it was 4th and 14 (not much of a chance to convert given the poor offensive play by VT). What I was disgusted with was the 3rd down pass attempt that went incomplete and stopped the clock. And the previous series was the exact same thing, 3rd and long and an incomplete pass. I don't like conservative play, but this game called for it (shaky play by Glennon, exceptional defense by Vtech, etc). Run the clock down, idiot. I thought Beamer was a better game manager than that.
Regarding all of the talk about poor clock management before the TD...I don't have the tape, so I'm not sure, but wasn't it third down? If so, we were going to have to kick the FG on the next play anyway, so it was smart to let all of the time run off.
Only thing i see as a risk (other than a interception) is a sack. B/c we've moved to a more challenging field goal attempt. If Hester doesn't pick up the blizter that had a good chance of occurring.
on the whole timing thing: the clock at our games is operated by an official SEC clock operator. said clock operator must wait for the ref to signal a touchdown before stopping the clock. anybody's guess why it took the ref that precious 3 seconds to signal the TD. in the case of an incompletion, the official SEC clock operator does not have to wait for a signal from the ref but can stop the clock immediately upon clearly identifying the catch was incomplete. so the real problems with that last play (if you must find a problem with an awesome winning TD) were the ref with the slow brain cells and MF taking forever to snap the ball. my opinion: good play call (not even all that gutsy - just solid decision making on 3rd down). all i can fathom is that Flynn, who was having a great game, was making sure he could get the play off and knew in his gut that it was the right play. however, the boy needs to be a little more considerate of those of us with heart conditions.
Yes, I do remember being out of breath by the end of the game. It's like I was running the pass route. :shock: It definitely was a heart stopper. Of course, I for one was quite thankful of the TD. I did not want to rely on a field goal from that distance to win or lose the game.
It was a great call because it worked. Flynn ran off the 10 seconds because he was looking over the defense to see what was there for him, so, as it turned out, that was a good thing. Hindsight is 20/20, but, since it worked, everything else is just rank speculation. You're only entitled to question/criticize those plays that don't work. After enough times, luck doesn't factor in. Miles is a genius with 20/20 foresight.:thumb:
Dro, it actually depends on some other variables, which in this case, would apply- the two players were tangled up, spinning around, so the official had to first, determine who ended up with the ball, make sure Byrd had possession, etc. Had it been incomplete, like hitting the ground, it would have not taken as long. Even in baseball/softball officiating, when I got certified, they told us to point one hand at the bag before signaling just to give our brain a second to "Process" what just took place.
