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SabanFan · Oct 4, 2005

red55 said:

There is little to lose and much to gain on a Hail Mary on the last play. Miles clearly didn't want to risk an interception by throwing when there was time on the clock, thus the running plays. But on the final play, you put up the long ball. Even if they intercept, they have no time to get the offense in.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was still 30 seconds or so on the clock.

cajdav1 · Oct 4, 2005

red55 said:

There is little to lose and much to gain on a Hail Mary on the last play. Miles clearly didn't want to risk an interception by throwing when there was time on the clock, thus the running plays. But on the final play, you put up the long ball. Even if they intercept, they have no time to get the offense in.
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If I'm not mistaken, he was talking about the third down pass on our own 20 something yard line after running on first and second, not the last play of regulation. And my take on that was that we had already run a lot of time off the clock and that UT would not be looking for a fake revrrse with a pass deep downfield at that moment. and it was a great play call that JR just did not complete to any of the 3 WR's that were wide open, he over threw it.