Being aggressive and trying to score was the right call. One of my biggest criticisms of Les Miles has been that he gets ultra-conservative in the last few minutes before half. The game isn't over. Why would you stop trying to score?
It's because he doesn't know how to manage the clock that we can never maximize the time we have before half-time. He decides to run the clock out and then at the last second decides to go for points but it's too late. I swear, some coaches need to play some Madden or NCAA Football video games to learn some clock management because those games taught me how to call timeouts fast and at appropriate times, that I don't understand why Les doesn't do the same in the real games.