[stupac2]

It was disappointing that the Oregon coach, following the penalty, called a time out to try and "ice" Jet Toner. Like the U of O during August, no class.

Meh.  I have a hard time getting worked up about something that seems to be standard in the football coaching playbook.  I have no idea if it works or not, but a substantial proportion (probably the majority) of coaches "ice" the kicker on a potential tying or winning field goal.


By the way, Toner did the absolute right thing.  Ignore the whistles, and just kick the damned thing through the uprights regardless of whether a time out was called or not.

BC

I saw an analysis in the NFL that it actually does work. The NFL is a bit different, though, in that you can only call one TO in a row, calling two is a penalty. In college you can call as many as you want, This leads to some interesting situations, like in the BYU-Wisconsin game, when Wisconsin lined up for their game-winning (tying? I don't remember) BYU had all 3 TOs. So he called two in a row, then didn't call the third, and the kicker missed. I liked that strategy, the kicker probably expects you to call all 3 once you call 2 and might not fully prepare himself.

[stupac2]

It was disappointing that the Oregon coach, following the penalty, called a time out to try and "ice" Jet Toner. Like the U of O during August, no class.

Meh.  I have a hard time getting worked up about something that seems to be standard in the football coaching playbook.  I have no idea if it works or not, but a substantial proportion (probably the majority) of coaches "ice" the kicker on a potential tying or winning field goal.


By the way, Toner did the absolute right thing.  Ignore the whistles, and just kick the damned thing through the uprights regardless of whether a time out was called or not.

BC

I saw an analysis in the NFL that it actually does work. The NFL is a bit different, though, in that you can only call one TO in a row, calling two is a penalty. In college you can call as many as you want, This leads to some interesting situations, like in the BYU-Wisconsin game, when Wisconsin lined up for their game-winning (tying? I don't remember) BYU had all 3 TOs. So he called two in a row, then didn't call the third, and the kicker missed. I liked that strategy, the kicker probably expects you to call all 3 once you call 2 and might not fully prepare himself.