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The story has lots of references to how he also blew it last year against us.

At least this article, for the 2018 Stanford game, gets the basic facts straight: had Oregon taken a knee at the critical juncture they would still have had to punt to Stanford (many comments about the game implied they could have kneeled out the clock).

While that might have been the best strategy, under the circumstances essentially all football coaches would have tried for one more first down so that they could have then kneeled out the clock. Mistakes happen on punts too (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqv48MwEbaQ )


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But more broadly, this article reminds me that I would rather complain about Shaw "turtling" after a win than complain about over-aggressiveness after a loss.

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The story has lots of references to how he also blew it last year against us.

At least this article, for the 2018 Stanford game, gets the basic facts straight: had Oregon taken a knee at the critical juncture they would still have had to punt to Stanford (many comments about the game implied they could have kneeled out the clock).

While that might have been the best strategy, under the circumstances essentially all football coaches would have tried for one more first down so that they could have then kneeled out the clock. Mistakes happen on punts too (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqv48MwEbaQ )


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But more broadly, this article reminds me that I would rather complain about Shaw "turtling" after a win than complain about over-aggressiveness after a loss.