[jacketree]

It would have been ND's choice to have second and goal from inside the one with the clock running at 0:30 assuming no time out (my bet) or 1st and goal from the 2 with the clock stopped after accepting the offsides penalty on Stanford. Interesting strategy decision there. ND had a TO so they could run at least one more time. Fortunately we don't live in that alternate universe, but I sense that had ND run one more play there (taking 6 seconds say) they win. Or maybe Stanford has the mother of all goal line stands.

I had so much more faith in the O than the D that I was willing to use the matador defense like ND to almost win in '09.

All and all another minute on the clock seemed like the way to go, but it couldn't have ended better.

[jacketree]

It would have been ND's choice to have second and goal from inside the one with the clock running at 0:30 assuming no time out (my bet) or 1st and goal from the 2 with the clock stopped after accepting the offsides penalty on Stanford. Interesting strategy decision there. ND had a TO so they could run at least one more time. Fortunately we don't live in that alternate universe, but I sense that had ND run one more play there (taking 6 seconds say) they win. Or maybe Stanford has the mother of all goal line stands.

I had so much more faith in the O than the D that I was willing to use the matador defense like ND to almost win in '09.

All and all another minute on the clock seemed like the way to go, but it couldn't have ended better.