10-08-2017, 09:16 PM
(10-08-2017, 08:00 PM)washingtonismoney link Wrote:[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=17616.msg205277#msg205277 date=1507511487]
[quote author=CornFed link=topic=17616.msg205261#msg205261 date=1507507024]
To my way of thinking it was going "full turtle" mode on offense for the last 8 minutes of the game.
And absent Phillips' and Kalambayi's (but mostly Phillips') dumbassedness, it was the perfect strategy for winning a tough game in a tough venue.
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FANS: "Keller Chryst is inconsistent and the guy we'd like to replace him was at best only slightly better against Utah."
ALSO FANS: "Running the ball is turtling!"
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You are absolutely right. That was a brilliant ploy to run time off the clock. Running six plays into the middle of the stacked defense to go 3 and out twice MIGHT have generated a first down and deprived the Utes of one of their final possessions. The fact that it didn't come close to gaining first down yardage doesn't prove definitively that a quick slant or a fake and QB keeper or any other approach was any better.
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