[CowboyIndian]

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.

Including the Phillips/Kalambayi caveat previously mentioned......SCOREBOARD!

[CowboyIndian]

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.

Including the Phillips/Kalambayi caveat previously mentioned......SCOREBOARD!