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I thought then and now that it was a horrible play call.  Way too high of a risk. The announcers praised the call.  I couldn’t disagree more.

“ Creative” is overrated. Oregon’s bizarre fake punt was certainly “creative”. It was also flat out dumb.

LOL - when I typed that point about creativity, I thought "I'll bet someone is going to point out the last play reverse as creative."  I don't classify that as creative in the sense of making the game entertaining or rolling the dice on a big play.  Pitt had no timeouts and I don't know what the exact time on the clock was, but two knees would have ended the game too, right?

No, I don't think so. There was something like 1:33 on the clock. Two or three knees wouldn't have done it.

Seriously, you weren't surprised by the end-around? I was shocked.

I was not. Some kind of a sweep or slow developing play was a great idea. The end around had the additional advantage that just maybe we would get a first down, and then the game would for sure be over. As others have stated, the only real risk was a fumble, which as Oregon proved can happen on a "safe" inside run. It was a compromise between "normal turtle" and "Leach turtle".

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I thought then and now that it was a horrible play call.  Way too high of a risk. The announcers praised the call.  I couldn’t disagree more.

“ Creative” is overrated. Oregon’s bizarre fake punt was certainly “creative”. It was also flat out dumb.

LOL - when I typed that point about creativity, I thought "I'll bet someone is going to point out the last play reverse as creative."  I don't classify that as creative in the sense of making the game entertaining or rolling the dice on a big play.  Pitt had no timeouts and I don't know what the exact time on the clock was, but two knees would have ended the game too, right?

No, I don't think so. There was something like 1:33 on the clock. Two or three knees wouldn't have done it.

Seriously, you weren't surprised by the end-around? I was shocked.

I was not. Some kind of a sweep or slow developing play was a great idea. The end around had the additional advantage that just maybe we would get a first down, and then the game would for sure be over. As others have stated, the only real risk was a fumble, which as Oregon proved can happen on a "safe" inside run. It was a compromise between "normal turtle" and "Leach turtle".