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Helton electing to kick the field goal down on fourth and goal down 21-10 to keep us in the lead; a touchdown would have tied the game

Say what? I do agree 21-13 was a more comfortable lead than 21-17 would have been.

Sorry, I confused the two FG scenarios.  I think it was the first one (up 14-7) when Helton decided to kick the fourth and short field goal to make it 14-10 instead of 14-14.  The second field goal, which made it 21-13 when we were up 21-10 was on 4th and 9 from the Stanford 16, where a choice to kick a field goal was unremarkable.

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Helton electing to kick the field goal down on fourth and goal down 21-10 to keep us in the lead; a touchdown would have tied the game

Say what? I do agree 21-13 was a more comfortable lead than 21-17 would have been.

Sorry, I confused the two FG scenarios.  I think it was the first one (up 14-7) when Helton decided to kick the fourth and short field goal to make it 14-10 instead of 14-14.  The second field goal, which made it 21-13 when we were up 21-10 was on 4th and 9 from the Stanford 16, where a choice to kick a field goal was unremarkable.

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