[gailtate]

Why the hell did Walsh have Darrin throw the option pass on the second drive?

To me the classic play of the game was Bo Boxold stopping Charles White on fourth and an inch. I thought for sure that Stanford would win after that but Dils missed Marty Smith on fourth down deep in Trojan territory and that was that.

The ecstasies and agonies of West Coast Offense. Failure of the half-back option pass was the dagger. Over-thinking Walsh was, at times, just too cute. Big time football, however. It never got much better than that until EUTM.

[gailtate]

Why the hell did Walsh have Darrin throw the option pass on the second drive?

To me the classic play of the game was Bo Boxold stopping Charles White on fourth and an inch. I thought for sure that Stanford would win after that but Dils missed Marty Smith on fourth down deep in Trojan territory and that was that.

The ecstasies and agonies of West Coast Offense. Failure of the half-back option pass was the dagger. Over-thinking Walsh was, at times, just too cute. Big time football, however. It never got much better than that until EUTM.