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Postby davidpaul123 » Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:12 pm

Anybody else think the call by Tulsa to go for it on 4th and 18 from the SMU 44 was a bad one?

I think playing for field position, only down one score makes more sense with that down and distance. Plus there was over 5 mins left.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby mrydel » Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:18 pm

davidpaul123 wrote:Anybody else think the call by Tulsa to go for it on 4th and 18 from the SMU 44 was a bad one?

I think playing for field position, only down one score makes more sense with that down and distance. Plus there was over 5 mins left.


They did it last year from almost the same distance and scored a TD. They had run the punt 3 or 4 times and were hoping to catch us sleeping. Annoncers said a man was wide open but the rush kept the QB from getting the ball to him.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby ponyte » Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:26 pm

I too wonder. It isn't the usual play. Our defense was solid the entire game. If Tulsa flips the field and stuffs us then they are in a better position to tie the game. No doubt we are a horrible overtime team. Instead they give us the opportunity to hold them and get great field position of which we for once take advantage of.

One can debate this decision as it wasn't the crucial decision but it sure helped us.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby mrydel » Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:30 pm

ponyte wrote:I too wonder. It isn't the usual play. Our defense was solid the entire game. If Tulsa flips the field and stuffs us then they are in a better position to tie the game. No doubt we are a horrible overtime team. Instead they give us the opportunity to hold them and get great field position of which we for once take advantage of.

One can debate this decision as it wasn't the crucial decision but it sure helped us.


In hindsight it was certainly a bad call but I really think he figured we let them do it last year and they could do it again this year.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby CalallenStang » Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:10 pm

They were going to quick kick it but when we dropped Sanders back they audibled.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby Hoop Fan » Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:46 pm

what about the 3 and 3 call by JJ on the big catch by Sanders? Phenomenal catch, but if he doesn't haul in that low percentage pass, Tulsa has another chance with alot of time on the clock. JJ rolled the dice and won big this time. sure are shaky in the 4th quarter though.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby mrydel » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:11 pm

I think that play was an automatic read. TU blitzed and left Sanders one on one and I think it is an automatic throw. I do not think it was the first called play.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby Topper » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:16 pm

I think Graham was an idiot for calling that play. But I think we would have won the game anyway.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby Arkpony » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:26 am

Graham said in the Tulsa World that he made a mistake in calling that play.
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby Charleston Pony » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:55 am

I'm sure their fans are 2nd guessing him, too just as we would be questioning our coach is the roles had been reversed. Now, if they had converted....let's just say the mood would be different around here
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Re: Tulsa 4th Down Call

Postby davidpaul123 » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:31 am

Arkpony wrote:Graham said in the Tulsa World that he made a mistake in calling that play.


“It was one of those things where we probably should have punted the football ... bad decision.”
- Todd Graham on the 4th down call
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