MEMO TO TT'S COACH: YOUR SUCCESSOR IS HERE!

[MrMustang1965]

South Grand Prairie coach David Fisher defended his decision to score a late touchdown rather than run out the clock Friday in his team's 24-14 victory over Irving Nimitz.

Fisher said his motive was to boost his team's chances should it finish tied for a playoff berth. In District 6-5A, point differential is a tiebreaker.

The touchdown with two seconds left led to pushing and shoving after the extra point. Coaches chased players back to the sidelines. The final two seconds were not played, and the teams left the field without shaking hands.

Nimitz coach Mike Farda was angry at the time, but when reached Monday said the extra score didn't matter.

"Obviously, they were trying to run it up," he said, "but I'm not upset about them scoring the last touchdown. I know why they did it, and they know why they did it. It's not his [Fisher's] responsibility to hold the score down. It's Mike Farda's responsibility to hold the score down."

Farda said the skirmish "messed up a really good football game."

Fisher said, "If the situation had been reversed, I would have expected Nimitz to try and score. It is the difference between being plus-10 and plus-3 in a tiebreaker. That could be the difference in making the playoffs or staying home."

[jtstang]

Apples and oranges. If the tie-breaking rules quoted are true, I don't blame him.

[WreckEm16]

Not defending Leach, but I can't believe you're still upset about the score being "run up."

It was a 10 (?) point win, and it was three weeks ago. Our backup QB had 50+ yards and a TD (our tenth of the game) against TCU, and their coach didn't say a word.

Leach was stupid for trying to score, but he had his reasons and (like him or not) he puts his money where his mouth is. Bennett was stupid for starting a fight over a failed TD attempt that would have ballooned the margin of victory to a whopping 17 points (well below the spread). Both coaches got over it and are still friends.

Isn't it time to let it go?

[ALEX LIFESON]

Time to let it go?????? Ask yourself that question.........WHY ARE YOU STILL OVER HERE...... three weeks later?!?!?! Good luck against OU!