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If we went for it on fourth And goal from the one and didn’t get it the chance our defense gets a safety the way they were playing is like 50% at that point.
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MNLonghorn10
Kleiman was pissed in his interview. I think frustrations with the offense and his decision to kick was on emotion. If Kleiman wanted to, Bruce up the middle or a boot leg with Stick likely scores >75% of the time.
I’m sure he was pissed with the offense. I just think that history strongly suggests he makes the decision to kick anyway.
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HerdBot
I thought the field goal was a no brainer. 3 score lead, defense playing lights out, we get the ball in the 2nd half, and if I remember correctly, not much time on the clock
Agree. Further, you don’t want to risk a fail on 4th and goal and let the underdog go to the locker starting to believe in the upset.
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bisonaudit
I’m sure he was pissed with the offense. I just think that history strongly suggests he makes the decision to kick anyway.
vs SDSU/UNI sure
vs pud state? no
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HerdBot
I thought the field goal was a no brainer. 3 score lead, defense playing lights out, we get the ball in the 2nd half, and if I remember correctly, not much time on the clock
The clock is not an argument for settling for 3 in that situation it’s an argument for going for 6.
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Vet70
My humble observations:
Two calls I didn't like. First, as others have said third and goal from the one use a power back. Second, why throw a pass when it is third and one from about the 40? Run the damn ball.
How did that fumble on the punt return get recovered by the Bison when I could swear at least two UNA jumped on it?
Credit to NAL, they competed and have some very good players. I am not convinced you can build a long-term quality team with JUCO transfers. time after time.
The Bison defense is good. The had the sack machine working today. Grimsley can tackle.
#42 is fast, very fast. #5 is fast, very fast. I wish we could have seen him play more than one series.
Two N AL guys did jump on it, but the replay camera angle showed clearly the ball was knocked beneath the player's hip upon which the Bison jumped on it. The N AL players simply knocked the ball away from themselves.
Agree that both 3 & 1 calls were poor. Running your smallest back up the middle when this has failed two times with the bigger guys makes no sense. For some reason, I was expecting the pass play even though it made little sense.
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bisonaudit
The clock is not an argument for settling for 3 in that situation it’s an argument for going for 6.
Time or not. A 3 score lead and the game is over with the way our defense was playing. 2 scores and they go into half time with hope. And you cant settle for points. You earn thm
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GreenfieldBison
Agree. Further, you don’t want to risk a fail on 4th and goal and let the underdog go to the locker starting to believe in the upset.
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The only thing that should matter in the decision is the math, and you can go for it, fail and have that failure result directly in 6 for the opponent at almost 5% rate there and you still only need to convert for 6 somewhere around 52-54% to come out ahead of kicking the FG, and that's saying the FG is a 100% lock.
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Bad decision to go for the field goal, fire Klieman.
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I think some of the offensive ineptitude can be the result of not wanting anything on tape for the wabbits in 2 weeks when the conference season starts. However that does not explain the piss poor execution of the plays that are called, the poor clock management, the turnovers and penalties. Got lots to clean up so I'll chalk it up to the bye week and hope for improvement next week. Tip o the cap to UNA they are gamers and will be making more noise this season.