Dinucci threw it to Jimmy on purpose because he felt bad for us. That's how bad NDSU was
Row the Boat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjFvcVZOCV0
Then the team hasn't been properly coached. The team should know that the coaches are making a decision like that to give you the best chance to win. If your team gets so deflated missing a 2 point conversion to be down by 9 with 5 minutes left that they give up, then they shouldn't be on the field in the first place.
This is an interesting debate. To tell you the truth, I didn't realize it was a controversial point. To me, we have to take into the emotional aspect of the game too - ie. the loss of emotional energy (spelled m-o-m-e-n-t-u-m) by not converting an early 2 point play. I would kick the XP (90+% to successfully convert), rather than the 30 -45 % chance of converting the 2 point try.
I tend to agree with kicking the XP. That also kept pressure on NDSU to score again. If we are up 9 I don't think we go for it on 4th down. JMU then has a longer field, and needing two scores the running game would not really be an option on most downs. That's a lot easier to defend against.
Either way, you can argue the merits of both sides, but I don't think you can definitively say that the XP was wrong.