TheDean wrote:
TheDean wrote:
I think BYU made the right call in 2012, and had the backside guard made his block, Hill walks in. It was the right call because it was the only time they moved the ball all night.
With the way SJSU had dominated since the 2nd quarter. Spartans should have gone for 1 and played OT. They likely beat BYU in OT.
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I disagree as BYU took all 4 quarters of the game just to score their only TD against Boise St.. Just what makes anyone think that BYU would succeed on the 2 point conversion when they hadn't succeeded on any other short yardage play in the entire game and with how predictable Anae's offense is. I turned to my family after the TD and said that if BYU goes for 2 as it would backfire and they will lose and it did on both counts. The better choice would have been to kick the PAT go into OT and try to win it there.
I found it interesting that Bronco went up to San Jose's HC and told him that he would have gone for 2 as well. Considering Bronco's record on 2 point conversions is 0-3 I think he would have better off keeping his mouth shut on the subject. Not just because he is 0-3 but based on the way the 2 point conversions were ran and the choice of their timing. Even though the one against Boise St. mentioned above was a bad choice all around. All of the 2 point conversions were doomed to failure because of the plays called in the attempt not only were they crappy play calls but were overly conservative and predictable as all 3 were runs right up the middle where a majority of the defense is. Which also show a serious lack of creativity on Anae's part.
So, you're saying we had a better shot from 25 yards out than from 3? :skeptic:
Umm....Yeah, with a field goal which has a higher % than any of BYU's run up the middle plays when the defense is ready and waiting, because that is the only thing Anae knows how to call on short yardage plays.
Had BYU kicked the PAT you would have gone in to overtime and based on the way the defenses of both teams were playing neither would score a TD so it goes down to who had the better FG kicker and would go on until one missed their FG.
Plus it would have also given the BYU offense another chance to score a TD. The 2 point try did not have any chance of doing that.
You seem to be confused. In 2012, Anae was at Arizona, and had nothing to do with our offense. The reason we had issues in that game was Brandon Doman playing a hurt Riley Nelson, because he wasn't sure a freshman Hill would be up to the challenge, and it took a pick 6 from Nelson and a last-minute TD drive from Hill to demonstrate otherwise.
Further, the play call was a rollout run-pass option for Hill, which he had successfully converted in the first game of the season, not a run up the middle. As noted by others, the play would have been successful had the blocking execution been better. Additionally, a little more touch on the ball gets the pass completed despite the bad blocking.
The only argument you can make against the 2-pt call is that at the end, our offense had momentum and theirs did not, and none of us have enough information to determine that. that would continue What we don't know is whether or not our defense was too gassed to continue holding them out of the endzone. Pitching a defensive shutout is hard against
anyone, let alone Boise St. at home. It all boils down to, do you like the odds of Hill picking up 3 yards on a run-pass option that he has succeeded with before, or the odds of your defense continuing to pitch a shutout and Hill picking up 25 yards over a series of plays. There are a lot more unknowns in option 2, especially with Hill being a freshman at the time. Personally, I would have kicked it, with the knowledge I had at the time. I certainly yelled it at the TV that night. Maybe if I'm in Bronco's position and know what I know about my players' condition, though, I don't.
