[UteBaron89]

Changes mine. Finally a good angle. Too bad ESPN can’t afford more cameras. The only thing left that bothers me is how long he waited to reach for his flag. Was he waiting to see the result of the play?

[UteBaron89]

I have no issue with the strategy in general, IF you have all 3 timeouts and can actually leave significant time for yourself after a FG attempt. We only had 2 left. So, there was no way we could stop them from running the clock all the way down unless they made a mistake (going out of bounds, throwing an incompletion). In this scenario, the chance to save ourselves time to respond was gone due to wasting a 2nd half timeout earlier to save 5 yards (which I am not in favor of, 1st half yes, 2nd half no). Therefore, the only option would be to accept the 10-second run off and not use the timeouts. BYU had no timeouts. With even :49 left, they would only have been able to run one or two plays at best before running the FG team out for the attempt with the clock running down. All we did was give them more opportunities to get closer for the FG and more time to comfortably get the FG team onto the field for the attempt.

[UteBaron89]

See 89-yard TD run vs. Penn St. in Rose Bowl. They scouted it and purposefully reset and looked to the sideline to cause Utah to do the same, then quickly got back to line of scrimmage and snapped it. It was totally by design. Caught the front seven standing looking for call. They must see this as the type of thing were they risk getting caught on occasion for the benefit they get throughout the game by doing it.

[UteBaron89]

If this is the case, it’s a great example of analytics being stupid or used incorrectly. All analytics should be is weighing risk/reward ratio. If the analytics are telling them that kicking inside the five, by average, rewards you a few yards of field position WITHOUT weighing the risk, then throw it out. I’m at the point where I believe the staff is failing him or he’s not listening. They really need help with this stuff. They’re making it more complicated than it is. Last thing: would Shah be on kickoff team, or the team at all, if his last name wasn’t Shah? Have to believe they have at least one young cat who’s faster and more talented on the roster who’d love that spot and would make the unit that much better. He’s not the only one I’d replace on that unit either. The one guy who had a shot on the TD was tripped up by the turf monster and fell on his face.

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