[Husker] Callahan's timeout before the game-winning FG

[Pat Gaule]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but I was absolutely 
baffled by this at the time.  With the clock running down and Nebraska 
getting ready to kick what would be the game-winning field goal, 
Callahan inexplicably called timeout with *15* seconds left on the 
playclock.  There's really only two realistic outcomes for the following 
play:

1.) NU misses the field goal and how much time on the clock becomes 
irrelevant since we can't stop it.
2.) NU makes the field goal and gives the ball back to Kansas State.  In 
this instance, we'd want them to have as little time as possible.

This is where the problem is.  Callahan gave K-state an extra 15 seconds 
to try and win the game.  It did not make a difference at all, but you 
simply can't afford to give teams 2+ extra plays when a field goal is 
enough to beat you.  Common sense dictates that you find the nearest 
referee, and call a timeout with exactly 1 second left on the 
playclock.  What I found even more baffling was that Callahan seemed 
oblivious to this fact in his post-game interview.  Referring to the 
timeout, he said "I must be the first coach in history to ice his own 
kicker! ha ha"...apparently not even realizing that the problem with 
that timeout wasn't that it was called, but *when* it was called.