[Husker] Preliminary Game Comments

[George Rapp]

On 11/12/06, Theodore Heise <theo at heise.nu> wrote:
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> > 3) Perhaps after tonight the Big XII North doesn't look quite so
> > much like a weak sister.
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> Great point, and one reason I was rooting for KSU.
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> On another note, when aTm was driving late in the game and trying a
> field goal, I expected the announcers to reverse their earlier
> pronouncements that going for 2 was pointless when up 25-21.  In
> fact, if aTm had made the field goal, the 2-point conversion would
> have meant Nebraska could not tie with a touchdown plus a 2-point
> conversion.  Once I realized that, the decision to go for 2 didn't
> seem quite as dumb as the announcers had made it out to be.
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There supposedly exists a chart that coaches use to decide whether to go for
1 or 2 (e.g., if the TD puts you up by 1, go for 2; down by 8, go for 1;
etc.).  It eliminates all of the permutational calculations that coaches
would otherwise have to make after a touchdown.  With all of the football
experience on this list, maybe somebody can provide a copy of, or a pointer
to, such a chart.

George
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