[Husker] UT-NU Observations from the Press Box

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 10/23/2006 01:03:22 PM:

> Greetings,
> 
[snip everything i agree with bascially] 
> 
> 5. The Field Goal/Hail Mary Debate: Again here I think we made the right
> call. That same kicker everyone wanted to try a FG started the game with
> a kickoff that barely travelled 50 years with that same wind, so it is
> absurd to think that a 62-yard field goal attempt had any shot of being
> anywhere close. Conversely, you can see how things can work out when you
> run the hail mary by the roughing the passer penalty that came on the
> first play. When you chuck the ball down to the end zone and you have
> all those hands and all those bodies going after it who knows what can
> happen. Conversely a 62-yard field goal attempt would have likely made
> it to the goal line at best, but you can't catch that for a game winning
> TD when it falls short. 

I wouldn't debate so much whether or not a field goal or Hail Mary is the 
right play, but not preserving the clock was 50/50 too, wasn't it? 

Bill spent his timeout on a challenge, when we could have kept the 
timeout. We could have called another and had more clock and the wind. 

That's worth debating, although hindsight is 20/20. 

And Texas had sucked at kicking. 

[snip all else ]


> Sincerely,
> 
> Jeffrey Volk


Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.comr