[Husker] A&M two point conversion

[Scott R Lawson]

Franchione needs everything he can get right now- with the exception of
Callahan he is the most likely Big 12 coach to be let go this year.
Maybe he figured as many points as possible would look better. 

I don't buy the BS about practicing this for the future either. I'm glad
teams are doing this now though, because in 2-3 years when Nebraska does
it right back to them they can't whine about it. Bring it on.

Scott in NY

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Pat Gaule
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 2:58 PM
To: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] A&M two point conversion

Mike Nolan wrote:

>>A&M went for two after their last td with the score 36-14.  I think it
was well into the fourth quarter.  The play was unsuccessful and the
crowd booed loudly.  Has anyone seen anything on this as to why they
chose to go for two?
>>    
>>
>
>The point differential was 22 at the time.  If they go for 2 and are
>successful, that would make it 24, which means that 3 TDs and 3
successful
>2 point conversions would only tie the game, not win it.  Even though
>the Huskers were having another mediocre day on offense (and that's
being
>kind), Nebraska has shown it can do quick-strike TDs when things work
right.  
>
>Ask Minnesota how safe a 21 point lead was against Northwestern. 
>
>Going for 2 is what the chart says they should do in that situation.  
>
>Beyond that, given that there was just 4:32 left in the game, it may
have 
>been for the practice.  Who knows, they may need to go for 2 in a
'real' 
>game yet this season.  :sigh:
>  
>

I'm not going to complain about it, but there was no strategic reason to

go for two in this situation.  If they kick an extra point, they'd be up

23 and NU would still need 3 touchdowns with 2 of them having a 
successful 2-point conversation.  With a 23-point lead, the Huskers lose

the opportunity to tie the game in 3 possessions if they miss one of 
their 2-point conversions.  With a 22-point lead, the Huskers could 
still tie the game in 3 possessions, even if they miss the first 2-point

conversion try.  Above all else, I don't think there was more than 5 or 
6 minutes left on the clock at this point...

My point is that the only reason to do this was to run up the score.  
I'm not going to cry about it or call it classless, but I am going to 
call a spade a spade.

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