[Husker] Why not try it from 63?

[SteveG]

The coaching staff *was* willing to attempt a fake punt which had a lesser
chance of success.  The pass/fail grade on that decision was pre-empted with
the Stoops' "illustrious" timeout.  

It is strictly Monday-morning quarterbacking, but if I am going to take a
chance on something, I whole-heartedly agree that Henery should've been
allowed to tie the game with a 63 yard attempt.  

He had blasted the 53 yarder with room to spare... 10 yards, I don't know...
but it would've been more dramatic than watching T-End running around the
backfield like a chicken with his head cut off.

#90 leaves Nebraska with some remarkable records and will be missed.

Go Big Red!

Steve G
 

-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of Mark Landin
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:42 PM
To: Martin, Douglas W.; husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Why not try it from 63?

Because if you miss, which even for Henery was the most likely outcome, they
get the ball in great field position. Down by only 3 at that point, you must
still play the field position game. Missing the FG and then lettng OU get a
short TD or even another 3 pts would have been disastrous.

The "illustrious" coaching staff did the right thing.

On 12/5/10, Martin, Douglas W. <MartinDW at stlukes.org> wrote:
> Can someone explain why we still punted so quickly the last time when 
> OU was marked for being offside which moved the ball to their 45?  The 
> camera was behind and the next thing I see is the punted ball in the 
> air.  Did our coaching staff not even take a second to think about the 
> possibility of trying a 63 yarder to tie it??  Our gassed defense did 
> give us a final chance which we blew, but I think I might take the 
> odds of Alex Henery at that point in time and it appears our 
> illustrious coaching staff did not even have it on their radar screen.
>
> Doug Martin MD
> UNL '87
> UNMC '91
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