[Husker] 3rd and 24

[Dick Karre]

On 12/5/2010 8:11 PM, Andrew Smith wrote:
> One thing that bothered be about that play was the defending giving up 
> 5 more yards trying to strip the ball rather than tackling the 
> receiver.  It might not have many any difference (OU gained 11 yards 
> on the 4th down play), but it always bothers me when defenders go for 
> the strip first, tackle second.

It would have been a much tougher decision for Stoops to go for it on 
fourth and five or six than fourth and one. He might well have punted. 
It was one of those little things that sometimes decide games.

-- 
Dick Karre
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