[NU Sports] 4th and 2 ...

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> Since no one else has mentioned it:   I think that
> Walker made a HORRIBLE
> decision to punt on 4th and 2 from the Iowa 41 when
> we were down 27-14 and
> there were about 8 minutes left in the game.  Given
> our defense, how can

I agree - I think it got lost in the euphoria of the
comeback.

Even worse, we took a delay of game penalty. With the
way our punting game had been on the day, my friend
looked over to me and said "great - now Iowa will get
it at the 20."

It didn't backfire - but it sure seemed we were in
that "alumni zone" Walker mentioned a few years back.
But maybe it was too obvious -- we tried to get 'em to
jump and then punted.

> proved wrong, but I
> must
> admit that had Iowa capitalized on the 4th quarter
> interception and gone up
> three scores, I may have joined the throngs that
> exited the stadium in
> disgust.

And that's gone overlooked as well. Like the Michigan
game, our defense kept forcing FGs and kept us within
striking distance. Allowing only 3 after that Baz INT
inside our 20 was HUGE and the missed FG in the fourth
even bigger.

But a lot of things got lost in the 4th quarter. I
definitely wanted us to go for it on that 4th and 2
though. Thankfully, it didn't matter. WOOHOO!!!

GO CATS!!! BEAT THE BUCKS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!!


	
		
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