Orange Bowl Recap (Steve Merril)
I don’t know if you all were watching last night, but I thought Va Tech trying an onside kick with 3:00 remaining in the game, down 24-21, was a bad decision. They trailed by 3 points, with 2 timeouts, and a great defense. They would have probably gotten the ball back with 1:30 remaining and needing only 30 yards or so for a field goal to force overtime.
Instead, they try an onside kick which has about a 10% chance of working.
It was fine with me as I had Best Bets on both Kansas +3 and Under 51, so the fact the game didn’t go to overtime was nice. I also liked the fact that Kansas was tackled on the 1 yard line and then took a knee with 0:47 remaining in the game.
Update on Friday, January 4, 2008 by
Erik Scheponik
Erik Scheponik
I agree, Steve. Thought it was the wrong move.
Also, thought Bob Stoops screwed up by going for 2 with the socre 20-15 with 6 and change left in the 3rd quarter, and compounded his problems vs. WVU by then trying an onside kick.
Some bad strategy by coaches in these bowl games.
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