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   michael anderson to All   
   So here is the actual cristobal explanat   
   07 Oct 23 21:44:07   
   
   From: mianderson79@gmail.com   
      
   on why he didn't take a knee with 30 seconds left on 3rd down(or with just   
   under 2 mins left on 1st down when Gatech had no timeouts.....same difference   
   game is won either way):   
      
   “When the drive started, it was going to be 1:57 and we burned about 1:27   
   off and then it was recalibrated. Should’ve taken a timeout, right there at   
   the end. After we got the first down and talk about two hands on the ball, but   
   that’s not good    
   enough. Just go and take knee. That’s it. Fumble the ball at the 25 and they   
   75 yards in two plays, so no excuse,” Cristobal said.   
      
      
   What. In. The.  Fuck.   
      
   recalibrated?  wtf is he talking about?  The clock was never 're   
   alibrated'....whatever that means in that final series once gatech had used   
   all their timeouts and miami had that final first down.  This leads me to   
   believe he doesn't understand the basic    
   rules.   
      
   So yes Mario, you burned about 1:27 off because you ran two plays, and with a   
   40 second clock and accounting for 3-4 seconds each play, that's how you go   
   from 1:57 to 20 seconds(40 + 40 + 7 seconds for the actual live plays).     
   Again, basic math.   
      
   And then there is the timeout nonsense.  Timeout???  WTF for?  And why was he   
   talking about 'two hands on the ball' after the first down that took it down   
   to 1:57 and gatech had no timeouts.  At that point the game is over(40 + 40 +   
   40 = 2 minutes.....2    
   minutes > 1:57)   
      
   All he had to do at that point is tell the qb to just kneel immediately.(they   
   didn't even need to run a few seconds off with each play).  There is no need   
   for confusing comments about recalibrating, telling players to put two hands   
   on the ball, calling    
   timeouts, etc........   
      
   What I took from the post-game comments was that he still thinks running on   
   1st and 2nd down was a good idea, but that after the 2nd down run and the play   
   clock ran down he should have called timeout to discuss the situation?  And   
   then kneel?   
      
   No......no....no no no no.....NO   
      
   You never should have run the ball once you got the first down and there was   
   1:57 and gatech had no timeouts.  No "two hands on the ball" stuff.  No   
   timeout stuff(unless you wanted to call timeout when the play clock was at   
   zero after that final first    
   down just to make sure everyone knows we can go in victory formation.....but   
   thats not what he is referring to)   
      
   And the reporters(as usual) appear to have done a horrific job not to ask   
   those followup questions and just accept that nonsense.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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