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|    Message 209,215 of 209,580    |
|    Eric Ramon to JE Corbett    |
|    Re: Washington players bail out their bo    |
|    02 Jan 24 17:26:17    |
      From: ramon.eric@gmail.com              On Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 4:45:01 PM UTC-8, JE Corbett wrote:       > Kalen DeBoer's decision to pass the ball on third down when a chip shot       field        > goal was going to give Washington a 9 point lead with a little over 2       minutes        > allowed Texas to keep both their remaining timeouts. That proved to be       crucial        > when Washington recovered the onside kick with 1:15. At that point the game        > would have and should have been over if Texas only had one timeout. Because        > they had still had two, Washington couldn't take a knee and run out the       clock.        > The end result was Texas had four cracks at the game winning touchdown        > from the Washington 12 yard line. Fortunately for DeBoer, his players       stepped        > up and bailed him out. Otherwise he would be getting crushed today and he        > would deserve it.        >        > How can coaches who make millions of dollars a year make such boneheaded        > decisions when the right call is so obvious?              a bunch of boneheaded moves, including running Johnson over and over, at 2 yds       a pop, resulting in field goals when a touchdown would have put the game out       of reach. If they were going to run him at the end of the game they could have       taken a knee with        the same result and run off another 40 seconds but lost that when he got hurt.               --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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