From: bern@live.com   
      
   On 02 Jan 2024, Eric Ramon  posted some   
   news:b7cd2237-f446-4f2b-838c-077b53aae10dn@googlegroups.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.   
      
   That won't work against Michigan.  Michigan as a group is very   
   determined and Washington can't give them an inch or they will wind up   
   like Alabama, wondering what could have been.   
      
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