Here's the situation:
5 seconds to go in the game, my team is up 7 points. We have the ball at the opponent's 30 yard-line. It's 4th and 8. We play NCAA rules. What do I do?
Here are some points:
- I don't want to take a knee. The other teams QB ripped my defense apart all afternoon with his passes. I don't want to risk a Hail Mary.
- What actually did happen is that we ran up the gut and told our fullback to hang on to the ball and stay up for 5 seconds. It worked, and we won.
- Here's some other ideas I had:
a) QB takes the ball and runs back with all speed and falls down after 5 seconds. No player is going to run 70 yards in less than 5 seconds. I've actually seen this happen.
b) Weirder: QB takes the ball and passes backwards 40 yards to a player. Even if he drops, he will pick up the loose ball before anyone can get there. From there, he can waste the 5 seconds easier than a QB who might fall before 5 seconds or might be caught from behind.
Any other ideas?
2006-12-11
18:49:57
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hilmic
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