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4th and 9

Without foresight what would you guys do if you were Manny and Enos in that predicament?

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The Svengali said:
And even if Baxa missed the FG on 4th and 9 you’re still only down 4 with 4:35 to play with 2 TO’s.

Let the D get a stop and you’d need 7 to win. But I think you take the FG there, cut it to 1, lean on the D to get a stop and now we only need a FG to win instead of 7
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This is the only answer. It was a mistake and the incorrect decision, plain and simple.
 
I don't think there was a wrong decision there. If he tried the field goal it would have been acceptable. Going for it was fine too.


I do find it telling that he didn't have faith in Baxa though.
 
If we’re being honest Felipe Franks bailed us out with his INT on the next play. But he’s *** and Mullen is a dope so that can be expected. We won’t lucky with Another P5 coach/QB next time, they’ll be running the clock out
 
SFbayCane said:
I don't think there was a wrong decision there. If he tried the field goal it would have been acceptable. Going for it was fine too.


I do find it telling that he didn't have faith in Baxa though.
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SFbayCane said:
I don't think there was a wrong decision there. If he tried the field goal it would have been acceptable. Going for it was fine too.


I do find it telling that he didn't have faith in Baxa though.
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That was a rookie mistake on Mannys end. In a situation like this, you put your faith in the kicker and hope he delivers, can’t imagine what that did to Bubbas confidence.
 
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IcemanArcade said:
Bubba has the leg, I’m not sure on the confidence, regardless I don’t think the 4th and 9 would’ve been that far
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Bubba was 1 for three with a long of 47 last year.I believe we were on the 32 which would have made it a 49 yd FG...
 
Honestly I was ok with going for it because I didn't think we would get the ball back. But UF went and threw a pick on their first play lol And we still **** the bed again after that. So many blown opportunities in that 4th quarter.
 
If we somehow got a stop, we weren't getting down the field again.
After the interception we ran like 8 plays and moved backwards.
 
IcemanArcade said:
Regardless outcome would’ve been the same if we didn’t convert the 4th down (which we didn’t) I say put 3, play D and at least give us a fighters chance.
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We still had a fighters chance and al we did was go backwards. Their dumb *** DBs are the reason we even got close
 
everyone is focusing on the 4th and 9 but our chances of winning were pretty slim at that point either way.

the real mistake manny made was kicking the FG on the first drive from 4th and 2 on the 14 when we were moving the ball and looked in rhythm working off a script. i have to imagine manny regretted that pretty immediately after seeing how aggressively mullen coached the first quarter.
 
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