My thoughts on the Ohio State game

Going for 2 at that point didn't bother me. If he kicks the extra point we'd still be down by a single score. If you go for two and you don't make it, you're still down by a single score.
 
YellowSnow said:
greenblood said:
BleachedAnusDawg said:
The 12th man penalty was pretty bush league shit. Congrats on it working, I guess, but what a pathetic way to go about winning. I guess that should be expected with how many injuries the Ducks have faked over the years.
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There's no honor when the game is on the line. Outside of recklessly putting players in danger, you pull every trick on the planet to win the game. NFL teams have done stuff like this for years. The Ravens did something like this on a punt against Cincinnati a few years ago, and Vrabel used a clock trick against Belichick that led to a rule change later that offseason. Finding discrete loopholes like what Lanning and his staff found Saturday night is called good coaching. I'd rather win the "wrong" way legally according to the rules than lose the "right" way.
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It was pretty greasy and I'm kind of shocked he was able to come up with that bidness on the fly. Very un-like Dan.
But if it's not a rule violation, then it's not cheating.
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I agree. There will be a rule change to correct that, as that was a pretty high profile moment for it to come into play. But analysts are now saying it might have been done purposely. It was talked about for 4-5 min on the Pat Mcafee show today. Even they said, if he did, it was genius. No rule against it.

My feeling is that they will probably make a rule change, that will allow offenses inside of two minutes of each half to accept defensive penalties with no clock run off.
 
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SFGbob said:
Going for 2 at that point didn't bother me. If he kicks the extra point we'd still be down by a single score. If you go for two and you don't make it, you're still down by a single score.
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You asked me how I could blame him for points being left on the field.
 
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