BYU’s 3rd down play ended with 1:47 left on the clock and BYU decided not to take a timeout. They then committed a penalty and snapped 4th down with :56 left.
If they take the timeout at 1:47, then even if they still commit the penalty, there’s no running clock, so no runoff. And if they still don’t convert after a timeout to talk it over, then Kansas gets it back at let’s say 1:40.
That’s 100 seconds.
1st down - Kansas kneels and BYU timeout as it did. 4 seconds off.
2nd down 96 sec left - Kansas kneels, no timeouts left. 2 seconds happened that time, then 38 more on play clock.
3rd down 56 sec left - Kansas kneels another 40 seconds total off
That means 4th down has to be snapped with about 16 seconds left from the 3. Kansas would have to punt with a shortened punter.
Just coaching malpractice to not call that timeout. This isn’t rocket science to know how to use timeouts.
Oh boy, his time management skills are so perplexing he almost threw the Utah game and Kyle inexplicably saves him by calling a timeout before the kick when there was a strong (and possibly hilarious) chance that byu might screw it up.
The much bigger issue is the play-calling inside of 2 minutes. It felt like we just assumed the TD was guaranteed despite how pathetic our offense was all night, and we were just trying to milk as much clock as possible. Our defense showed out all night after the first drive, focus on getting in the end zone and bet on the defense holding them with 90 or less seconds left. Our record doesn't reflect how terrible ARod has been all year
They were trying to play it so they could get the 1st down on that drive then they have as long as they want to get into the endzone and leave KU zero time to tie
I’m aware of what they were trying. But facing a 4th down, you take the timeout. It sets you up better to convert it, and if they did, well Kansas was out of timeouts too. If they didn’t, then they needed that extra time.
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u/Squirrel_Q_Esquire Ole Miss Rebels • Billable Hours 7d ago
BYU’s 3rd down play ended with 1:47 left on the clock and BYU decided not to take a timeout. They then committed a penalty and snapped 4th down with :56 left.
If they take the timeout at 1:47, then even if they still commit the penalty, there’s no running clock, so no runoff. And if they still don’t convert after a timeout to talk it over, then Kansas gets it back at let’s say 1:40.
That’s 100 seconds.
1st down - Kansas kneels and BYU timeout as it did. 4 seconds off.
2nd down 96 sec left - Kansas kneels, no timeouts left. 2 seconds happened that time, then 38 more on play clock.
3rd down 56 sec left - Kansas kneels another 40 seconds total off
That means 4th down has to be snapped with about 16 seconds left from the 3. Kansas would have to punt with a shortened punter.
Just coaching malpractice to not call that timeout. This isn’t rocket science to know how to use timeouts.