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Quote: Originally Posted by Jarodd21

Conservative would have been much smarter in that situation. I'm sorry but I rather take my chances punting the ball and possibly pinning him inside the 20 with no timeouts left and a 7 point lead instead of passing it on 3rd and stopping the clock. Then he throws a pick on 4th down giving him good field position with plenty of time left. If you believe that was good strategy then your clock management is just as bad as his was.

Do the math on your "chances." Assuming he didn't edit out any of the drives, this is FSU's approximate drive chart:

4 plays. 80 yards :25 (TD)
1 play. (INT)
2 plays, 80 yards :15 (TD)
3 plays, 50 yards :15 (FG as half ended)
7 plays, 80 yards 1:05 (TD)
5 plays, 70 yards 1:25 (FG)
4 plays, 80 yards :30 (TD)
--> This is where he has to make his decision.

So, your plan is to kick the ball deep and give him only 40-45 seconds to drive the field for a TD? I mean, he'd only done that three times in his seven possessions and then promptly added a 4th after the turnover.

Bama was getting completely scorched by this guy's passing game (400+ yards), going for it was absolutely the right call. When you compare how well Bama had been moving the ball on offense to how horribly they had been playing D, then surrendering possession is completely insane.