You typically lose. Three straight runs after facing a 1st and 20. Not even pretending to try and get a TD to go up by 8.
This one is on Fitz.
This one is on Fitz.
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You typically lose. Three straight runs after facing a 1st and 20. Not even pretending to try and get a TD to go up by 8.
This one is on Fitz.
You typically lose. Three straight runs after facing a 1st and 20. Not even pretending to try and get a TD to go up by 8.
This one is on Fitz.
Agree completely. Milking the clock like we were up by more (clock we could have used later) and making no effort to score a TD. Hyper conservative, doink FG miss, game lost. Bad coaching, bad team, bad season. Dreadful. I wonder if FITZ will spin it as a breakout game for McCall.
This hole season is on Fitz. It’s been awful.You typically lose. Three straight runs after facing a 1st and 20. Not even pretending to try and get a TD to go up by 8.
This one is on Fitz.
What an awful take! The coaches did everything they could to deliver a win. If our Kicker makes what should be an easy kick Northwestern is celebrating their first Big Ten win right now. Players have to make plays.
That was technically played correctly. Make the kick. Players do bear some responsibility at some point.
Sorry but that is complete bull shit. The play calling was exactly what 99% of coaches would have done. Our kicker missed a 31 yarder with the wind, theirs made a 40 yarder against the wind. Players have to make plays.
Stop it. If there was a minute and a half left, I’m 100% with you. There were three and a half minutes left and Purdue had all three timeouts when that 1st and 20 started. Even if you make the FG, they have three minutes to go down the field and score. And it’s not like they had an issue moving the ball all day. We are without our best CB. Bell was getting open at will all day or drawing PI calls.
Yes, Charlie should have made the FG. But Fitz played that way too conservatively. Had no interest in even trying to get a TD- showing no trust in the players he always tells to trust themselves.
I love Fitz. This isn’t a “this season is all on Fitz” thread. And sometimes being conservative is the way to go...but not this time. You could see the way that game ended coming from a mile away once we went into a shell and stopped being aggressive.
The whole idea is to bleed clock, make Purdue use their timeouts, make a field goal, avoid mistakes with your QB who tried to throw about five picks, and make Purdue move down the field with its walk-on QB. It’s probably the right call with our current roster.
I get it. Of course I understand the thinking, but there was too much time left for that.
And yes, he’s a walk on, but Purdue is the second best passing team in the conference despite playing without their starter since Game 2. And did he really look like a walk on today? 34 completions. 270 yards passing. 2 TD passes...and he led a game winning drive last week too.
Again, I get the thinking. And I get that our offense has had a terrible season and we like to trust our defense, but just too much time left for my blood to go into a shell like that. With two and a half minutes, even without timeouts (and they had one), with the clock stoppage on 1st downs and out of bounds plays, you have enough time for a ten play drive.
It’s a loss. And it’s not like it makes or breaks the season. Just didn’t think Fitz played that right considering how much time was left.
Agree he played it well enough to win. The placekickers miss, and our veteran OLineman's hold were too much to overcome. Players have to make plays.Sorry but that is complete bull shit. The play calling was exactly what 99% of coaches would have done. Our kicker missed a 31 yarder with the wind, theirs made a 40 yarder against the wind. Players have to make plays.
Maybe HCPF, no one else.Was any one surprised that NU missed the FG.. not really.
i want to revise my observation. Any strategy that relies on our placekicker making a FG during crunch time is a bad decision.Agree he played it well enough to win. The placekickers miss, and our veteran OLineman's hold were too much to overcome. Players have to make plays.
ybe HCPF, no one else.
The whole idea is to bleed clock, make Purdue use their timeouts, make a field goal, avoid mistakes with your QB who tried to throw about five picks, and make Purdue move down the field with its walk-on QB. It’s probably the right call with our current roster.
i want to revise my observation. Any strategy that relies on our placekicker making a FG during crunch time is a bad decision.
Except early in the drive we were snapping the ball with 15-20 left on the play clock. If you’re going to play the conservative mode then go all in and run every sec possible. Even with the miss I would have liked our odds a lot more if Purdue got the ball back with 60-90 secs left vs the time they had.
Didn’t say it was executed well, just that is the idea.
You typically lose. Three straight runs after facing a 1st and 20. Not even pretending to try and get a TD to go up by 8.
This one is on Fitz.