I’m one who would never take the foot off the gas until it was clearly out of reach. Up 35 at half? Push it to 49. Remind the players that UCLA pulled off a massive come back just a few weeks ago on TAMU.
I’m also one who doesn’t think a one possession game is safe. As you mention, it was one missed assignment that gave up a TD. Another missed assignment or missed tackle, and a 6 point lead becomes down 1. So we really want to put that game in the hands of our kickers to win it down one?
Hey, it turned out fine. It’s just not what I would have done.
We didn’t take our foot off the gas until we started using the victory formation with a minute or so left.
So you are one who doesn’t think a one possession game is safe. So you would sling it around hoping to make it a 2 possession game? Let’s not start insulting one another by these kind of remarks. Doeren/Drinkwitz kept their foot on the gas with a strong ground game.
I didn’t say it was a missed assignment that netted FSU the TD, it was an illegal (IMO) pick they got a way with.
Rushing down court and jacking up a 3 trying to make a 2 point lead a 2 possession game with a minute left to play is not keeping your foot on the gas. That is just plain darn foolishness. Running the clock down, looking for a good shot is not playing not to lose. Doing this with 5 minutes to go might be considered as such. Same as Saturday. Maintaining possession until the clock turned to zero was a good, sound strategy. And that’s what I would have done.
