Is it aginst the rules to let another team score?

[FirefightnRick]

We have done this twice this year now, once against ULL, and now against Asu in which we place ourselves in a situation where it is obvious to a child and everyone else that our defense cannot stop a fly. The score is tied and we are up against our goal line trying to stop the inevitable with the clock ticking down under 1 and a half minute. When after the score we are left with little time for a come back.

ULL intentionally worked the clock inside the 5 yard line and we kept calling our timeouts and trying to stop them and ended up with less than a minute to mount a comeback. Today, Asu was running over us and we kept trying to stop them, letting valuable time off the clock. It was obvious we couldn't stop them at that point. If Asu goes to a 4th down to kick a field goal, there wouldn't have been 10 seconds left. So why not let them score from the 3 and have 1:00 left on the clock with one timeout remaining to work with instead of 30 seconds and no timeouts?

Greenbay did this a few years ago, why isn't this used more often?

Rick

[Arkstfan]

Arkansas-Pine Bluff did it in the NAIA playoffs one year. Took the kickoff and marched down to score the winning TD on the final play.

Many moons ago Missouri State did it it ASU. They failed to even pick up a first down after they got the ball.

[NTEagle08]

same situation happened in the Florida Atlantic game last year at Fouts, and we tried to goal line stop them that time as well.

[GoMeanGreen1999]

You guys are thinking way too much. DD's brain can't come up with more than about 5 plays, so there is no way he would come up with what you are suggesting in the middle of the game. Sorry, but his mind simply doesn't work that much.

[meanrob]

Boise State did it against us back in 99 I believe. We had a one point lead and instead of taking a knee Dickey ran the ball and Boise let us score with about a minute to go. Then they went right down the field but fumbled around our 20.

[Arkstfan]

For those that read the comic strip Gil Thorpe, the Arkansas-Pine Bluff game inspired a storyline where Milford did the same thing.

[Huff]

Can you imagine the riot that would occur if DD ALLOWED a team to score late in the game? It might get really ugly, folks. No matter how sound the strategy might seem to some, it would be seen as a sign that our head coach had given up to others.

[UNTFan23]

Can you imagine the riot that would occur if DD ALLOWED a team to score late in the game?  It might get really ugly, folks.  No matter how sound the strategy might seem to some, it would be seen as a sign that our head coach had given up to others.

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I would have been thinking we would have had a better chance to try to score with a lot more time and 2 timeouts left as opposed to less then thirty seconds and no timeouts where we were mashing the panic button trying to think of something to do to get the ball moving down the field.

WTF were the coaches thinking running 5 yard routes in the middle of the field when we needed to move the ball down the field for a TD to tie the game.

[Coffee and TV]

WTF were the coaches thinking running 5 yard routes in the middle of the field when we needed to move the ball down the field for a TD to tie the game.

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I'll send $20 to anyone that can give me a logical explanation for this very thing.