Do You Take Points Off Of The Scoreboard?

[UNTMPA]

From the Book of Football Coaching, Rule #16: Never take points off of the scoreboard.

You are in a "must-win" game very late in the season, and are down by 3 in the 4th Quarter, with 2:00 remaining. Your #1 and #2 QB's are out, as well as the starting Center, 2 Wide Receivers, 2 lineman and the Diet Coke Boy missed the bus to the game. You drive down to into the Red Zone, kick a Field Goal to tie the score, but there is an Off-Sides Penalty that would give you a first down. What do you do? You have a trick play in the playbook that you saw South Florida, Clemson and Texas Tech run that won them a game back in 2007...will that play work in 2010?

The entire season rests on the outcome of this game, What do you do?

[emmitt01]

No

[eulessismore]

From the Book of Football Coaching, Rule #16: Never take points off of the scoreboard.

You are in a "must-win" game very late in the season, and are down by 3 in the 4th Quarter, with 2:00 remaining. Your #1 and #2 QB's are out, as well as the starting Center, 2 Wide Receivers, 2 lineman and the Diet Coke Boy missed the bus to the game. You drive down to into the Red Zone, kick a Field Goal to tie the score, but there is an Off-Sides Penalty that would give you a first down. What do you do? You have a trick play in the playbook that you saw South Florida, Clemson and Texas Tech run that won them a game back in 2007...will that play work in 2010?

The entire season rests on the outcome of this game, What do you do?

Decline the penalty, hug your kicker, and tell your special teams and defense they've kept you in the hunt all night, and you're confident they can carry you through the next 2 minutes.

[BeanCounterGrad'03]

WWHFD?

[UNTMPA]

So your saying the best call is to go with the sure thing, go with what you know at the time (that you are still in the game, and you have a chance to win in overtime)?

[MeanGreenTexan]

From the Book of Football Coaching, Rule #16: Never take points off of the scoreboard.

You are in a "must-win" game very late in the season, and are down by 3 in the 4th Quarter, with 2:00 remaining. Your #1 and #2 QB's are out, as well as the starting Center, 2 Wide Receivers, 2 lineman and the Diet Coke Boy missed the bus to the game. You drive down to into the Red Zone, kick a Field Goal to tie the score, but there is an Off-Sides Penalty that would give you a first down. What do you do? You have a trick play in the playbook that you saw South Florida, Clemson and Texas Tech run that won them a game back in 2007...will that play work in 2010?

The entire season rests on the outcome of this game, What do you do?

I think it depends: If the penalty put me inside the 5 yardline somewhere... I'd probably take the 1st down and go for the win.

[Graddean]

You are playing to win. You take the penalty and get a new set of downs. With two minutes, you have plenty of time to do whatever you want to do offensively. If you give up the ball with two minutes, there is assurance you will even get to overtime. You go for the win.