RoseBowl1942
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The odds were slim regardless, and the win probability indicators actually said to kick the field goal (think it was something like +3% better odds with the field goal). I didn’t hate the call, as I think the momentum stays behind you as ND and now tOSU has to worry that two TDs mean they lose the game. The vibes did not feel good about ND making the first down and/or touchdown there. But either way is a rough call. Odds of getting the ball two more times with legit time on the clock weren’t great, but the odds of two TDs plus two 2-point roulettes aren’t great either.Yes, I stand corrected. But I still think that after a TFL and two incompletions ND was not going to score a TD, and Freeman didn't think so either. The odds of converting that TD, making the two point conversion, and then converting another with a two-point conversion were very poor. Admittedly, the odds of making a FG and getting two more possessions to convert TDs might not have been any better. The math is probably an imponderable.
I do think we think about this all differently if the field goal goes in. It’s hard to tell what momentum would have been like.
I get that it was the heat of the moment so harder to think straight, but they should have just taken the delay of game instead of rushing themselves like that. It was a chip-shot either way. Take the yards, calm yourself down, make the field goal. Again, a lot easier said than done, especially with the pressure of the situation.
I’ll pretend that because we’re Duke and of course, way smarter … (looks up US News) … yeah definitely way smarter, we would have done that. Yeah, I’ll tell myself that. Totally believe it. And we’re better looking too