Thursday, January 05, 2006
USC vs TEXAS
First off, great game Vince Young played his ass off. But USC clearly got out-coached. If they would have played old school football, kick the ball on the 4th(if 4th and 1 was easy every team would go for it) they would have won. It's 4th down and 2, ball on the 45, USC has a 5 point lead and they go for it????? Bad decision, but understandable because Young was torching their defense and the only way USC could gaurauntee a victory was to keep the ball. They should have punted the ball and made Young go 80 yards regardless. But the decision to go for it on 4th and 1, at the 17, the 17!!!!!!!! The worst coaching decision in a big game that I have evere seen. USC was up 7-0, why in the world would they not kick the field goal????? Lastly, they wasted their last time out on a 2-point conversion play, with only 19 seconds left. Keep the time out!!!!!Their was no need for USC to make a statement or try and finish Texas off in one blow last night. USC was the better team and should have acted like it. Championship teams take points and do not have to take chances like that. Texas, I could understand because they needed something big to win. USC provided the opportunities with the two 4th downs and the Bush lateral. Props to Texas for taking advantage.
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I don't balme Pete Carroll for going for the first down near the end of the game. If they convert, they win! USC defense has been bad all year. I would have been reluctant to give the ball back to Young. And like you said, Texas was moving the ball and had the momentum. It was a gutsy call by USC that didn't work out.
Passing on the field goal in retrospect was a bad call, but it was still early in the game. It is not like they would not have other opportunities to score. Going up 14 would have been big.
The time out on the 2-pointer - that one is on the players. I don't think Carroll called it. If he did, it was a stupid waste of a TO.
USC the better team? Not sure about that. USC looked beatable to me all year long. They could rack up offensive points seemingly at will, but they could not stop anyone. Notre Dame should have beat them and would have if Leinhart doesn't fumble the ball out of bounds with 2 seconds left to stop the clock. Fresno almost smoked 'em as well.
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